Encourage Archives

Greenstone Production: “The Explorer Club”

June 23, 2022 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Inspiring Explorers™, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story

The Trust has collaborated with Greenstone TV on a new children’s television series The Explorer Club. The series introduces iconic New Zealand explorers to kids through hands-on adventures of their own.

Summit Reached In the Footsteps of Hillary

May 31, 2022 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Inspiring Explorers™, Expedition Updates, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story

In February 2022, three young people from South Auckland, New Zealand summited their first mountain on the Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ In the Footsteps of Hillary, and their exploits were filmed for a children’s television show.

The forgotten explorer and his incredible legacy

October 4, 2021 - AR App, Antarctic Blog, Encourage, News Story, Share

In this blog, learn about Carsten Borchgrevink and his Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900), during which the first ever base in Antarctica was established.

Inspiring Explorers™ live up to their name

December 20, 2021 - Inspiring Explorers™, AR App, Expedition Updates, Alumni, Antarctic Blog, Encourage, News Story, Share

Inspiring the spirit of exploration in the next generation is one of the primary goals of the My Explorer Journal experience on the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s new AR app.

Building Connections on the Mahu Whenua Traverse

June 30, 2023 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2023, Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Inspiring Explorers™, Expedition Updates, Alumni, Encourage, News Story, Share

In this blog, we hear from Emily Wilson, a member of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Mahu Whenua Traverse.

The Creation of My Explorer Journal

September 20, 2021 - Inspiring Explorers™, AR App, Expedition Updates, Alumni, Antarctic Blog, Encourage, News Story, Share

In this blog, we hear from Anzac Gallate, a member of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s 2020 Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the Antarctic Peninsula, who is the creative visionary behind My Explorer Journal.

My Explorer Journal brings the Antarctic to life

September 6, 2021 - AR App, Expedition Updates, Alumni, Antarctic Blog, Encourage, News Story, Share

In this blog, check out some of the wonders of Antarctica that are captivating primary school children throughout New Zealand as they embark on a unique, virtual expedition.

Bringing the Past to Life

August 30, 2021 - AR App, Expedition Updates, Alumni, Antarctic Blog, Encourage, News Story, Share

In this blog, we look at how world-leading technology in the Trust’s new augmented reality (AR) app is bringing historic artefacts from the Antarctic to life in a thoroughly modern way.

World-leading technology in new AR App

July 8, 2021 - AR App, Expedition Updates, Alumni, Antarctic Blog, Encourage, News Story, Share

Krystal Paraone, Studio Manager at Staples VR, talks about the process of bringing this incredible piece of world-leading technology, to life.

Students Upskill in Preparation for Expedition

August 29, 2021 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Expedition Updates, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story

In July, South Auckland high school students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate took their first steps in the Trust’s In the Footsteps of Hillary Inspiring Explorers Expedition™, which will culminate in an attempt to climb Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku (South Island, New Zealand).