into the Power Up Virtual Adventure! After eight years of impact in schools across Aotearoa, the Young and Healthy Virtual Adventure is evolving into the Power Up Virtual Adventure. The change reflects a simple idea: the Virtual Adventure has always been more than just an event. It has become a way of helping children build habits that support their energy, wellbeing and learning every day. Over the past eight years, more than 180,000 tamariki have taken part in the Virtual A

“The message now is that all activity counts,” said Martin Gibala, a professor and former chair of the kinesiology department at McMaster University in Canada. We used to move as part of everyday life, now we have to build movement into our schedule because we've engineered the need to move to survive, right out of our day. And while the benefits of progress to humanity have been tremendous, our need to move our bodies regularly is still a matter of survival, albeit not immi

As we wrap up the sixth and final Zespri Young & Healthy Virtual Adventure, we celebrate a programme that has inspired thousands of Kiwi kids to move, eat well, and care for their world. Since its launch in 2020, this initiative has reached more than 100,000 children, making a tangible difference in classrooms and homes across New Zealand. The Young and Healthy Trust is grateful for the enduring support of Zespri