Venture Description
Orientation Aotearoa strives to support young people to gain knowledge, find direction and make change. In 2015, we prototyped an 8 months residential programme in Shelly Bay and supported a pioneering cohort of ten students through a diverse, nourishing and hopefully inspiring programme, consisting of various workshops, a six week internship, a 12 days intensive permaculture course off-side in Otaki, a personal project and a community wide hui.
Key personnel
Doris Zuur, Trustee of Orientation Aotearoa, [email protected], 027-2811570
Coordinating team 2015:
Babs Lake
Skye Chadwick
Lucy Carver
Thomas Burton
Links to website or other resources
Website: www.oa.org.nz
Quarterly Update
July 2016
Orientation Aotearoa is currently in dormancy. A public statement about next steps will be made by end of this month.
April 2016
OA 2016 programme did not go ahead, as this residential format was not sustainable, financially, socially and energetically. Orientation Aotearoa is currently in a ‘dormant pause button’ phase, with key members Lucy Carver Skye Chadwick and Babs Lake being overseas, attending a conference at YIP (www.yip.se), a residential education programme for young people in Sweden which provided much of the inspiration for OA. The team will reconvene for a retreat the first weekend of June, to consider how and who will steward OA into the future.
Founding Date & Brief History
Orientation Aotearoa Trust was founded on the 3rd November 2014, and the pilot programme began in April 2015. (Founders: Thomas, Babs, Lucy, Skye and Doris)
Legal structure
Orientation Aotearoa is governed by a not-for-profit charitable Trust
Business Model
OA was financed user-pays (students) and donations
Social Impact Strategy / Theory of Change
OA is supporting young people to find their task and purpose, lighting their fire! The focus is on experiential and holistic education, providing practical life skills and exposing to a wide range of people and skills, supporting their life, career and/or community contributions choices
Venture Stewards
Doris Zuur
Gina Rembe
Silvia Zuur
Enspiral Foundation Contribution
$10/month
Cooking for Enspiral ventures and events, below commercial rates, at cost