Where horses are heroes

RDA provides interaction with horses to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing disability, or who have specific challenges or needs, enabling them to have meaningful participation in, and contribution to, their community.

Our Vision

“Reach more Riders, Change more Lives”

We train carefully selected horses to become unique educators, who together with our qualified coaches and volunteers, help our riders to improve:

  • strength, balance and flexibility

  • posture and muscle tone

  • confidence and self esteem

  • self-discipline

  • communicaiton

  • social skills

  • independence

  • perception and spatial awareness.

Hear firsthand from Samara Lloyd about her coaching experience with NZRDA.

Thank you to our horse sponsors

Thank you to our arena advert sponsors