Hello everyone and welcome to our final newsletter for the year!

Our 50th year of operations has been a very busy year at NSRDA, and we’re all looking forward to a break to spend time with our families and friends for the Christmas holidays.  Our horses are also looking forward to a well-earned rest over summer.

We’re finishing the year with some fantastic news! ... 

Kalmar Construction go all out!

Kalmar Construction Ltd is a proud Gold Sponsor of North Shore Riding for the Disabled and recently chose to dedicate their annual community day to a hands-on working bee at North Shore RDA in Stillwater.  As it turned out the day happened to coincide with the wettest stormiest day we have had all winter! ...

Rising costs put pressure on our programmes

Without increased sponsorship and donations, we may have no choice but to raise rider fees, making access to our therapeutic riding harder for rider families already feeling the financial pressures of rising living costs. 

Your support right now can keep our programmes accessible … 

The magic of horses for Autistic riders

Coach Judith was recently approached by the grandmother of one of our riders. She understood how the horse's movement and our programme was beneficial for people with physical disabilities but was unsure of the benefit for autistic riders. We see the magic happen every day when working with these riders ...

We welcome our newest pony

A big welcome to our newest pony – Poutu.  She is originally from the Poutō peninsula on the Kaipara Harbour and whilst we are not clear on her history, we are working on building up her trust ...

Jake’s remarkable journey

Assistant Coach Kate, talks about the remarkable journey of Ten-year-old Jake.  Before coming to meet us at our RDA, Jake had never spent any time around horses and he very honestly expressed that he was not sure it was a good idea to start now, but all that has changed ...

North Shore RDA Wins Community Impact Award!

We are thrilled and more than a little proud to share that we won the ‘Community Impact Award’ at the Harcourts Ltd Harbour Sport Excellence Awards recently.  Christine Fallas, President of North Shore RDA said “We are thrilled to be recognised through these Awards ..."

Rotary Pest Plant removal

A big shout out to the wonderful volunteers from Rotary who have visited us quite a few times now, removing and disposing of pest plants and educating us along the way.  Take a look at what they have achieved and learn to identify pest plants ...

Getting to the bottom of a wriggly problem

Michelle our Horse Manager shines some light on the potential internal parasites that can affect horses, the issues they can cause and how we go about detecting and managing these ... 

North Shore RDA Facilities hire update

We pride ourselves on our Facilities and these are available for all to hire, including our covered arena, barn, and sensory trail.  We've made the hire of these even easier now for customers after some recent upgrades ...