Reach more riders, change more Lives! Check out our volunteer and donation options.
Who We Are
NZRDA is a member association made up of over 50 local RDA groups who are in local communities throughout New Zealand.
The core purpose of NZRDA is to provide interaction with horses to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing disability, or who have specific challenges or needs.
We aim to enable and support disabled people to achieve good lives including meaningful participation in, and contribution to, important life activities and roles in their community.
What's Happening
Vote for the Horse 2023
Vote for the Horse is back again in 2023! Help us choose the horses that will be in the New...
Buy a Kiwi sports Crossword Book!
Kiwi Sportsword features 50 pages of crosswords about New Zealand sport, and makes an ideal Father's Day or Christmas...
By Their Side
Riding for the Disabled is "by their side" - every step of the way. Give now and be "by...
Latest News
Vote for the Horse 2023
Vote for the Horse is back again in 2023! Help us choose the horses that will be in the New...
Maddie and Indie are benefiting from a qualified Coach
You can make sure that riders have what they need – which is a Coach who is qualified and...
RDA provides life-changing outcomes for riders
Let's hear about therapeutic riding from our riders, whānau, and coaches.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piSlaRYzAtU
I ride because…
We know riders get so much out of their RDA programmes but you can hear first hand from some...
The Breeze Radio Interview June 2023
On 26 June 2023 our Chief Executive Donna Kennedy spoke to Robert Scott from The Breeze to discuss how...
Tessa improves her stamina
From fear of falling to independently trotting - Tessa was able to see huge improvements! Tessa experienced a stroke. Here...
Tom Atchison Volunteer of the Year 2022
Vivienne began her journey with RDA as a volunteer for weekly sessions in 2017. She is the sort of...
Young Volunteer of the Year 2022
Emily started volunteering just over six months ago as a leader/side-walker on a Saturday, then started attending on Wednesday...
Happy Horses
At RDA, the welfare of our horses is at the forefront of our minds. The workload of each horse...
What are the benefits of riding?
Here are some testimonials from our riders’ whānau and from a coach. “My grandson can’t walk to school or play...
Make A Donation
We rely greatly on the generosity of people like you. Your donation helps us to provide safe and effective goal-based riding activities for children and adults with a disability.
NZRDA Groups
