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The ReGeneration Roadie Blog #3

March 27, 2011 – 4:24 pm |

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 …

The ReGeneration Roadie Blog #2

March 18, 2011 – 4:00 pm |

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 …

Upcoming Tides Event: Inspiring Young Women

March 15, 2011 – 6:40 pm |

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 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 310 – Regeneration Are Traveling Aotearoa and You MUST Go See Them!

March 3, 2011 – 6:33 pm |

Today some Regeneration people came to my house and filmed me about Happyzine.  How could I NOT blog about these guys?
This is the brief about Regeneration:
“The ReGeneration project is an independent network for young New …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 308 – Charlotte ‘Comes Out’ for an 8×8 Regeneration Evening: FUN!

March 1, 2011 – 11:36 pm | 2 Comments

Since I started Happyzine three point five years ago, I’ve lain low as the Editor of Happyzine.  Physically I mean.  I haven’t made guest appearances at events singing the praises of my site.  I haven’t …

Grow You Good Things!

February 9, 2011 – 8:05 pm |

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 …

Tides – Training for Women

January 10, 2011 – 1:56 pm |

Empowered Young Women •Healthy Families • Supportive Communities
Training For Women
A weekend away with women, on the edge of the Abel Tasman!
Come and be part of a team that supports the …

Youth Perspective – What I Would Like To Achieve For 2011….. by Nick Thorburn

January 5, 2011 – 10:33 pm |

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, …

New Zealand Youth Perspective on COP16 Outcome: “The agreement in Cancun is not an end, but a fresh beginning.”

December 12, 2010 – 1:47 pm |

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

December 10, 2010 – 8:12 pm |

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 …

Littletunes Studio

November 24, 2010 – 9:01 pm |

I’ve got a mate who is a gifted musican. He has set up Littletunes which is a great concept. Take a group of young people for a couple of days, get them playing instruments, writing …

Youthline Seeks VIPs to Help Continue 24/7 Services

November 17, 2010 – 6:00 pm |

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 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 204 – HANDS Currency Cares for Kids

November 14, 2010 – 2:00 pm |

Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely.
Yes, I know this word is about as exciting as ‘nice’ but that’s just the way things were …

Urgent support needed to ensure Young Kiwi Voices are Heard at Crucial Climate Talks

November 12, 2010 – 8:47 pm |

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 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 201 – The Horse Girls

November 11, 2010 – 8:18 pm |

When I was a young girl I was obsessed with horses.  Yes I was one of those girls with equine posters all over her walls, who lingered at the fence of any horse she saw …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog 198 – Skater Girl

November 6, 2010 – 8:50 pm |

When I was around ten, I was a skateboarder.  I owned a plastic ‘Superskate’.  It was my most valued possession, I loved it so much I slept beside it.  And carried it around like lady …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#163 – Tides – A Rite of Passage Event for Girls Becoming Women

October 1, 2010 – 7:07 pm | 2 Comments

I’m driving along the coast of Golden Bay and I’m trying to relax.  My thoughts are flitting from subject to subject and I keep reminding myself to breathe properly.  This is generally how I always …

Our Future is in Their HANDS

September 22, 2010 – 3:05 pm | 3 Comments

As Golden Bay’s complementary currency goes from strength to strength, the youth of Golden Bay are now being invited to participate as “Young HANDS.”
Starting now, children and young adults may join H.A.N.D.S. as Young HANDS.  …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#145 – Effortlessly Cool Teenager Inspires Joy in DVD Store

September 12, 2010 – 5:50 pm |

Teenagers.  They have this ability to appear effortlessly, casually, you-can’t-touch-me cool.  I think I may have once been the same.  This is how I know damn well the casual appearance takes some work, and that …

VOTE: Te Kaea Beri to be New Zealand’s New MTV Presenter

September 11, 2010 – 5:40 pm |

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 …

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