School Leadership & Team Building Programmes

School Leadership & Team Building Programmes

Empowering Students Through Adventure and Growth

We proudly host schools from across the greater Auckland region, offering engaging one-day programs and multi-day camps. Our educational initiatives support NCEA modules, sports team training, and outdoor adventure experiences—helping students develop valuable skills while creating unforgettable memories in the great outdoors. 

Are you looking to inspire teamwork, leadership, and personal development in your students? Our tailored outdoor education programs are designed to cultivate essential skills through engaging activities and meaningful experiences. Whether your students are just beginning their journey or ready for advanced challenges, we offer programs that foster growth, confidence, and collaboration.

School Leadership Programmes & Adventure Activities

​The Action Matakana team are experts in running School Adventure Programmes and use puzzle challenges, construction activities, obstacle course and extensive team building expertise to challenge and encourage confidence in teenagers. We believe that effective teamwork is one of the core elements of a successful society, which is why our school programmes are designed for team training and coordination. 

We will custom design a School Adventure Programme to suit your school group. Outdoor Adventure Programmes are ideal for all student groups and classes Y10 and above, Student Leadership Groups including the Prefect Corps, and School Sports Teams.

Our outdoor activity courses run from 1 day to 5 day options long and can include Experiential Exercises and Puzzles, Construction Exercises, a Military Grade Obstacle Course and and other Team Building exercises ideal for teenagers and school leaders who are learning new capabilities. 

Students are shown how to formulate and carry out a plan using the tried and tested Military Appreciation Process Leadership Identification and Training.

What Schools Say

★★★★★

Rangitoto College participated in our first year 12 outdoor education camp at Action Matakana in 2025. We spent our time researching an environment that would be suitable to develop leadership skills to a group of year 12 students who were actively involved in a leadership programme at school – this was linked into achievement standard 2.6. What we were looking for was a leadership experience where students could build on them exploring and developing leadership strategies, applying these and then evaluating the effectiveness of them.

The experience that 209 students had over two three-day camps did not disappoint. There were some absolute highlights, including the confidence course where students were pushed out of their comfort zone to complete a team challenge. This, along with a variety of other leadership tasks over the time provided the students with many authentic leadership challenges and opportunities for them to engage in, grow and reflect on. 

What was pleasing was the amount of quality leadership experiences that each student had and how valuable they found this learning experience.

Thanks to Max and Allan for being accommodating, flexible and solution focused. We have booked for next year.

Graham Lowe

H.O.D. H/P.E.

★★★★★

"Once again your facility has proven invaluable to our Physical Education program. The Year 13 students have really enjoyed the challenge of the Confidence Course and embraced everything that goes with it. They certainly have left each time with quite an adrenaline buzz about them. I really appreciate the efforts that you go to every year to ensure the success of this particular event. I look forward to doing it all again next year."

Kristin College
★★★★★

Waitakere College has been taking our Year 12 PE classes and year 13 Services academy to Action Matakana for well over 10 years. The staff are always accommodating and go above and beyond for most requests. They collaborate alongside you to design programmes tailor made to your students needs. The activities
provided are like nothing you can achieve yourself, or from other providers; they are authentic to this organisation. The real life context brings the learning to life. We cover US 9681 and A.S 2.7 and AS 2.8 as assessment opportunities. The Action Matakana team excel at teaching the soft skills to students through the activities and their interactions with our students. Simply put, this place is awesome and the staff are just as awesome. 

Olivia Fugmann

Waitakere College

★★★★★

We have thoroughly enjoyed going to Action Matakana over the years. We have been very impressed with the range of activities on offer and the ability of the instructors to engage, encourage and support our students through some challenging tasks. With being so close to Auckland, and well set up to camp overnight, we are very pleased with Action Matakana as an EOTC facility.

Ellie Going - Marist College

Acting Curriculum Leader of Health and Physical Education and TIC of Hockey

★★★★★

"The Obstacle course is the highlight for us - the course is dynamic with a good mix of theory, problem solving and physical activities, and there are great team building activities offered, which are challenging but achievable. The activities take people out of their comfort zones and teaches team work. The Action Matakana presenters have a good knowledge of leadership dynamics and the location is picturesque and immediately appealing. The programmes at Action Matakana allow all abilities to achieve and grow. These activities got 100% positive feedback from our prefects."

Keith Tennant, Deputy Principal

Mahurangi College

★★★★★

As a school we have been visiting Action Matakana for over 10 years, bringing students from West Auckland to stay and participate in the range of activities that the team provides, and every year it seems to get better. Our experiences have been fantastic and the students gain so much from engaging in the different challenges that they face. It really develops their team work skills and leadership qualities, and each year I have so many of the pupils tell me that they have learnt so much and have achieved things they never knew they were capable of. I thoroughly recommend Action Matakana to anyone that is considering going.

Mark Revill - Waitākere College

Teacher of PE and Health, Assistant SENCO, Student Teacher Coordinator

Supporting schools’ NCEA Programmes

We regularly engage with schools to develop activities to support Teachers to enhance their NCEA programmes. We work with your educators to tailor activities that deliver bespoke programmes to meet your goals for NCEA Assessment and Unit standards.
Talk to us about what we do and how we can help your students achieve.

Outdoor Activities for Schools

Our Educational Packages are designed to assist educators deliver real world experiences in an outdoor setting.

Ask us about your ideas for Adventure Programmes or Outdoor Activity Courses for your school. We can custom design the right experience for your students.

Prefect Training Courses

Choose a 1-3 Day Course run at our base inside the Matakana Country Park, just 40 minutes North of Albany. Prefect Training is a time of intense activity where candidates are put through a series of mental and physical exercises to test their leadership ability and coping mechanisms under pressure.

Schools we work with

Kristin School, Waitakere College, Takapuna Grammar, Diocesan School for Girls, Orewa College, Te Kapehu Whetu, Marist College, St Peters College, Westlake Boys, Kelston Girls, Green Bay High School, Onehunga High School, Tamaki College, One School Global, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe, Glenfield College, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe, Pinehurst, Western Springs College, Rodney College, Mahurangi College, Whangaparora College. Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, Rangitoto College, Otamatea, St Marys College, Whangamata Area School.

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Low Ropes Course
Low Ropes Course
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Pepa Waka
$0.00
Jake the Snake - Obstacle Course Challenge
Jake the Snake - Obstacle Course Challenge
$0.00
3 KM Military-Grade Obstacle Race Course
3 KM Military-Grade Obstacle Race Course
from $55.00
Archery
Archery
from $55.00
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Unlock Your Students’ Potential Today!

Our programs are crafted to not only challenge students physically but also nurture vital life skills. Contact us to learn more about how we can customize a program tailored to your school's needs. Let’s build confident, collaborative, and resilient students through adventure!

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