Badges

One of the great things about being a guide is having lots of badges to try. Guide badges cover many hobbies and interests, so there is something for everyone. Some badges can be earned at Guides when everyone works together. Other badges are your choice and done in your own time. You will do lots of different things that you won’t do at school.

Endeavour Badges

Girls earn endeavour badges starting with the Green Endeavour Badge, followed by the Silver Endeavour Badge through to the Gold Endeavour Badge.

	The Green Endeavour badge is achieved by completing the Starting the Adventure Challenge, Exploring the Outdoors badge, Exploring my Community badge, Exploring my World badge, Global Exploration badge, Biscuit badge, Outdoor Basics Unit badge and two other unit badges.
	The Silver Endeavour badge is achieved by completing the Green Endeavour badge, Exploring the Outdoors badge, Exploring my Community badge, Exploring my World badge, Global Exploration badge, Biscuit badge, Off to Camp badge and three unit badges.
	The Gold Endeavour badge is achieved by completing the Green Endeavour, Silver Endeavour, Exploring the Outdoors badge, Exploring my Community badge, Exploring my World badge, Global Exploration badge, Biscuit badge, Camp Skills badge, ANZAC badge and two unit badges.

Aoraki Award

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The Aoraki Award is the highest award for Guides and is achieved by completing the Green Endeavour, Silver Endeavour, Gold Endeavour, Compulsory Exploration Challenge badge activities, Leadership activities, two Interest Badges, Aoraki Community Challenge, Camp Leadership Experience and the Ranger Link activities.

A guide who has completed this has shown a high level of commitment and 'stickability' and has gained many life skills.

Exploration Challenge Badges

The Exploration Challenge Badges are groups of activities that you will complete to gain a badge. There are four Exploration Challenges:

Exploring the Outdoors

Exploring my Community

Exploring my World

Global Exploration

To earn a badge you will need to complete five activities with your unit, four activities with your patrol and one individual activity. For each Exploration Challenge Area there are three badges so when you complete your Green Endeavour, Silver Endeavour and Gold Endeavour you will receive a new badge.

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Unit Badges

The Unit Badges are split into the same four Exploration areas that were used for the Exploration Challenge badges. To achieve you Gold Endeavour, you will need to complete a total of eight unit badges, two from each Exploration area. One of these must be the Outdoor Basics badge and that is required for your Green Endeavour badge.

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Exploring the Outdoors Unit Badges

Exploring
Geocacher
Outdoor Basics
Outdoor Food Feast
Ropes and Poles

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Exploring my Community Unit Badges

Civil Defence
Detective
Maoritanga
Streetwise
Walk a Mile
Weatherwise

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Exploring my World Unit Badges

Act Up
Catch the Wind
Creative Science
Kitchen Creations
Money Sense
Surf Smart
Ultimate Challenge

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Global Exploration Unit Badges

Peace
Planet Watch
WAGGGS Badges
Water for Life

Camping Badges

Going to camp is one of the best things about being a guide. As well as having fun, you can demonstrate your camping skills by completing the camping badges. There are four camping badges, which need to be done in order, as the skills need to get harder.

	Outdoor Basics Complete the Outdoor Basics badge before you go to camp to make sure that you know how to camp. This badge is a unit badge from the Exploring the Outdoors section of the programme.
	Off to Camp This is it time to go on a camp and complete the Off to Camp badge while you are there. It is all about having a fun programme at camp.
	Camp Skills After some more camping experience, the Camp Skills badge shows that you are a skilled camper.
	Camp Leadership Experience When you are nearly ready to go to Rangers, there is the challenge for you to lead a patrol camp and complete the Camp Leadership Experience badge.

Whānui Badges

Whanui badges are ones the can be done by pippins, brownies, guides and rangers. You will have done the Biscuit badge and ANZAC Heritage badge at Pippins or Brownies by the activities will have been different.

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Guide/Ranger Link

When girls are 12 1/2 years old, they move on to Rangers. They earn a special linking badge for their Aoraki Award.

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