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Leaders Of Tomorrow? Leaders For Today! Youth Week Kicks Off With A BANG At The Parliament Launch Event
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 3:22 pm | Ara Taiohi
For the first time Youth Week launched at Parliament! It was glorious! The event, hosted by the Hon Willow-Jean Prime, Minister for Youth, which was attended by some exceptional young people, youth organisations, MPs and youth workers, held an opportunity ... More >>
Youth Practitioners Gather En-Masse In Wellington
Friday, 6 August 2021, 12:53 pm | Ara Taiohi
Next week, more than 800 youth workers, doctors, nurses and researchers descend on Wellington for INVOLVE, the national conference for youth health and development in Aotearoa. The 2021 event is a reunion for the sector who have not met since before ... More >>
Youth Week 2021 – We're Stronger Together
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 5:19 pm | Ara Taiohi
Youth Week 2021 creates intentional space for young people to lead and respond to their own wellbeing and that of their whānau and communities. This contrasts the recent negative focus on young people as ‘flouters’ of COVID guidelines during ... More >>
Youthquake 2020
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 11:20 am | Ara Taiohi
Your vote will directly affect young people for decades to come – and we reckon you should vote accordingly. The consequences of the decisions that the next government make will play a central role in young people’s lives as they forge ... More >>
COVID-19 Taiohi Messages
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 9:56 am | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi has released a webpage containing COVID-19 health messages and created accessible messages for young people and their communities. "Many of our young people have been leading connection and response to COVID-19 in their own whānau ... More >>
He wai hōhonu a mātou: We are more than you see
Friday, 17 May 2019, 12:31 pm | Ara Taiohi
He wai hōhonu a mātou: We are more than you see - Celebrate Youth Week More >>
Community organisations get evidence-based about youths
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 8:50 am | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi, the peak body for youth development in New Zealand, has launched Takiwā, a unique youth-specific data visualisation tool that allows youth organisations to explore multiple publicly accessible datasets on a 3D map of New Zealand. More >>
Youth Development All Stars Gather in Wellington
Monday, 6 August 2018, 1:09 pm | Ara Taiohi
Organizers expect more than 800 youth development practitioners to attend Involve 2018, scheduled for August 13-15 at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre. Involve is the biggest conference of its kind and the outcome of a two year collaboration ... More >>
Youth Development Peak Body on the search for new CEO
Thursday, 5 July 2018, 12:06 pm | Ara Taiohi
The Board of Ara Taiohi, the peak body for youth development, has announced that Executive Officer Anya Satyanand will leave the role in August 2018. More >>
Budget ’18: a mixed bag for the young people of Aotearoa
Monday, 21 May 2018, 9:36 am | Ara Taiohi
Last week's budget announcements are a mixed bag for young people, according to the youth development sector. More >>
Ara Taiohi calls for investment in young people.
Friday, 2 June 2017, 12:33 pm | Ara Taiohi
As news of further funding cuts and the closure of key organisations in South Auckland breaks, Ara Taiohi, the peak body for youth development, calls for investment in young people. “We believe that the correct response to violence and mental distress ... More >>
Youth health and development services are struggling
Friday, 19 May 2017, 9:09 am | Ara Taiohi
Youth development services are working to prevent mental health concerns from escalating and providing much needed health promotion. However, this work is being side-lined by crisis and urgent social issues. A wealth of evidence from Aotearoa and overseas ... More >>
National Professional Association for Youth Workers Launches
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 9:34 am | Ara Taiohi
Youth work in Aotearoa has a rich history, a strong present and an exciting future. Today, the youth development sector celebrates the launch of a professional association for youth workers, built by youth workers. More >>
Government challenged to prioritise support for young people
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 9:49 am | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi, peak body for youth development, is calling on the government to prioritise spending on all young people in the 2016 budget. “We think that investment in our young people in Aotearoa should take priority over tax cuts,” says Anya Satyanand, ... More >>
Youth Development Organisations find their MOJO
Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 1:49 pm | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi, peak body for youth development, in partnership with the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network, The Collaborative Trust for Research and Training in Youth Health and Development, and the Society for Youth Health Professionals of Aotearoa ... More >>
Young people talk culture and social change for Youth Week
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 4:17 pm | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi, the peak body for youth development and Shakti Youth, a group of youth from Asian, Middle Eastern and African communities passionate about social justice are excited to launch Youth Week 2016 with a unique poster and video series that ... More >>
Ara Taiohi Celebrates an Inclusive Commonwealth
Monday, 14 March 2016, 9:37 am | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi Celebrates an Inclusive Commonwealth Ara Taiohi, peak body for youth development in New Zealand, is celebrating an inclusive and youth centred Commonwealth on Commonwealth Day 2016 today. “The Commonwealth are doing incredible work to ... More >>
Strength based approach needed
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 3:43 pm | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi, the peak body for the youth sector, endorses the need for a strength-based approach to changing inequitable outcomes for young people regardless of where they live. However, a report launched by Treasury today entitled “Using Integrated Administrative ... More >>
Ministry dedicated to the kaupapa of positive development
Monday, 30 November 2015, 12:42 pm | Ara Taiohi
In response to the change of direction at the Ministry of Youth Development which was announced by Minister Kaye last Tuesday, Anya Satyanand, Executive Officer at Ara Taiohi, had the following to say: More >>
Dr Harry Shier to visit New Zealand
Monday, 5 October 2015, 8:07 am | Ara Taiohi
Ara Taiohi, national peak body for the youth sector in New Zealand, is delighted to announce that Dr Harry Shier will provide the keynote address. His presence at Ara Taiohi's biennial national wānanga, Building Pathways, will add a wealth of ... More >>