Inclusive Programmes
Outdoor experiences designed for diverse abilities, support needs, backgrounds, and identities.
Adaptive climbing and outdoor belonging
Adventure, access, and belonging in the outdoors.
Wild Belonging Aotearoa is building pathways into climbing, outdoor adventure, and nature-based community for people who have not always had easy access to those spaces.
What we do
Building the pathway, one careful step at a time.
Community & Connection
Building a supportive whanau where people can arrive, ask questions, learn, and stay connected.
Nature for Wellbeing
Not therapy or rehab, but outdoor experiences that can restore confidence and agency.
Access & Advocacy
Helping gyms, facilitators, and local champions understand practical access in action.
Accessibility / What to expect
We are committed to making programmes as accessible, dignified, and clear as possible. Support needs are gathered respectfully, without turning the whole experience into a clinical assessment.
Inclusive by designSupportive leadersClear info upfrontFlexible and adaptive
Why belonging
More than being invited into someone else’s space.
Belonging means the space is also for your body, your support needs, your questions, your pace, and your future leadership. That matters in climbing, where culture can feel closed, technical, gear-heavy, and intimidating for beginners.
The long-game arc is first-time access, then community, then skill progression, then independence, then leadership. Wild Belonging is starting small so the model can be safe, reflective, and shaped by the people it is for.
First focus
A small, supported adaptive climbing pilot.
The first stage is deliberately focused: people with physical disabilities trying outdoor climbing with skilled facilitators, strong support, and a participant feedback loop shaping what comes next.
Upcoming events
Pilot-shaped gatherings
Open Water Day
Lake Rotoroa, Nelson Lakes
Sunday 8 June · All welcome
Forest Wander
Waitakere Ranges, Auckland
Saturday 21 June · All abilities
Coastal Whanau Day
Ohope Beach, Bay of Plenty
Saturday 5 July · All welcome
Wild Belonging is more than getting outside. It is finding people who get you, and a place where you are free to be you.
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Future hub
Finding adaptive climbing in Aotearoa should be easier.
Local connections
A future directory for adaptive climbing contacts, community groups, and gym champions.
Training and safety
Dedicated work on facilitator training, safeguarding, ratios, consent, and emergency planning.
Participant leadership
Pathways for adaptive climbers to contribute, teach, welcome others, and lead in their own way.
Collaborate
Bring your piece of the work.
We are looking for people who can help with adaptive climbing, disability and access advice, outdoor safety, safeguarding, gym liaison, health and school networks, funding, and local community leadership.