Life Skills Camps

For 16-year-olds Russell Hockley and Kent Mills, from Taranaki, attending Blue Light’s Life Skills Camp and gaining two of the top three awards has inspired them both to pursue careers in the New Zealand Army. “I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and learned to make friends with people in a short space of […]

“I didn’t know I was going to be chosen but I was happy and even more happy because I made my family proud,” says Palmerston North teen Taniwaka Waho-Marsden as she reflects on winning the Overall Merit Award at Blue Light’s Life Skills Camp held at Trentham Military Camp from 21 – 25 October 2024.

For Umusei Tupuola, Overall Merit Award winner at Blue Light’s recent Life Skills camp, learning to ride a bike and tackling a mountain bike track for the first time was just one of many milestones he achieved at camp. He also successfully completed the Hi and Low ropes course. “Because of my fear of heights,