
WHO ARE WE?
UN Youth New Zealand is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest youth-for-youth charity. Our organisation provides youth development educational opportunities for high-school aged rangatahi. Annually, over 4000 rangatahi from across Aotearoa attend a UN Youth event. Our national events include Aotearoa Youth Declaration, New Zealand Model United Nations, and New Zealand Model Parliament.
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During our events, rangatahi engage with a hands-on style of civics education unlike anything they receive in the classroom. Our events provide rangatahi with a renewed sense of confidence and developed skills in public speaking, negotiation, and team-working. Rangatahi walk away as inspired, active global citizens equipped to be the leaders of tomorrow.
UN Youth is a registered charity and incorporated society run entirely by young volunteers. Our volunteers are all under 25 and largely tertiary students. They devote hours to educating rangatahi, bringing together valuable experience in education, communications, logistics and youth development. UN Youth also forms the youth arm of the United Nations Association of New Zealand (UNANZ).

THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
UN Youth's National Executive Leads our national and international operations, working with event committees and regional councils to put together all of our events!