Highlights of 2022
We successfully ran over 15 rangatahi hauora wānanga in communities across Aotearoa including:
Hawkes Bay: Maraenui, Tangoio, Mohaka, Mahia and Wairoa
Bay of Plenty: Kawerau
Wellington: Stokes Valley
Our rangatahi produced ‘The Rebel in Me’, a 25 cast play on rangatahi suicide prevention that was performed in Napier, Mahia and Wairoa
Toi Matarua sent a contingent of 12 researchers (including 7 rangatahi) to Tahiti as part of our Rangatahi Data Sovereignty research project
We produced our first eBook! ‘Kia Whakatōmuri Te Haere Whakamua – A Collection of Indigenous Told By Indigenous Youth of Aotearoa’
Our rangatahi assisted over 100 kaumātua with tech awhi and lawn/garden maintenance
“I can see the change in him, he is more comfortable in his own skin, more prouder to be himself.”
— Aunty of a ‘Te Putiki Wharanui Rōpū’ member
“People have tried to bring our rangatahi back to the marae we’ve been trying to do it for years, nothing worked. Whatever is being done within this rangatahi rōpū is working and we need to continue doing it”
— Terrance Maru, Senior Qualified social worker