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News: tagged with "young people"

• Digital Wellness: Navigating online content and building healthy relationships

  Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in: Training With tags: technology, parenting, Relationships, families, young people, children, safety
  Mana Ake invites parents to this FREE informative and engaging evening feature three skilled professionals who specialise in key areas of online safety, building healthy relationships, and parenting. Date: Wednesday 2nd April 2025.Time: 6.30 to 8.30pm

• Motov8ing Boys coming back to Christchurch

  Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in: Training With tags: families, wellbeing, workshop, youth empowerment, young people
  This post has been removed as Waka Toa Ora was made aware of criticism about this course last year from the Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation. https://www.chrislynchmedia

• Savage Angels coming back to Christchurch

  Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in: Training With tags: families, wellbeing, workshop, youth empowerment, young people
  This post has been removed as Waka Toa Ora was made aware of criticism about this course last year from the Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation. https://www.chrislynchmedia

• Workshop on Youth Mental Health First Aid

  Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in: Training With tags: youth, mental wellbeing, workshop, young people
  This two-day workshop aims to help the one in three young New Zealanders who will experience a mental health challenge

• Laptops urgently needed by Recycle A Device

  Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, young people, support, services
  The new school year is here, and the demand for laptops for rangatahi is skyrocketing! Can you help? Recycle A Device (RAD) had requests for over 1000 laptops in the first week of Term 1 2024 for rangatahi eager to learn, connect, and grow

• Championing youth voices in the Waimakariri District

  Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community Groups, youth empowerment, young people
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 2nd September 2024 Two fantastic groups looking out for the interests of young people in the Waimakariri District are WaiYouth and the Waimakakriri Youth Council

• Inclusive Performing Arts Program from the Glass Ceiling Arts Collective

  Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in: Training With tags: disabilities, arts, Courses, young people
  Join an inclusive performing arts programme, where everyone is welcome to explore their passion for the arts in a supportive and inclusive environment

• Are you ready to be the next Super Mayor?

  Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: technology, youth, young people, community engagement
  Selwyn District Council media release: 27th February 2024 Super Mayor is now available to demo on gaming platform, Steam

• Co-ordinated action required to meet young people’s mental health needs

  Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, young people, youth, mental health, mental wellbeing, services
  A more youth-focused, integrated, and coherent system of care is required to meet young people's mental health needs, says the Auditor-General in a new report

• Eligible young people encouraged to have free meningococcal vaccines

  Posted: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: vaccination, immunisation, young people
  Te Whatu Ora media release: 23rd January 2024 Te Whatu Ora health specialists are encouraging young people aged 13 to 25 who are living in or about to move into close living situations, to make sure they’re immunised against meningococcal disease during

• Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, research, mental health, young people, services, support
   Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media release: 17th May 2023 Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop

• Documentary - The Inbetweeners, it is okay to be in both worlds

  Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, CALD, cultural diversity
  Asian Family Services (AFS) has recently launched the "Inbetweener" documentary. Funded by the Ministry of Ethnic Communities' Community Development Fund, the documentary is a collaboration between AFS and six outstanding individuals of 1

• New drop-in centre for LGBTQIA+ youth

  Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: young people, youth, support
  Te Ora Hou is operating a drop-in style space for anyone who is Takatāpui, MVPFAFF, LGBTQIA+ or is an ally. This space will operate once a week during term time and was co-designed with a couple of our rangatahi. Neurodiversity welcomed

• Don't Get Sucked In: New youth vaping campaign

  Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: campaign, smokefree, vaping, young people, youth
  The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) launched a new education campaign in February 2020. It aims to educate young people about the adverse health effects of e-cigarettes and vaping

• Dangerous Decibels: Learn about preventing hearing loss

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: hearing, prevention, Training, young people, children
  Dangerous Decibels is a training course available to colleges, schools and kindergartens on the dangers of excess noise, the irrevocable damage to hearing it can cause, and on how to protect yourself and your hearing health

• UC launches new Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership degree

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Training With tags: qualification, education, leadership, young people, Community development
  University of Canterbury media release: 24th September 2019 A unique new degree from the University of Canterbury (UC) serves to inspire future leaders in our community, providing them with vital building blocks to champion change in a changing world

• New suicide prevention videos from the Mental Health Foundation

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, youth, suicide, Communication, prevention
  Kia ora. The Mental Health Foundation is pleased to introduce their newest suicide prevention video suite "Connecting through Kōrero – Kōrerohia ngā mahi whakamomori ki te hunga taiohi"

• SCRUM TALK: A tailored workshop from A-OK

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in: Training With tags: Training, young people, sport
  SCRUM TALK is a conversation for families, coaches and peers to have with their young players. Our young players start moving into competitive sports from 11 years old and over

• OCC Report: Children's participation rights in Government policy

  Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, Report, participation, community engagement, young people, policy, legislation
  Are We Listening? reports from the Children's Convention Monitoring Group on how well the NZ Government is implementing the Children’s Convention in relation to children’s participation rights

• Research report on NZ Youth and Porn

  Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, research, Report, survey, pornography, sexual health, sexuality
  The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) have released research into how and why young New Zealanders view online pornography. They surveyed more than 2,000 New Zealanders aged 14-17 for this major research project