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Group Membership Becoming a Group Member of Ara Taiohi strengthens your organisation's connection to the youth development sector and offers tailored support, sector updates, and opportunities to influence positive change together. Join Ara Taiohi as a Group Member Thank you for your application to join Ara Taiohi! We're really excited to have you join our ever expanding community that welcomes and supports everyone with a passion for Youth Work and youth development. Organisational Details Which type of membership are you applying for?* TINY (1-2 FTE working directly with young people) SMALL (3-7 FTE working directly with young people) MEDIUM (8-17 7FTE working directly with young people) LARGE (18+ FTE working directly with young people) Legal Name * Trading name (if different from legal name) Website Please ensure your entry starts with https:// Physical Address Multi-line address Country/Region Address City Zip / Postal code Postal Address (if different from above) Multi-line address Country/Region Address City Zip / Postal code Which regions does your organisation work in? Organisation description Please provide us with one to two sentences about your organisation that we can use to promote you on our website. Primary Context Please enter the following details about the main contact person for your organisation. First name Last name Job Title Email Phone Cell Phone Opt out of fees? Do you wish to opt out of fees for this financial year? We wish to pay fees for this financial year. Please send us an invoice. We wish to opt out of fees for this financial year. Submit

Youth Week Aotearoa is a better place because of young people! Youth Week is a nationwide campaign, running from 18th - 24th May 2026, that celebrates this! It brings us all together to recognise the value, awesomeness, and impact of rangatahi, and to champion a society that supports young people to thrive. Events Calendar Promotion Resources Celebrating Rangatahi Youth Week is all about celebrating everything that young people contribute to Aotearoa - just by being themselves. Too often, the amazing things young people bring to our communities go unnoticed - Youth Week aims to change that! Youth Week is for everyone. It’s about noticing and valuing the ways young people shape our hapori and world around us. Joining in the celebration means honouring the mana and energy they bring to the world. This year, our focus is all about making sure youth voices are heard. ‘Our Voices Matter, We Deserve to Be Heard’ is a chance for rangatahi to share themselves in the ways that feel right to them - through kōrero, creativity, culture, leadership, and everyday actions. We cannot wait to see how you all interpret the theme! YOUTH - LED EVENTS All things events! Check out our events calendar! Read More YOUTH WEEK, YOUR WAY Youth Week resources for rangatahi View More STANDING WITH RANGATAHI Celebrate the young people in your life View More Why celebrate? One in six kiwis are aged between 12-24 - they are our emerging workforce, creators, innovators and leaders Our Youth Week Image This year's amazing image has been designed by Sao May Nguyen, a young multidisciplinary designer and content creator from Vietnam, now based in Auckland. For this year's image, she drew inspiration from a blend of modern design and pop art to reflect how young people express themselves in today’s world: bold, creative, and full of energy! More details The Whakapapa of Youth Week Youth Week began in 1995 with a handful of events scattered throughout Canada. Since then it has gathered momentum and is now celebrated each year in countries all around the world. Aotearoa New Zealand first marked Youth Week in the late 1990s, with NZAAHD weaving the first festivals and later entrusting it’s celebrations to Ara Taiohi in 2010. More details Revolution : Youth Week Waiata A group of emerging artists from Te Karanga Trust have written, performed and produced a powerful new waiata, Revolution , to mark Youth Week 2026. Listen, add it to your playlists, and play it at all your Youth Week events! Listen and Learn More

< Back TAHI FEST Music & Dance Te Ranga Kairangi Target Age: 12-24 Address: 8/193 Jackson Street, Petone, Lower Hutt 5012, New Zealand When: 24 May 2026 1:00 pm nat.macdonald@huttcity.govt.nz Come and celebrate Youth Week and Music Month with an afternoon of performances for rangatahi, by rangatahi. Previous Next

< Back Youth Talk Podcast - Our Voices, Our Stories Online VOICE OF AROHA Target Age: 12-24 Address: When: 20 May 2026 7:00 pm voiceofaroha@gmail.com STAY TUNED a three-episode Youth Talk Podcast series coming through during Youth Week 2026, created by and for young people from diverse backgrounds, especially refugee and migrant communities in Wellington. Previous Next

