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Bilbo Baggins would be proud.   Nearly 200 senior scouts will be empowered through adventure and challenge at the Piopio Adventure Camp.   Scouts will arrive at Greenmount Farms in Paekaka Rd next month from scout groups all over the Upper North Island, supported by kaiarahi (or leaders). Each scout section is self-sufficient, bringing its […]

The Waikato’s only sea scout group has received Royal New Zealand Navy recognition.   Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group, which trains and sails Scout Standard Cutters and Sunbursts on lakes Karāpiro, Ngā Roto, Rotoroa, and Taupo, received naval recognition after meeting the highest standards of scouting and seamanship.   The navy recognition standards reflect

Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group’s new Scout Standard Cutters participated in the 48th Alistair Kerr Spring Regatta at Lake Nga Roto in early September. Scouts rowed and sailed the new cutters, purchased with support from Frontier Estates and Pragma Homes, at the regatta on September 8. The Scout group is the only one on

Scouts Aotearoa national commissioner Raani Kelderman called it a fantastic ice breaker.   More than 200 scouts and kaiārahi (leaders) from 14 scout groups in the upper North Island region started the boating season with the 48th Alistair Kerr Waikato Zone Spring Regatta at Lake Ngā Roto on Saturday.   Boating, paddling (kayaking) and water

Cambridge scouts Jasper Cook, Jessica Hill, and Zac Ward know how to lead small teams in adventurous experiences.   The trio of 11-year-olds completed the annual Scouts Aotearoa Sandford Leadership Skills Training Course at Epworth Retreat and Recreation Centre at Horahora this month.   All three are team (or patrol) leaders tasked with leading small

Scout leaders learned how to build emergency shelters in Pirongia Forest Park recently.   The leaders, kaiarahi or mentors, were challenged to build emergency shelters from material found lying on the bush floor.  While trampers should always carry some form of shelter in case of an emergency, even on day trips, no pack liners or

Scouts and Venturers from Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group won the Senior Scout Standard Cutter Trophy at the Scouts Aotearoa Northland Zone Regatta after crossing the finish line at Kai Iwi Lakes first with Venturer Alice Field, 17, at the helm.   “We nearly missed out on entering the cutter classes at all after

Kirikiriroa Scout Group is looking for a new home in the western suburbs of Hamilton. Specifically, land on to which it can move a Scout hall.   The group’s first-year lease of the Salvation Army hall at 180 Grandview Rd, Hamilton, expires on June 30. It is the second time in a year, the Scout

St Columba’s Scout Group is looking for a new home after the group received notice from landlord St Columba’s Parish to vacate St Columba’s Parish Hall in Rifle Range by the end of Term one. St Columba’s Kea Club, Cub Pack, Scout Troop and Venturer Unit will no longer be able to meet at the

When Cassian Steidle’s sons wanted to join the Scouts, the Hamilton-based German had to think twice.   For Mr Steidle, scouting, which grew out of founder Robert Baden-Powell’s time in the British Army, evoked a national memory of the Hitler Youth movement. Adolf Hitler used it to engineer his rise to power before declaring war