Badges are used to track progress through the Pippin programme and can be proudly displayed on a sash.

You will have received this document when you signed up for Explore, it is there to guide you through the programme. If you have any questions on what activities you should do next, talk to your Explore Pippin Leader.

How can my Explore Pippin earn a badge?

Each badge requires an Explore Pippin to complete a set amount of activities from a variety of subject areas. Your Explore Pippin Leader will help lead you towards completing badges.

The requirements for earning each badge and your progress toward earning them can be seen by logging into the Parent Portal here. On the dark blue menu, click on the Badges option. The badges your tamariki has started are partly coloured in. The ones they have earned are fully coloured in.

Clicking on a badge will show a list of the activities your tamariki could do to finish earning this badge.

When will my Explore Pippins badges arrive?

Earnt badges are sent out when the subscription renews.

What do I do with the badges?

Once you have paid for your first subscription, after your free trial has ended, you will get sent a blue sash. This is worn over the right shoulder and pinned together at the bottom to make it the right size.

All badges can be proudly sewn on to the Pippin sash as a record of all of the achievements made. Typically, badges are laid out in this order:

Once your tamariki has finished a section and moves up to the next section they will receive a new sash.

Why didn’t we receive a badge?

If you haven’t received a badge, first, please check if your tamariki has earned the badge. You can check this by logging into the Parent Portal here.

If your tamariki has earned the badge, the post may be running late. Please allow up to 4 weeks from the date of your subscription renewal for delivery.

If your badge hasn’t arrived, please contact us at explore@ggnz.org.nz with your tamariki name and which badge you are missing and we will look into this for you.

I’ve received the wrong badge(s); what do I do?

While we do our best to get your badges out to you, we are humans and do occasionally make a mistake. If you receive the wrong badges, please send an email to explore@ggnz.org.nz including which badge(s) you have received and which badge(s) you were expecting.

We will arrange for the correct badge(s) to be sent to you with a return postage bag for you to return the incorrect badge(s).