ABOUT THE EVENT
The Porirua Youth Declaration is a regional extension of the Aotearoa Youth Declaration, a non-partisan youth civic engagement event where rangatahi from around the motu collaboratively write a youth declaration outlining their vision for New Zealand’s future. The event is an empowering policy writing exercise for youth to foster passion for change, growth, and policy development. This year the Porirua Youth Declaration is brought to Porirua by UN Youth New Zealand, a volunteer-run, not-for-profit, youth-for-youth organisation and Porirua City Council. Across a day of discussion, collaboration and policy writing participants will produce policy statements and policies on a range of topics including Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Environment and Governance and Legislation. The policies produced will contribute to the overall Aotearoa Youth Declaration, as a statement of voices of Porirua’s youth. The event is designed to inspire rangatahi to connect and engage with policy-making affecting their communities, and within Aotearoa.
ABOUT UN YOUTH
UN Youth is a non-profit organisation that provides civics education outside the traditional classroom context. Through fun workshops and conferences, we engage youth in the most pressing affairs of their country and the international community. Our goal is to inspire young New Zealanders to be active, global citizens. Global citizenship exists in an incredibly diverse range of forms, and UN Youth provides opportunities for delegates to develop their own form of active citizenship. Throughout Aotearoa, our work equips young people to become informed, engaged, and critical New Zealanders who understand their global context and the connections between the local and the global. Annually, over 3000 young New Zealanders from Northland to Southland attend a UN Youth event, run by a body of over 150 volunteers across the country who dedicate many hours of their time to engaging young people and growing the organisation.