
New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Level 4) Bush.
The Bush Strand is a dynamic and immersive program designed for individuals passionate about outdoor education, bushcraft, and environmental stewardship.
This qualification equips participants with practical skills in navigation, survival, risk management, and sustainable practices tailored to New Zealand’s unique bush environments.
- Teacher: Hayley Johnson
- Teacher: Brendan McCarty
- Teacher: Jo Thompson

New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Level 5) Bush.
The Bush Strand is a dynamic and immersive program designed for individuals passionate about outdoor education, bushcraft, and environmental stewardship.
This qualification equips participants with practical skills in navigation, survival, risk management, and sustainable practices tailored to New Zealand’s unique bush environments.
- Teacher: Hayley Johnson
- Teacher: Brendan McCarty
- Teacher: Jo Thompson

New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Level 5) Bush.
The Bush Strand is a dynamic and immersive program designed for individuals passionate about outdoor education, bushcraft, and environmental stewardship.
This qualification equips participants with practical skills in navigation, survival, risk management, and sustainable practices tailored to New Zealand’s unique bush environments.
- Teacher: Hayley Johnson
- Teacher: Brendan McCarty
- Teacher: Jo Thompson

New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Level 5) Bush.
The Bush Strand is a dynamic and immersive program designed for individuals passionate about outdoor education, bushcraft, and environmental stewardship.
This qualification equips participants with practical skills in navigation, survival, risk management, and sustainable practices tailored to New Zealand’s unique bush environments.
- Teacher: Hayley Johnson
- Teacher: Brendan McCarty
- Teacher: Jo Thompson

The Outdoor Instructor Fundamentals section is common to all strands. It is a core course which is made of the following areas:
● Leadership
● Group Management
● Facilitation
● Weather
● Safety Management
● Environmental Sustainability
The fundamentals only needs to be completed one time (at a given level) after that, then strands can be added on.
- Teacher: Hayley Johnson
- Teacher: Brendan McCarty
- Teacher: Jo Thompson

New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor Leadership (Level 4) – Rock (Abseil) Strand
The Rock Strand is a dynamic and immersive program designed for individuals passionate about outdoor education, technical climbing systems, and facilitating experiences in vertical environments.
This qualification equips participants with practical skills in rope systems, anchor building, abseiling, risk management, and environmental stewardship, tailored to New Zealand’s unique rock and cliff settings.