Mentoring
TECT Region Workshop
In June we held an afternoon workshop at the University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance in Mount Maunganui, recognising our partnership with TECT and providing a more local opportunity for a mentoring function for our Tauranga based recipients. The...
2021 Mentoring Workshops
Over the course of the year, the 2021 recipients chose one of three workshops to attend. These were all held in Cambridge at either Podium Lodge, the Avantidrome or Lake Karapiro. The workshops gave the attendees an opportunity to network with young athletes,...
2020 Mentoring Workshops
Each of the 2020 Adastra Foundation recipients has the opportunity to attend a 2-day residential workshop based in Cambridge at Podium Lodge and the Avantidrome. Over the two days, recipients engage in practical sessions on Communication, Life Sorting, Mindfulness,...
Think – Tuesday November 6
Who are you? Where are you from? What do you stand for today? Those were the questions put to our recipients by David Galbraith during our 'think' mentoring session. We were thrilled to have such an unique and skilled professional present to our 2018 recipients....
Snap – Thursday September 20
Social Media and Sponsorship was the focus of the 'Snap' mentoring session held at Rocket Coffee (we may have had coffee too!) on Thursday September 20. Nicky Felton from Play Creative reverse engineered the social media process. This helped recipients gain an insight...
Breathe – Tuesday July 10
We locked in the Breathing Guru - Craig Newlands - to host a practical Breathing Clinic with recipients on Tuesday July 10th. And before you ask...yes, they got to lie down on the job! "In the arts or any sport it is important to monitor breathing quality. A good...
Welcome Function 2018
On Wednesday 29 March 2018, the Adastra Foundation hosted a Function to Welcome the 2018 recipients into the Adastra Family. With over 70 recipients attending it was one of our biggest turn outs ever. We were thrilled to have past recipient and Olympian, Jaime...
Mentoring 2018
All Adastra Scholarship recipients will be invited to attend four Mentoring Sessions throughout 2018. March: Welcome Function - "A simple hello could lead to a million things." July: Breathing Works Clinic - "Breathing Under Pressure" September: Social Media and...
Mentoring Update 2017
Once again, The Adastra Foundation have partnered with School Kit to run five mentoring sessions for the 2017 scholarship recipients. Schoolkit are a team of qualified, registered educators with an extensive network of professionals and are well qualified to deliver...
Mentoring Update 2016
This year The Adastra Foundation have partnered with SchoolKit to run six mentoring sessions for the 2016 scholarship recipients.
Schoolkit are a team of qualified, registered educators with an extensive network of professionals and are well qualified to deliver mentoring sessions that are innovative and captivating to add real value for the Adastra recipients.
Mentoring Update 2015
29th June 2015 - Sponsorship & Finance with Tonia Cawood & Graham Scott. A session presented by Tonia Cawood will give you tips on how to put together a sponsorship proposal and approach sponsors. Graham Scott will present on the topic of finance and what you...
Sponsors
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Teens complete 800km challenge across North Island
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Congratulations on a massive achievement Keira Russell!
Being selected in the U18 New Zealand 7’s is one big goal ticked off in her young career.
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Thomas Winter and friends are on their penultimate day. What a huge effort they have undertaken!
If you’d like to support their cause, you can donate in the link in their bio to Child Cancer support and research.
www.capetocape.nz/?Will, Olly and Thomas (pictured L-R) are now on the final stretch. They will finish tomorrow at midday. Can we get them to $20,000 and give some families some much needed support through a very challenging time this Christmas? @childcancerfoundation
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Meet @officialecks ! Born in Tāmaki Makaurau and raised in Kirikiriroa where he attended Hamilton Boys’ High School. A special place that fills Xavier’s cup is home and his church. The love and comfort provided by his whānau are what keep him happy and motivated!
His three proudest achievements are getting baptized, getting married, and representing New Zealand in Touch (2019) and Weightlifting last year at the IWF World Weightlifting Championships held in Saudi Arabia. He also competed in the Youth Junior/U23 Oceania Championships in Samoa, where he won Gold in the Juniors and Silver in the U23s!
