Your Week
Your Way
Youth Week is a time to celebrate the value, awesomeness, and impact of rangatahi and to champion a society that genuinely supports young people to thrive. It's a moment for communities, whānau, and organisations to recognise what young people bring to the table: their creativity, their energy, their courage to imagine things differently, and the very real ways they shape the world around them every single day. More than a calendar event, Youth Week is a collective commitment to a society that supports young people to thrive.
Hyping Each Other Up
For rangatahi, Youth Week is something a little different. It's not about being handed a trophy for being young - it's an invitation to take up space, make noise, and celebrate the world you and your friends are already creating. It's a chance to amplify the things you care about, showcase what you're building, and connect with others who are doing the same. This week belongs to you - own it!
Youth Week is your moment to use your voice to celebrate where you and your crew are at, and everything it took to get here. Look around at the people beside you and think about what they've achieved, what they've built, and the ways they show up every day.
This is a week to hype your friends, acknowledge your peers, and shout out the people in your world who deserve to be seen. The friendships, the growth, the moments where you all showed up for each other, that's the stuff worth making noise about.
And while you're at it, let yourself be celebrated too because every win you've claimed, every skill you've picked up, every time you backed yourself and it paid off, is worth recognising. So this week, celebrate each other loudly and proudly.
Our Voice Matters - Ways to Celebrate
Go support your mates - turn up to their game, comp, or training and cheer them on
Try something new together - whether it's a random sport, a walk, a swim or just moving your body in a fun way
Share your sporting story - you never know if might inspire someone else to start their
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Shout out to your people - the friends who hype you up, the communities that welcomed you or the creators who inspire you!
Create a highlight reel - dig out photos and clips that capture you and your mates' journey so far.
Host a Youth Week gaming tournament - whatever the game and whatever the skill level.
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Celebrate your creative friends - ask about their work. go to their exhibitions and show them some aroha
Plan a creative hangout - paint, draw, design, or make something together
Share your mates' work (with permission) to help their voice and creativity reach more people
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Tell your story in public - write a post, record a video or speak at an event about something you've experienced or believe in.
Submit your work somewhere new - send your ideas to a publication, a competition or a platform you've never tried before.
Speak at something - volunteer to present, perform, or MC
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Go to your local Youth Week event and join in the performances and open mic nights
Back your talented mates - stream their music, attend their shows and hype them up online
Create something together - dance, freestyle or jam, Express yourself!
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Cook & share a meal - gather your friends and whānau for some kai
Document the week - appoint yourself the unofficial archivist of your Youth Week and capture everything through photos, journalling or sketching
Do something for your community - organise a clean up, create a mural or plant something!
