MERC

The Marines Educational Recreation centre’s (MERC) location  is on Beach Rd Auckland. MERC is at Long Bay Regional Park which means it is a public area. MERC is a organisation that offers outdoor activities to help and provide education for people of all ages. They also hold holiday programmes and school camps that do team building activities for people to experience outside exercises/activity.

MERC allows day visits for groups and schools as well. They also accommodate people up to 85 persons to stay overnight with facilities that contains kitchen and dining areas including a hall for many purposes.There are a variety of activities held at MERC like Abseiling, Archery, Multi-sport challenge, Orienteering,  outdoor survival, climbing, kayaking, snorkeling and surfing. Each activity helps build team values. They also provide the resources needed for each activity.

MERC started 12 years ago in 1990 and until now it’s still a successful non-profit organisation with a mission “to provide life changing marine environmental education and outdoor experiences for young New Zealanders”.