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Adventure Therapy Aotearoa Membership

We are a membership-based association, and by joining as a member you become part of a growing whānau supporting the development of adventure therapy in Aotearoa.

Your membership helps strengthen the field, connect practitioners and allies, and support kaupapa-driven practice across the motu. It’s also a great way to stay informed about what’s happening in adventure therapy – including events, learning opportunities, and collective mahi.

Join us below and be part of the journey.

Membership Benefits

As a member of Adventure Therapy Aotearoa, you will receive the following benefits:

Member-Only Resources & Learning

  • Use of the members-only area of our website

  • Participation in our online workshops and viewing of all recordings

  • Access to the ĀTA Research List

  • Membership with the Association for Experiential Education (AEE)

Connection & Community

  • A regular newsletter sharing news, insights, and opportunities in adventure therapy in Aotearoa and internationally

  • Participation in our members’ Facebook community

  • Reduced rates for our annual gatherings

Participation & Leadership

  • Eligibility to apply for our annual ATA grant

  • Voting rights at our AGM (aka the Awesome General Meeting)

  • Eligibility to stand for election to our leadership group

Kaupapa

  • Best of all – You’ll be part of a movement shaping the future of adventure therapy in Aotearoa

Become an Adventure Therapy Aotearoa Member

Please note that annual memberships renew automatically each year unless cancelled.

Annual Subscription

$60

Student or Unwaged Subscription

$40

Become a Member

    • We need Members because our association exists to support our Members!

    • We need Members to help shape the future of adventure therapy in New Zealand

    • We need Members to be voted on to the leadership group to keep this thing going…

    • If you need one, yes we can do that.

    • Please keep in mind our admin team is voluntary – so if you don’t need one, don’t get one… ta 🙂

    • We are not GST registered.

    • Full access toour programme of online workshops and the recordings

    • A regular newsletter with all sorts of information about adventure therapy in Aotearoa and around the world

    • Discounted participation in our annual gatherings

    • Access to a special Members’ Area on our website (coming soon!)

    • The ability to vote at our AGM (aka Awesome General Meeting)

    • The opportunity to stand for election to our leadership group

    • Best of all – you get the satisfaction of knowing you are investing into the development of this thing we love here in Aotearoa New Zealand!

  • Right here!

  • $60 a year, or just $40 if you are a student or unwaged.

    • Invest in simple infrastructure to connect and support our Members – eg subscriptions to WordPress and Mailchimp, and getting tech support when we need it

    • Organise an annual hui/conference where Members can meet and learn from each other

    • Offer occasional learning and development opportunities for Members

    • An annual scholarship to support Members’ professional development and/or travel to attend International Adventure Therapy ConferencesThis Association exists to develop the field of adventure therapy in Aotearoa NZ and to support the development of our Members. Our volunteer leadership group is working hard behind the scenes to make this a reality. Any spending of the money is decided by the full leadership group not any one person. We are happy to take suggestions if there’s more you’d like to see!

  • Absolutely! You can give as much as you like. At this stage it’s not tax deductible, but if we decide to apply for charitable status then it may be. Get in touch if you’d like to discuss opportunities for partnership or sponsorship.

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Privacy Statement

When you join as a member we collect personal information from you, including information about your:

  • name

  • contact information

  • interactions with us

  • billing or purchase information

We collect your personal information in order to:

  • contact members of our organization for newsletters. We also collect information to accurately understand the demographics and geographical distribution of our membership.

Besides our leadership group and administrative working groups, we share this information with:

  • funders and internal research projects in order to describe and understand our membership community.

Providing some information is optional. If you choose not to enter their contact details, we’ll be unable to contact them with newsletters .

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at adventuretherapyaotearoa@gmail.com.