Articles in Youth
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 …
By Lani Evans
Hello from Kaikoura!
Canterbury is the penultimate destination on the ReGeneration Roadies South Island tour and wow, what an adventure! Just over a month ago this region
was hit by one of the biggest tragedies …
4 April, 2011
350 Aotearoa is excited to announce the Youth Climate Leadership Workshop in Wellington from 13-16 May for young leaders from all regions of New Zealand.
The aim of this workshop …
By Lani Evans
Free hugs and happiness
This week the roadtrip crew rocked up in Dunedin, my hometown and found, to our delight, that free hugs and happiness were the themes of this
region.
One of our first stops …
The Colac Bay Youth Jam – photo by Guy Ryan
This week the ReGeneration roadtrip crew hit the South of the South through Wanaka, Queenstown, Te Anau, Riverton and Invercargill. I am constantly surprised by the …
Lani Evans
We spent this week on the West Coast, traveling a thin ribbon of road between beautiful coastlines and majestic mountains. This place is total Moa country, the longest, thinnest, wildest region in Te Wai …
Tides – Inspiring Young Women
Tides Charitable Trust specialises in assisting young women to make the fundamental, emotional and psychological shift from child to young adult. We run community led camps designed as …
By Lani Evans
Ten young New Zealanders with different skills and backgrounds are travelling round the country for 15 weeks with the aim of discovering and learning about the good stuff going on in Aotearoa. Ten …
Mason F, a student from Sherwood Primary on Auckland’s North Shore, has taken out top place in the 8 – 10 year old category of the 2011 World Maths Day.
Other New Zealand students also performed …
ReGeneration Summer Jam
By Billy Matheson
Last month 120 young leaders from around New Zealand gathered at the Living Springs conference centre near Governors Bay. The week long retreat was called ReGeneration Summer Jam and is the …
By Nick Thorburn
Here I sit, along, feeling isolated as I tap my pen against my hard faded brown wooden desk. Thinking about those important highlights of 2010, Reflecting on both the positive and negative affects …
Here I sit, curious, with a mind full of un-limited decisions. I sit here, being asked to express 5 top things I will like to achieve for the year of 2011. I have many provocative, …
Sealord Nelson workers received an extra Christmas present this week with the news that each will be able to offer free swimming lessons to a local child.
As part of its recently announced sponsorship of the …
Cancun, December 11th 2010.
After two weeks of difficult negotiations the COP16 climate talks in Cancun finally delivered concrete results, according to the New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD).
“In the final hours of the conference, countries were …
New Zealand Youth Present Thousands of Climate Change Messages to Minister Nick Smith at United Nations Climate Change Negotiations
Cancun, Mexico (13.00 GMT-6) – The New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD) presented a huge handmade canvas fern …
New Zealand Youth Delegation Has a Say in Climate Negotiations
BREAKING NEWS
CANCUN, MEXICO, 1/12/2010.
The Cancun climate change negotiations, formally known as COP16, are being stormed by hundreds of young people calling for fair, ambitious and legally …
CANCUN, MEXICO 25/11/2010-
12 young Kiwi’s are joining youth from across the globe this weekend to campaign for strong and immediate climate change action. The 6th annual conference of youth (COY6) is bringing together over 500 …
Have you ever wished that you could be on the television show “The Amazing Race”? Well now is your chance!!!!
What is it?
The MOST Amazing Race is the most exciting event of 2010. Modeled on the …
Media Release
17 November 2010
Providing support and services 24/7 to young New Zealanders is a big job and to do it Youthline needs a legion of supporters.
The Youthline VIP Supporters programme has been launched to enlist …
Media Release. For Immediate Release. 11 November 2010
Urgent support needed to ensure Young Kiwi Voices are Heard at Crucial Climate Talks
There are just ten days left to ensure that 1000′s of messages from kiwi youth …
Happyzine has been following Te Kaea Beri’s progress towards becoming a mega super-duper film star. Here’s a Q&A we ran on her a few years ago called ‘Te Kaea Beri – Daring to Dream Out …
Young people in Christchurch can make use of Youthline’s services thanks to a national network of phone and txt counsellors.
“We want young people to know that Youthline is here for them. As families deal with …
Who are you?
Kia ora! I’m Lani Evans – I’m a Dunedin based activist, volunteer and non-profit worker. At present I work as the manager of Volunteer Otago, a referral, promotion and advocacy agency supporting 120 …
International climate talks will be influenced again, this December, by young people from all over the world. Twelve young kiwis will be standing alongside an estimated 150000 members of civil society in Cancun, Mexico at …
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 9:53 am
Press Release: New Zealand Government
Youth Affairs Minister welcomes Youth MPs
Parliament is about to be taken over by 122 young New Zealanders representing each sitting MP, with 10 Youth Journalists reporting …
The Cancer Society of New Zealand congratulates members of the New Zealand Youth Parliament for their active and open approach to tobacco control, and commitment to New Zealand’s 2020 Smokefree New Zealand.
Youth Parliament, which is …
WINNER OF TWININGS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
A first-year film and television student in Christchurch has won the inaugural Twinings Short Film Festival with a charming tale about love.
Jasmine Gow, 18, shot her film, Cupid, which …
Emerging Dunedin-based film production company Splashroom Media (Splashroom Ltd) took out a major award on Thursday night in Wellington at the Ministry for the Environment’s prestigious Green Ribbon Awards. The award, presented by Hon Dr …
As you may or may not know fashion is the word of the decade. Every teenager (kids to teens) has to look fashionable to impress the crowd. That is why thanks to the idea from …
Around 150 young Aucklanders will talk about and take action on a range of topical issues such as the place of youth in the Auckland Council, the environment, our communities and the world of work …
Pink Shirt Day 2010 is just a couple of weeks away on Wednesday 28 April.
SS4Q (Safety in Schools for Queers) has been asking organisations, schools and community groups to show their support by signing up …
As you know in the holidays us kids really like being kept busy. But the most common words said during the holidays are “I am bored”. That’s why I have decided to write about ten …
Over two million students expected to break a Guinness World Record for the largest online maths competition
Children all over New Zealand are preparing to join more than two million students from around the world to …
Hi my name is Nicholas Thorburn and I am an eleven year old male from Auckland, New Zealand. I have grown up to love animals because my father is a customs officer in the drug …