< Back Female Self-Defence Health & Sport Selwyn District Council Target Age: 12-24 Address: 94 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston 7614, New Zealand When: 18 May 2026 6:00 pm https://www.selwyn.govt.nz/news-And-events/events/female-self-defence3 active@selwyn.govt.nz Selwyn Taekwondo are back with more free self-defence classes for female teens and youths. These free classes will assist teens to confidently perform self-defence skills to keep themselves safe. Parent participation welcome to support your tamaiti. Spaces are limited so bookings are essential. Previous Next

< Back Show up - A Rangatahi co-design event Youth Voice BodySafe Tiaki Tinana Target Age: 16-24 Address: 8 Carr Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1042, New Zealand When: 21 May 2026 6:00 pm https://forms.office.com/r/ew4PtULuBD programmes@rpe.org.nz PRIVATE EVENT We are seeking input from young people to help shape the strategies we deliver across Tāmaki Makaurau, ensuring they are relevant, effective, and responsive to their needs. We are aiming for a group of approximately 8–12 participants, so we encourage interested young people to register their interest. Previous Next

< Back Youth Week at Kia Puāwai Youth Service Games & Kai, Health & Sport, Educational, Youth Voice Kia Puāwai with Te Puna Manawa Trust Target Age: 13-17 Address: 7 Rata Street, New Lynn, Auckland 0600, New Zealand When: 20 May 2026 10:00 am carmen.atama@kiapuawai.nz This Youth Week, come and join us at our Youth Service office in New Lynn for a fun morning with guest speakers and a wellbeing session, followed by an interactive space to share your thoughts, voices and kōrero. Your voices matter! You deserve to be heard 📢 This will be followed by lunch and then your opportunity to come look through our huge community wardrobe for some FREE clothing. This is a space for youth to come together to connect and share. 💙 Previous Next

< Back Taiohi Collective - VOYCE Youth Voice VOYCE WHAKARONGO MAI - Te Tai Tokerau Target Age: 12-19 Address: 36 Recreation Road, Kaikohe 0405, New Zealand When: 22 May 2026 2:00 pm amanda.smith@voyce.org.nz We are running a youth week event in collaboration with other youth providers in Kaikohe, offering an array of activities. VOYCE will be holding space for rangatahi to explore the youth week theme of "our voices matter! We deserve to be heard/ Taringa Whakarongo! Ki te reo o ngā taiohi" through the medium of art. Previous Next

< Back Taiohi Collective - Solomon Group Games & Kai Kaikohe Solomon Group. Target Age: 12-24 Address: 36 Recreation Road, Kaikohe 0405, New Zealand When: 22 April 2026 4:00 pm denise.brophy@solomongroup.co.nz Run by Sport Northland. Start Time 4.00pm to 9pm. Activities include, health sports, music and dance, games and kai, cultural, auntie's tent and Youth voice. Kaikohe Solomon Group will be supporting under the umbrella as a collab. We will be running mini games and contributing to kai and prizes for this event. Previous Next

< Back Free Community Sport with Cultural performance Cultural Pumanawa Awhina Community Connect Target Age: 12-24 Address: 60 Elstree Avenue, Glen Innes, Auckland 1072, New Zealand When: 22 May 2026 6:00 pm richard@communityconnect.nz Free community sport with Cultural performance Previous Next

< Back TAIOHI COLLECTIVE YOUTH WEEK EVENT Other PAUA TRUST Target Age: 12-24 Address: Lindvart Park Lindvart Street, Kaikohe 0474, New Zealand When: 22 May 2026 4:00 pm admin@pauatrust.org YOUTH WEEK EVENT, DESIGNED ALONGSIDE YOUTH FOR YOUTH. GAMES, KORERO, CONFIDENCE KAI, DANCE, CIRCUS, INCLUSIVITY, WHAIKAHA FRIENDLY. Previous Next

< Back Te Ara Taiohi Health & Sport Pūmanawa Awhina Target Age: 12-18 Address: When: 22 May 2026 3:00 pm adminmncc@communityconnect.co.nz We are working in collaboration with a few organisation to put on a youth event for the Rangatahi across the Mid North. We have been allocated the time and space to coordinate the sporting station from 3pm - 9pm at Papa Hawaiki. The Igniting Potential in Rangatahi taitamariki will be leading in these spaces, ensuring that tamariki are involved and engaged. Previous Next