About Wolves' Lair

The Wolves' Lair is a range of resources for New Zealand students to gain an appreciation of, and practical experience in, preparing and pitching a business idea.

The delivery of the programme includes:

  1. Teacher and student resources including this web portal, case studies, cross-curriculum education tools and resources and assessment criteria.
  2. Teacher professional development through a series of workshops that will assist you by explaining how to implement the programme.
  3. In-class processes where students take an idea they want to pursue and develop a business plan.
  4. Pitching the idea, where teachers recreate a 'Dragon’s Den' environment. Students use the tools and resources to develop and refine their business ideas
  5. The ‘real deal’ where each school has the option to select 1-2 ‘real’ business ideas to be entered into a regional final. The winners from each region will compete at the national final where an overall winner will be selected. At regional level the Wolves will consist of National Bank Managers and local successful business people. The National final will include high-profile business people who may invest in any ideas they believe to be viable. In addition to any investment, a series of prizes provided by the organisations involved in the project will be allocated to students.