Aotearoa Youth Declaration - Volunteer Registrations

Aotearoa Youth Declaration is one of UN Youth’s flagship conferences. We gather participants age 13-18 (Years 9-13) from all over Aotearoa to write the Youth Declaration, which represents a youth perspective on public policy. During the conference, participants work in targeted Rōpū (groups) to create policy solutions on a broad range of problems. Each Rōpū examines issues in Aotearoa, such as access to voting, child poverty, or Te Reo in schools. Each Rōpū contributes a solution to their issue, and these solutions comprise the Aotearoa Youth Declaration document. The Aotearoa Youth Declaration document is passed on to decision-makers (MPs, local Councils and Boards, and influential people) to help them decide the future of Aotearoa.

You can find further information about the volunteer roles available here! The registration fee is $40 and you will be sent an invoice once accepted into the conference.

The first round of volunteer registrations close at 11:59 pm on Friday, March 19th. In the event of Auckland being at COVID level 2 or above during the date of the conference, it will move online.

Please Note: You will only have 20 minutes to fill in the registration form, so we would recommend writing out your answers first on a separate document and then paste them into the answer boxes. Additionally, you only have 400 characters for each long answer question which equates to around 64 words.

This registration submission authorises UN Youth New Zealand the right to capture my image and likeness in photos, videos and other media footage (“footage”). Additionally, it authorises UN Youth New Zealand the right to edit, publish and distribute any and all footage of me without any compensation to be used for any lawful purpose (e.g. creating promotional material). This registration submission authorises UN Youth New Zealand the right to collect, store and use any and all demographic information of me to be used for any lawful purpose (e.g. tracking who our organisation is reaching). This demographic information will not be individually identifiable. The foregoing authorisations shall continue indefinitely unless I otherwise revoke them in writing to privacy@unyouth.org.nz.

If you have any questions about the conference or volunteers application process, please contact Sophie Andrews at sophie.andrews@unyouth.org.nz.