the wild horse project: Travel, adventure and Inspirational Speaking

Travel & adventure

I love adventure, travel and combining my love of horses with seeing exotic places. I will never be the girl sipping cocktails by the pool. Give me donkeys in India's poorest communities or running marathons and galloping across countries on feral ponies any day.

Got ideas of where I should go? Know a place where working equines need help? A good adventure that needs doing? Don't hesitate to let me know

Motivational Speaking

I hope thorough my travels, charity work and adventures I can inspire people to step outside their comfort zones, follow their dreams and discover the world.

I enjoy motivational speaking, especially when it comes to encouraging young people. I have a wealth of first hand experiance to draw on, from travels in developing countries, competing in extreme adventure events like the Mongol Derby as well as seeing and working with some of the worlds poorest people through charitable organisations.

Not to mention my experience working with wild horses and sport horses.

I know what it is like to overcome obstacles, to step into the unknown and take a risk when everyone tells you it's not possible.

I love to share my stories and am available for motivational speaking at schools, conferences and other events

Please contact me to make a booking

Phone +64 27 254 0114 or by email

Where The Wild Horses Came From

If you wanted to get really technical, New Zealand only has feral horses, not wild. As all the horses runing free, are descended from domestic stock, that has either escaped or been set loose, and found their way to the Kaimanawa ranges. That they now habitat in the centre of the north island. The first reports of horses runing free on the kaimanawa ranges, date back to 1876. Some of bloodlines known to have made into wild populations are Arabian, exmoor, Welsh, a group of Comet horses, stock horses from cattle or sheep stations as well as a Cavalry posts in the area.

in 1981 the herds of horses runing free in the ranges, were put under protection by the New Zealand Government. numbers at that stage had plummeted to just 174 wild horses. But by 1994, numbers had risen to 1,576. With this many horses they were causing massive damage to their fragile and unique enviroment.

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has been carrying out annual musters and culls, since 1993. unfortunatly horses that cannot be adopted out to private homes are slaughtered. The aim is to keep the wild population at a managable number for the health of the horses and the enviroment.

The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization lists the Kaimanawa horses as a herd of special genetic value that can be compared with other groups of feral horses such as New Forest ponies, Assateague ponies, wild Mustangs, and with free-living zebras. Kaimanawas are of special value because of their low rate of interaction with humans. This lack of interaction may result in a herd with more wild and fewer domestic characteristics, which is of special interest to researchers.

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