Xavier’s short-term goal is to continue working hard on rehabbing his current injuries so he can get back to wearing the fern on his chest. His long-term goal is, as he says, “Leaving a legacy, creating generational wealth, being someone my kids can look up to, and achieving freedom.”
Xavier applied for this scholarship because he saw it as a great opportunity to meet and connect with others of similar age who also face similar challenges, as well as an opportunity to help each other. Additionally, the financial aid has been incredibly helpful in covering costs such as sports equipment, physiotherapy, and competition and travel fees!
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Brilliant effort by Rubi Hart and Keira Russell in the Condors 7’s tournament.
Both playing for Hamilton Girl’s High School in the final it was a draw until the final moments where Howick College took the win in golden time.
Huge congratulations to Rubi for being named Most Valuable Player and both Keira and Rubi being named in the tournament team. 👏👏👏
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Meet @caitlinnicolemusic ! Born and raised in Kirikiriroa, she was a pupil at Hamilton Girls’ High and has just finished her first year studying a Bachelor of Commercial Music at Massey University in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Caitlin is a multitalented musician who plays guitar, piano, bass, and vocals, and also loves to write songs!
Caitlin says, “I try to live by having a growth mindset and knowing that I’m always moving on to bigger and better things. I want that for the people around me too.” Her growth mindset has definitely helped her achieve some amazing things, including recording at Bigpop, Roundhead, and Parachute Studios, and releasing her three songs (“Mine,” “Radical,” and “River Styx”) through the Play It Strange Songwriting Competitions. She also won the Waikato Smokefree Rockquest regionals in the solo/duo category!
Caitlin adds, “In the next year, I hope to release music of my own under a new solo project I’ve been working on! I really want to be playing gigs - as many as I can land. I just want to perform here, there, and everywhere!”
Caitlin applied for the Adastra Scholarship because she found out it supports more than just financially. She appreciated the personal development aspect of the scholarship and enjoyed attending workshops, meeting the other recipients, and hearing about their ambitions and careers.
Caitlin would like to thank “anyone who’s ever encouraged and inspired the confidence in me to express my love for music. Thank you to my music teachers in high school, my lecturers at Massey, and the biggest thank you to my roommates and best friends, who have really made this year incredibly rewarding. And, of course, thank you to Craigs Investment Partners and The Adastra Foundation.”Craigs Investment Partners ... See MoreSee Less
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Meet @mcnamaratamzyn ! Born in Tāmaki Makaurau and raised in Kirikiriroa, she currently attends Sacred Heart College. A special place that fills Tamzyn’s cup is Cooks Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula, where she grew up spending holidays with her cousins and friends.
Tamzyn’s future goals are to make the NZ Touch Blacks squad or the Black Ferns, depending on which path she takes. Ultimately, representing her whānau in a Black jersey is her dream! Tamzyn’s main motivation stems from her desire to be better every day, grow as an athlete, and make her whānau proud.
Tamzyn says she’s most proud of making the under-16 NZ Touch team and winning the under-16 Touch National Championship! She said, “This was super special, as the year prior, her team lost the final by one try.”
Tamzyn also said, “I would like to thank The Adastra Foundation for the support and funding throughout this opportunity. I am very grateful for everything they taught me over the workshops. I will continue recommending this foundation to teammates and friends, as it helped me boost my confidence and knowledge around growth.”
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This week @twinter.cc and two of his friends embark on an epic fundraising journey. With 800kms of cycling ahead of them from one side of the North Island to the other, they are raising money for the Child Cancer Foundation.
Check out their page and follow their journey. @capetocape2024
Link to where you can donate below:
givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/capetocape
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Thomas Winter and friends are about to embark on a huge mission - cycling
800km across the North Island starting at East Cape.
Check out Cape to Cape 2024, follow their journey and if you can, consider donating to this worthwhile cause.
Let's go lads!!Wow! Thanks to you, we've hit $3,000 donated towards the @childcancerfoundation
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