Tales from the trails
A Fireside Chat (with actual fire!)
DATE
Sat 27th April 4.30 - 6.30pm
LOCATION
2 Mile Bay Sailing Club
PRICE
$39 / person
INFORMATION
We’re really excited about this event. One of the key themes we’re focusing on and exploring at the Love Taupo Trail Festival is our mental health, or fitness. Our mental state is very much like our physical health or fitness, we can usually assess where we sit on the physical fitness scale, however, we don’t seem to be quite as good at making these honest assessments when it comes to the mental side of things, and how we actually feel - and why.
The idea and plan around this session is to bring together some very cool people in a panel-style event, whereby each of the panel will have a chance to tell their story, drilling down into those themes of the outdoors, and how bloody good for us it is to spend time outside, preferably in nature, and also their own views, thoughts and journeys in and around their own mental health/fitness.
The session is designed to be honest and inspired. Designed to bring the audience into the game, we’ll make sure that we get interactive from the outset.
We’re stoked to have Mark Richardson, Shoshannah Shand, Professor Grant Schofield, Mal Law and Jack Newman on the panel for the 2024 event
Follow the links below to learn more about this superb line up!
click below to find out more about the awesome people who will be at the tales from the trails event
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Mark Richardson
Mark 'Rigor' Richardson has got a really good story. From being one of NZ cricket's most successful test opening batters, post-cricket he jumped into some big roles in the NZ media, along with commenting international cricket.
Somewhere in all of that Rigor found the trails, and like everything he commits to, he went all in.
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Professor Grant Schofield
Professor of Public Health at AUT University and director of the University’s Human Potential Centre. Grant’s research and teaching interests are broadly based in public health, especially the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. The way lifestyle can be used either as “medicine” or to prevent these problems.
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Mal Law
Adventurer Mal is no stranger to mountains and wild places, exploring such places especially new ones “is what gives his life meaning”
Over the years Mal has competed in a huge number of endurance events and undertaken several epic multi-day running challenges to raise money for charities close to his heart. At the latest count these projects had raised around NZ$960,000
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Shoshannah Shand
Adventure seeker and solo Mum of two, showcasing and inspiring to the world via social media that it is possible to do what you love outdoors with kiddies in tow. Shoshannah frequently takes her kids on tramps, overnight hikes and has been known to climb a mountain or two!
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Jack Newman
“A proud father of four, and an otherwise pretty ordinary bloke”
Movember advocate Jack has had his own challenges with mental wellbeing and now takes a proactive approach to both his physical and mental health. Using past experiences and learnings along the way, to help other men be more proactive about their health, with a particular focus on mental health.
