A 10 Day Voyage on board Spirit of New Zealand is a life-changing experience – unlocking your potential, leaving you ready to face your future!
You’ll be one of over a thousand young Kiwis each year who get on board to experience the trip of a life time.You’ll leave with a whole new set of skills, lots of new friends and a new confidence to take on the challenges in life.The whole voyage is based on learning by doing. You’ll face all sorts of challenges and take part in lots of activities on the ship, on the water and on the shore.Leaving you with a level of self-empowerment only found on the Spirit of New Zealand.
Increased confidence and skills: On Spirit you’ll improve your communication and leadership skills and learn the importance of self-awareness and being a part of a team. As you face the various challenges your confidence will increase as you increasingly move outside of your comfort zone.
New friends and connections: You’ll meet 39 other young kiwis from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. Over 10 days you will come to depend on each other, learn tolerance and acceptance and create close and lasting bonds.Once you leave the ship you are connected to the Spirit community for life! You’ll have the opportunity to return as a crew member and share your experiences with others.
Participants must:
Please note, the success of the programme is dependent on participants not knowing each other prior to the voyage. To this end we discourage multiple bookings from the same school on one voyage.
View the medical criteria ›We’ve made it easy for you to get on board with three simple steps. Below is our programme schedule, including dates and ports.
STEP ONE - choose the voyage that suits and 'BOOK NOW'
STEP TWO - fill in your details (you can save as you go)
STEP THREE - we'll process your booking and send a confirmation email with next steps.
We work closely with schools from across New Zealand and reserve spaces on specific voyages for them each year. The number of places and dates vary between each school, so talk to your school’s Spirit Coordinator to discuss the options.
A $200 deposit is required with your booking and the remainder is due three months before your voyage departure date.
At this stage, we are holding our current 2019/2020 pricing for the 2020/2021 sailing schedule. Should the price have to change, the new pricing will take effect in February 2020 and will be charged on all bookings made after the 28th February. If, however, you have booked and paid for your Voyage before 28th February 2020, you are not affected by any price changes.
We understand that for many participants, finding the money required for a 10-day voyage may be your first challenge. Previous participants have taken on part-time jobs, asked friends and family for help or spoken to local organisations to financially support them. We’re here to help you, so once you're confirmed on a voyage, we will give you the support you need to fundraise. Remember - the earlier you book your voyage, the more time you have to fundraise!
Click here to download our funding tips PDF.
Because it's important to us to us to enable all young New Zealanders to enjoy a 10 Day voyage, the Trust has financial scholarships available for those who meet the criteria. When you select a voyage and complete your booking, you will be given an option to apply for a financial scholarship. If you think you can fundraise yourself then please leave this section blank, but if you require some help with your voyage fee, you will be asked some questions to determine your eligibility.
Please remember that the more information you provide to us, the more likely you are to receive a financial scholarship.
Participants can now undertake ocean-based adventures for their Adventurous Journey as well as their Residential Project. See below for details
For more information about Spirit of Adventure please click here
Residential: All Spirit of Adventure voyages of more than 5 days duration can be counted for the Gold Residential requirements on the understanding that each Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Aotearoa New Zealand | Hillary Award participant does not know more than one other person on their watch (this restriction does not apply to Adventurous Journeys).
Adventurous Journeys: 10 Day journeys can be counted towards the Adventurous Journey section of the Gold level under the following circumstances - note that using the voyage for the Residential as well will affect which parts of the Adventurous Journey can be counted.
We strongly suggest that if bringing a camera on board, you equip yourself with a dry bag for the safe keeping of your camera – please remember you are within a wet environment. Please bring your camera charger with batteries.
The actual cost for a 10 Day voyage is $3,500 incl GST
The subsidised cost is $2,500 more info ->
We require a $200 deposit to confirm your place on your voyage - more info ->
Once you are confirmed on a voyage, you will receive an invoice for the full fee less your deposit paid to the email address you have supplied in your booking.