Standing with
Rangatahi
Youth Week is a reminder to celebrate the young people in your life - not just acknowledge them in passing, but really see them. The rangatahi around you are already doing remarkable things; shaping their friendships with care, navigating a complex world with resilience, and bringing energy and ideas that make your world richer!
This week is an invitation to tell them so. It doesn't take a grand gesture - it takes intention. Take a moment to look at the young people in your life and ask yourself what you'd want them to know about the difference they make.
Celebrating with intention
In your community
-
Check out what Youth Week events are happening in your region, see if they need volunteers, donate prizes, or help spread the word
-
Organise your own celebration at work, in your community, or with your whānau to publicly celebrate rangatahi
-
Use your platform to amplify rangatahi -share their events, art, music, or whakaaro with your networks
-
Download our digital assets to show your support. Add Youth Week to your email signature, print a poster, or share on your socials
-
Advocate for rangatahi, speak up in spaces where decisions are being made that impact them
With the rangatahi in your ao
-
Send a message, have a kōrero, and remind them why they matter to you
-
Make space to really listen, be open, curious, and led by rangatahi voices (not just responding, but hearing them)
-
Reflect on your mahi, where do rangatahi show up in your work or spaces? How are you including their voices, and does it truly whakamana them?
-
Celebrate their wins - big or small. Acknowledgement goes a long way in building confidence and connection
Grow together
-
Support youth-led ideas even if they’re different to what you would do. Back their leadership and trust their perspective
-
Create opportunities for rangatahi to lead whether that’s at work, in your community, or at home
-
Learn from rangatahi. Listen to youth-led podcasts, follow youth creators, and stay open to new whakaaro and perspectives
