ABOUT THE EVENT
Are you passionate about bringing positive change to the ever changing global landscape? Do you enjoy debating and negotiating? Then Canterbury Model United Nations is the event for you!
This is Canterbury’s flagship event for high school students. It will involve two days of exciting debate, diplomacy, and the opportunity to meet like-minded people. Delegates will learn about the United Nations, debate two resolutions within small committees, participate in an engaging workshop, and close things off with a plenary session including all attendees in debate.
Event Details:
🗓️ Event Timing: 28th and 29th of March 2026, 8.30am-5.00pm
🏫 Venue: Ilam Campus, University of Canterbury
💵 Cost: $65
The theme for Canterbury Model United Nations this year is UN+Mapped. This provides an incredible opportunity to think about the future, and the unknown. So much in our world really is unmapped.
This event is fully catered and will be held over two days, from 28-29 March, at the University of Canterbury’s Ilam Campus. There is a registration fee of $65, with limited scholarships available for those in financial need.
Canterbury Model United Nations is the perfect opportunity to grow your public speaking, critical thinking, and cooperation skills, as well as to meet others from all over Canterbury!
Sign-up now before registrations close on March 18!
Please feel free to ask any questions by emailing [email protected].
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.