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So many young people are struggling. What can we do about it?

by William Pike | May 18, 2026 | Blog, Child Development, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Outdoor Education, Youth anxiety

Over the past decade, something has changed. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, points to a major shift that took place in the early 2010s. Blackberry’s and dumb phones went out the door, and smartphones became widespread. Front-facing...

Outdoor Education: The Antidote Our Young People Desperately Need

by William Pike | Sep 4, 2025 | Blog, Outdoor Education

The Ministry of Education’s proposal to remove Outdoor Education from the senior school general subject list and relegate it to a narrow vocational pathway is not cool, it’s actually deeply concerning. At a time when our young people are facing unprecedented...

Balancing the books and building confidence: why a full curriculum matters!

by William Pike | Jul 24, 2025 | Blog, Outdoor Education

We’re all seeing it, right? There’s a really clear push from the government these days to sharpen our focus on the absolute basics: literacy and numeracy. Our Education Minister, Erica Stanford, has been pretty upfront about a “relentless...

So many young people are struggling. What can we do about it?

Outdoor Education: The Antidote Our Young People Desperately Need

Balancing the books and building confidence: why a full curriculum matters!

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