The Elta BoardRegistered

ELTA is a youth organisation providing ongoing therapeutic support, guidance, connection, life-skills development and capability-building for rangatahi, including early intervention, using experiential learning and adventure therapy as our methods of delivery. We run programs year-round, and rangatahi can return for further programs as needed for continued support.

Our core kaupapa is to empower and support rangatahi/taiohi to strengthen their sense of identity, including their cultural identity (through connection with self, others and te taiao/the natural world), and their belief in themselves, so they can thrive, lead fulfilling lives and strengthen those around them.

ELTA delivers our programs using the outdoors as a tool and context for developmental and therapeutic wellbeing outcomes. Outdoor activity is the delivery mechanism, not the outcome, and the ELTA Challenge Course is one particular mechanism for this. We use the outdoors because it makes the therapeutic experience r