Hillary Outdoors Education Centres, Turangi

About Hillary Outdoors Education Centres

Hillary Outdoors was founded in 1972 by Sir Graeme Dingle, then aged 25, under the original name OPC. Sir Edmund Hillary became patron of the organisation in 1973 and held that role until his death in 2008. His grandson, Alexander Hillary, now serves as a patron, and Sir Graeme Dingle remains both founder and patron.

The organisation operates across three programme areas: a schools programme, a tertiary programme serving the outdoor learning and adventure tourism sector, and corporate training and development. Hillary Outdoors runs centres at Tongariro and the Coromandel, and is an accredited outdoor provider for The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award, offering Bronze, Silver, and Gold Adventurous Journey intensives as well as Gold Residential Projects at both centres.

Programmes at Hillary Outdoors Education Centres

Hillary Outdoors offers two named programme types, both available at the Tongariro Centre and the Coromandel Centre.

• Multi-day Programme (5-week school group programme) — no qualification stated — up to 5 days, with shorter stays available
• Long Programme — no qualification stated — up to 5 weeks, with shorter durations available

Centres

Hillary Outdoors operates two named outdoor education centres that host Discovery Camp programmes: a Coromandel Centre and a Tongariro Centre. Both centres provide on-site residential accommodation, with participants living communally and contributing to daily duties as part of the programme. Overnight expeditions depart from each centre into the surrounding environments — marine in the Coromandel and alpine at Tongariro.

Subject area: Recreation/Fitness

The Ministry of Education groups Hillary Outdoors Education Centres under Recreation/Fitness — the broad field of education and training it's classified under in the official tertiary directory.

Recreation/Fitness

Address

Where Hillary Outdoors Education Centres is based, taken directly from the Ministry of Education's own address record for this provider.

• StreetHydro Access Road 3
• CityTurangi
• Postcode3353
• Territorial authorityRuapehu District
• RegionManawatu-Wanganui Region

No coordinates are published for tertiary providers in this dataset, so no map is shown here.

Contact Hillary Outdoors Education Centres

Find the published contact details for Hillary Outdoors Education Centres, including its phone number, website and other available contact information.

• Phone0800688843
• Emailcontact@hillaryoutdoors.co.nz
• Fax09-9293404
• Websitewww.hillaryoutdoors.co.nz

Contact details combine official Ministry of Education records with information published on Hillary Outdoors Education Centres's own website, reviewed by the KuraData team on 16 September 2026.

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