"At our last two day off-site Action Matakana put together an outstanding activity package for our team.  From my first meeting I was impressed with their professional manner and the proposal that they presented. From the fantastic lunch provided to the boat making race (highly recommended); the day was perfect!" 

- Spark Wholesale NZ

The activities where challenging and very enjoyable and allowed for a good mix of learning, teamwork and competitive spirit. TEAM BCD had a fantastic time and would certainly recommend anyone to have a go at your corporate experience. Highlights where seeing our team overcome some milestones on the obstacle course and all have a crack at things they hadn’t done before.

- Samuel Simpson, General Manager - Operations, BCD Group

"The activities were the perfect mix for our group - not always easy with a range of ages and fitness levels, but you managed it with ease. Our conference was a huge success and that was in no small part due to Action Matakana and the wonderful team you have!"

- Aspec Construction

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. 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, Waitākere College

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

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. 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, Rangitoto College

"While as a school I know we have utilised what you have to offer across different platforms and age groups, it is especially with our Year 13 NCEA Physical Education Program that has been a cornerstone to part of our program. You and the team have always been willing to take on board what our needs are and work with us to achieve the outcomes we want from an NCEA perspective. We look forward to continuing this relationship with you and the team and are excited to see what the new direction takes."

- Brent Goldsworthy, CL Sports Studies, Sports Academy & NCEA PE, Kristin

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.

- Mark Revill, Waitākere College

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

I regularly compete in NZ and overseas in Obstacle Races ranging from Spartan races to worlds Toughest Mudder 24 hour OCR race. The Matakana XRun is definitely one of the best races in NZ to offer a combination of running and quality obstacles that require strength, skill and agility to complete.

Liam Wilkinson, OCR & Trail Runner.

I haven’t seen obstacles quite like this in NZ Obstacle racing before. Other events have put on good shows, however Matakana Xrun has outdone it by using such a variety of obstacles, as well as a short stint to stretch the legs and get some pace. I love pushing boundaries, hence the race events I have previously competed in, and Matakana Xrun can definitely do that for me! On top of all that I am very excited about the team aspect of the Xrun, as most races are very focused on individuals, so this allows teamwork and camaraderie to come before anything else!

- Andrew Robinson

"Such an amazing start to the 2019 Indoor Netball World Cup Campaign."

- Chris Clay, NZ Men's Netball Team

"I have done a number of activities here! Absolutely love the archery, will definitely do more!"

- Emma MacDonald

Not for the faint hearted, but it was definitely one of the highlights of my NZ trip.

- Leigh Mitchell

Thanks to you and your team for making it a great day, will highly recommend to anyone else planning an event like that.

- Josh Everitt, Everitt Site Supplies

The team at Action Matakana have looked after our Stag groups on several occasions. With some seriously non-nonsense activities the guys know how to look after a group and don’t get slowed down by too much admin or idle chit chat. If you are wanting something that is a bit different, out of the city and will kick any stag do or birthday party off with a bang then the team at Action Matakana are first choice. We’ll be back again (and again).

- Tim Boyle