We're thrilled to be able to send a Masterlink apprentice on an opportunity to join other construction industry trainees on a fully funded 16-day Outward Bound Leadership course!
The 2025 Building Leaders course will run from 24 June to 13 July inclusive.
Applications are now CLOSED
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How to Apply
Masterlink apprentices can contact their Regional Manager for an application form. Contact us
Outward Bound New Zealand
One of NZ's most well-known and respected organisations, Outward Bound has been providing New Zealanders with life-changing courses since 1962.
Activities on this course are designed to develop confidence and self-awareness, grow teamwork and communication skills, and enhance leadership abilities.
Previous Winners
The 2024 Outward Bound Building Leaders course ran from 3 to 18 July inclusive, and the following Masterlink apprentices participated:
- Paige Samuel
- Shea Kitchin
- Kai Gurton
- Cooper Russell
- Tyson Bennett
- Rory von Vroonhoven
- Aaren Markenstein
- Gurmeer Grewal
- Jonathan Kernohan
- Clay Cooper
The 2023 Outward Bound Building Leaders course ran from 28 June to 13 July inclusive, and the following Masterlink apprentices participated:
- Jason Beijerling
- Jack Anderson
- Andrew Smith
- Christopher Linehan
- Lachland Cuttance-Dunne
- Russell Hohaia
- Jack Conder
- Jakob O'Dwyer
- Henry Cooper
- Raphael Smith
- Emma de Salis (unable to attend in 2022)
- Teigan Jopson (unable to attned in 2022)
The 2022 Outward Bound BETA course ran from 5-20 July, and the following Masterlink apprentices participated:
- Brendan Wood
- Maria Contreras Huerta
- Basil Carpenter
- Troy Haronga
- Nathan Smith
- Sebastian Sekene
- Thomas Gadsbey
How did they find the course? Read about their experiences
Challenges were presented without too much assistance from instructors, so we had to work as a team and figure it out.
I've come away with so many lessons which I think I'll continue to look back on for years to come. I'm a better communicator and I think a better person.
- James Moore, 2021 Outward Bound Scholarship participant
James Moore, winner of the 2021 Master Plumbers Outward Bound Scholarship, talks about his experience on the 16-day Young Leader course – what he expected, how it went, and what he got out of it.
Why would the boss of a very busy Wellington plumbing company send one of his senior apprentices on a 16-day Outward Bound course?
Mike Gooch of Glennies Plumbing says it was a no brainer because the positives far outweigh the negatives.
I'm a much better person. More communicative. Much more confident and now know what I want to achieve in life. I have a clear direction of what I want to do.
- Quintin Trott, 2020 Outward Bound Scholarship participant