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Two Rotorua Rafting staff members picking up rubbish from the roadside verge at Ōkere Falls in wet weather, with wheelie bins alongside them.

Conservation Week | Catfish, Gorse, and Monday Mornings: The Full Picture of Conservation at Rotorua Rafting

Catfish nets in Lake Rotoiti. Gorse and blackberry cleared from 12,000m² of farmland. Monday mornings picking up rubbish by the river. Native trees growing in our on-site nursery. This is what conservation looks like when it is woven into how a business works — not bolted on. Happy Conservation Week from the team at Rotorua Rafting.

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Aerial view of a yellow Rotorua Rafting raft and a green kayak navigating the base of a waterfall on the Kaituna River, surrounded by dense native bush and ponga ferns.

Conservation Week | What Does 'Carbon Positive' Actually Mean — and Why Did We Chase It?

Rotorua Rafting became New Zealand's first carbon-positive tourism operator in 2021. Here's what that actually means, how they achieved it, and why they are not stopping there.

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How to Build the Perfect Rotorua Adventure Day Around White Water Rafting

Rotorua isn’t a “one-activity” destination — and rafting the Kaituna River works best as the centrepiece of a bigger adventure day.

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Two Rotorua Rafting staff members picking up rubbish from the roadside verge at Ōkere Falls in wet weather, with wheelie bins alongside them.

Conservation Week | Catfish, Gorse, and Monday Mornings: The Full Picture of Conservation at Rotorua Rafting

Catfish nets in Lake Rotoiti. Gorse and blackberry cleared from 12,000m² of farmland. Monday mornings picking up rubbish by the river. Native trees growing in our on-site nursery. This is what conservation looks like when it is woven into how a business works — not bolted on. Happy Conservation Week from the team at Rotorua Rafting.

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Aerial view of a yellow Rotorua Rafting raft and a green kayak navigating the base of a waterfall on the Kaituna River, surrounded by dense native bush and ponga ferns.

Conservation Week | What Does 'Carbon Positive' Actually Mean — and Why Did We Chase It?

Rotorua Rafting became New Zealand's first carbon-positive tourism operator in 2021. Here's what that actually means, how they achieved it, and why they are not stopping there.

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Cameron Ahlers
Cam
2005

Cam lives for rafting growing up on a farm in Waikato, his sense of adventure has been bred into his DNA. Cam is a Senior Guide who aspires to raft for 60 years.

Jesper Sorenson
Jesper
2010

Jesper is nicknamed the sloth by his workmates, he is known to woo the ladies with his beautiful blue eyes. He has rafted around the world but can’t stay away from the beauty of Okere Falls

Justin Slierendrecht
Justin
2017

Jure Stan
Jure
2009

Mitchell Lamb
Mitchell
2017

Kelsey Eames
Kelsey
1999

Kelsey was born on the river and is a third-generation raft guide. Her love for the outdoors is expressed with her ear-to-ear smile and constant stoke on life.

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Kelsey Eames
Kelsey
1999
Kirsty Wyndham
Kirsty
2004
Sam Sutton - Owner
Sam
2004
Justin Slierendrecht
Justin
2017
Cameron Ahlers
Cam
2005
Nathan Lawton
Nate
2015
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2015
Nathan Lawton
Mitchell
2017
Mitchell Lamb
Cam
2005
Cameron Ahlers
Justin
2017
Justin Slierendrecht
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Sam Sutton - Owner
Sam
Jack Robinson
Jack
Kelsey Eames
Kelsey
Nathan Lawton
Nate
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