Wildspace : From Wandering to Wildspace

Authors: Bobbi-Jo Burkitt
Published Date: 1st December, 2025
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Issue 82

In this edition of Wildspace, Bobbi-Jo shares her lessons learned from walking Te Araroa trail, and how they apply to teaching, leading, and living your life.

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From Wandering to Wildspace

Photographs by Bobbi-Jo Burkitt, Childspace

In 2014 I moved to Aotearoa and a year later, found a teaching home in Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington) at Childspace. From my first day teaching at Childspace, I noticed that it felt like a space where children could authentically be children, connect to te taiao, and really cha

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