Articles in Youth
Sign-up to the Aotearoa Youth Voices network online in February & be in the draw to win a Prezzy card valued at $100!
The Ministry of Youth Development’s Aotearoa Youth Voices network connects you with other young …
Young New Zealanders Join With UNICEF NZ
-UNICEF NZ Youth Ambassadors 2012 -
After searching the length and breadth of the country for young, passionate New Zealanders who want to make a difference in the world, …
by Helen Tulett
Education – a key to new ways of evolution
The Top of the South Island will be the host of a 3-day-open-space-conference on holistic learning. The conference starts on Friday, the 27th of January …
Brittany Packer is one of New Zealand’s young environmental leaders, we like to keep up to date with the latest green success stories for Britanny and this one’s a goody!
Last year I started working as …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday 02 January 2012.
New Zealand youth could win this once in a lifetime opportunity!
The Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest is a global competition for young people organised by the International Association for the …
Media contact: Simon Matāfai – E: simonmatafai@gmail.com M: +64 21 059 2924
First Pacific Youth Delegate from NZ calls upon Pacific Youth to rise up against Climate Change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday 07 December, 2011. [Durban, South Africa]
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Simon …
UNFCCC Negotiations Begin In Durban
Durban, South Africa (28/11/12) –
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations begun today with over 20,000 delegates converging on the International Conference Centre in Durban, South Africa.
This year’s …
18 November 2011
Seen and not heard?
On Universal Children’s Day Save the Children says things must change
Save the Children’s Hear Our Voices Values Exchange is an online platform that gives young people a chance to have …
In January every year the ReGeneration Trust holds “Summer Jam” our national youth leadership event. Summer Jam is a 6-day gathering for young people who are
interested in positive social, environmental, cultural and creative change.
The purpose …
New online platform gives you a voice before 2011 Election
Bullying, gangs, domestic violence and relationships with police are just some of the issues that children and young people in New Zealand want sorted out says …
Mock funerals were held by youth climate change movement Generation Zero in Wellington and Dunedin today to stimulate pre-election debate around what the group calls unsustainable climate change policies.
The funerals were for a figure dubbed …
Parliament adjourned for the year last Friday, as parties shift to campaigning for the November 26 election. Now our attention turns to what parties and candidates are offering in terms of vision and policies for …
Youthtown
Media Release
7 October 2011
Second Week of Camps for Youthtown Quake Breakers
The second part of Youthtown’s Break from the Quake camps kicks off in just over a week with 250 Canterbury children being flown to camps …
By Jimmy Green
Last Wednesday my associate Jack Tolley and myself rolled in to Te Puni hall of residence in Wellington. We came to spread the word and the energy, that our country can make something …
The photography department at Kamo High School is amongst the best in Northland and is once again showcasing its talents with their exhibition The Future Now, Youthinism. On Saturday the 17th of September at 3:00pm …
From their website:
Who?
We are a team of Welsh and Mongolian young people who are passionate and optimistic about our future.
What?
We are embarking on a journey to Mongolia by train.
How?
From sharing skills and knowledge through youth …
By John Hicks
On the fifteenth of April a group of Year twelve students from Kamo High School, Northland, went on the first of three leadership camps at Koru Creek in Ngunguru.
“The atmosphere on camp was …
Positive News.org.uk
By James Wilson
Unemployed young people in East London are being encouraged to join a new green jobs training programme, which could benefit both them and their community.
The East London Green Jobs Alliance is …
This is a joint media release from Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council.
Hutt Valley youth mostly feel cheerful, active and interested in life according to a youth survey taken …
WHAT: Whitney Irwin launches her debut album Fly
WHEN: Sunday, 31 July 2011
WHERE: Kelvin Hotel, Invercargill
Whitney’s awaited debut album will be officially launched this Sunday, 31 July, at …
‘Generation Zero’ calls for Zero Emissions Plan
Kicking the fossil fuel habit and achieving zero net greenhouse gas emissions are central to a positive future for young New Zealanders.
Generation Zero was launched today by young …
“When you are trying to raise awareness about an issue, it’s natural to focus on the bad stuff – no-one realises how urgent your “something” is and no-one realises the enormity of the problem. Nowhere …
NZ Ministry of Youth Development
The Ship for World Youth (SWY) is a unique international youth exchange programme run and sponsored by the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan.
Young people between 18-30 years …
YOUTHTOWN BREAK FROM THE QUAKE BEGINS
The first planes carrying 275 very excited Canterbury children arrive in Auckland on Monday, kicking off a two-week series of Youthtown organised Break from the Quake camps.
The …
Australian Human Rights Commission
Young human rights advocates have a chance to shine
Young people around Australia are being urged to nominate themselves or someone else for the 2011 Young People’s Human Rights Medal.
Australian Human Rights …
The roadie crew just spent an epic couple of weeks in Northland and the Bay of Plenty. We’ve visited the leaping off place of souls, Te Rerenga Wairua, hung out with the amazing whanau at …
New Zealand’s brightest young minds compete for Brain Bee award
The annual New Zealand Brain Bee Challenge gets under way this month (28 June) at The University of Auckland
More than 150 Year 11 students from secondary …
New Zealand has some serious issues.
New Zealand has a drinking culture that glorifies alcoholism and justifies behaviours that would otherwise be unacceptable.
New Zealand has inequality that eats at the very core …
Young Cantabrians have one week left to be nominated for Youthtown’s ‘Break from the Quake’ camps which will run during the July school holidays, with applications closing next week.
The camps provide …
I write this blog in a stuffy Los Angeles Airport awaiting any news on my delayed flight back to New Zealand, it’s interesting when put in these situations we often suddenly find time …
Morena ki a koe from Los Angeles America!
I write this on the last day of my trip to America where I have been since last Wednesday, I travelled over here to speak to …
By Lani Evans
The ReGeneration roadtrip crew have just wrapped up a couple of awesome weeks on the West Coast of the North Island, visiting the regions of Taranaki and the Waikato. As always, the experiences …
The Vodafone New Zealand Foundation is looking for social entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in the lives of young Kiwis and will pay eight individuals to do just that.
The …
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund)
Media Release
26 May 2011
Final Call for Young New Zealanders to ‘Be the Change’
With Youth Week taking place this week (21-29 May) UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) is making a final …
The theme for this year’s Youth Week is STEP UP, Be heard, Take responsibility, Be YOUth! The Ministry of Youth Development is committed to promoting young people’s development and participation in our …
Wellington student Stacey Christie got to achieve a dream and meet her idol Katy Perry at the pop singers recent Wellington concert.
Stacey has a neuromuscular condition called Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy which is …
By Lani Evans
We’re just about to finish an incredible week in the Manawatu-Whanganui region, feasting our eyes on the scenery and filling our bellies with feijoa. What a delicious
way to start the tour of the …
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) is offering 50 young people from across New Zealand the unique opportunity to attend the first-ever UNICEF NZ Youth Congress which is being held in Manukau from July 15-17, 2011.
To …
ReGeneratin’ the North – by Lani Evans
After six weeks on the South Island and a wee break over Easter, the ReGeneration Roadtrip crew is about to hit the North!
In the six regions of the South …
Applications are now open for the New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD) to the seventeenth annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Durban, South Africa, taking place at the end of …
