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  • Tāupo Pathways - Empowerment to employment

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    Throughout their lives, children and young people will make many different transitions. Deciding to remain in education or take up employment or training opportunities can be one of the most important - impacting long-term social and health outcomes. 
  • Rangatahi express themselves through art

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    Rangatahi artists are being given the space to express their thoughts and feelings on mental health issues and suicide through creating art.
  • Healthy relationships and consent: through the lens of rainbow-identifying youth

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    This Waikato-based mixed-method research involved focus groups (26 young people aged 13-29years) and an online survey reaching 250 rainbow youth.
  • Connecting kids to their local habitat

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    Over one hundred children from neighbouring schools in Waikato got together to help restore habitat near Lake Whangape, as part of the recent Conservation Week. Check out a range of hands-on, fun ways to get young people learning about and connecting to…
  • Magic Play Box creates outside-the-box thinking

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    A Magic Play Box, containing a range of upcycled materials such as rope, pipes, wheels, crates and wood, is encouraging Apanui School students to explore their imagination through free and unstructured play.
  • Using a child equity lens to change things up

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    Rotorua Lakes District Council has been working hard to address equity issues in their region, particularly in relation to children.
  • Bringing fresh ideas and energy to community leadership

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    More and more young people are involved in Youth Councils, bringing new energy and ideas, and a unique perspective as to how best to tackle challenges and opportunities.
  • Jack jumps into the deep-end

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    A council, training organisation and college partnership is helping a young man with disabilities gain real-world experience and develop skills and confidence ahead of entering the job market.
  • Breaking down barriers to sport

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    The first of a series of Community Sports Banks kicked off in Wellington recently, in a bid to tackle inequality and break down the barriers to sport.
  • Young volunteer adds flair to food parcels

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    When a father of two came into the Masterton FoodBank and said he didn’t want a chicken because he didn’t know how to cook it, volunteer Merryn Hamilton realised there was something she could do to change people’s lives.
  • Every child has a village

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    Powered by the sun and local volunteers, Common Unity’s off-grid, purpose-built community kitchen produces around 200 vegetarian meals every day for the Lower Hutt community.