Cubs Award Scheme – Tauhinu Sea Scout Group

⚜️ Membership Badge

Before you are invested into Cubs, you will need to complete your Membership Badge. Your Kaiārahi and other Cubs will help you along the way!

There are three main parts to this:

Introduction to Scouting
Introduction to Cubs
Safe From Harm

Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards

The Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards recognise your personal progression through the programme. To complete these awards, you will need to Participate in, Assist with, and Lead a number of activities across each of the core programme Areas, ending with a personal reflection.

Bronze Award

Silver Award

Gold Award

👑 Rātā Cub Award

The highest award you can earn as a Cub is the Rātā Cub Award. This is the ultimate Capstone Award for the entire Cubs section and marks an incredible achievement in a young scout’s journey.

To achieve the Rātā Cub Award you will need to:

Achieve your Gold Cub Award
Complete 10 Adventure Skills progressions
Complete 4 Better World projects across at least two different programmes
Undertake a 4-hour Adventurous Journey
Take part in 15 Community Engagement hours
Complete a peer-led review of your time in Cubs

The Adventure Skills

The Adventure Skills are your direct pathway to outdoor fun. They are designed to help you gain the hands-on competencies you need to safely participate in, assist with, and eventually lead adventurous expeditions.

These strands move with you throughout your entire Scouting journey. Instead of being attached to a single section, you can complete any level of an Adventure Skill at any age, provided you have successfully met the previous levels. Each of the 7 core Adventure Skills features 9 progressive levels:

Tramping

Emergency

Air Activities

Boating

Camping

Vertical

Water Safety

📢 Passing it Forward: You can be checked off by your Kaiārahi, another member of Scouting who is two or more levels above you, or another competent assessor. Once you hit Level 3, you can even start marking off peers working through Level 1!

🎯 Note: To complete your Rātā Cub Award, you must achieve 10 total Adventure Skill progressions (gaining a new level) during your time in Cubs. You can spread these across multiple tracks or focus intensely on a chosen few! Record paths inside your Adventure Skills Handbook or digitally via Mahi Tahi.

Better World Framework

Better World helps you live out your Scout Promise directly by making positive contributions to your community, country, and the planet.

🔄 Every Better World project follows three distinct steps: 1. Experience: Learn closely about an issue that interests you. Find out how it impacts people and what you can do to assist.
2. Act: Participate in, help support, or lead a service project addressing the issue. Remember to Plan, Do, Review every step!
3. Share: Spread the word! Tell others what your section achieved and let them know how they can get involved.

There are 8 specialized Better World strands to explore:

Oceans

Climate

Conservation

Sustainability

Peace Ed

Global Citizen

Community

Equity

You can tackle a Better World badge together as a Cub Pack team, working completely solo at home, or with an outside group. To secure your final Rātā Cub Award, you must successfully complete 4 total Better World tracks across at least 2 different program categories. Full resources are located in the Better World Handbook or inside the online SCOUTS New Zealand portal.

Our Better World pathways align directly with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a global set of 17 targets committed to by world leaders to craft a safer, greener, and fairer world for everyone.