Issue 19, September 2009

Feature article talks about the 2009 National Youth Mentoring Conference held in August. More

Issue 18 July 2009

The Minister of Youth Affairs, Hon. Paula Bennett, has announced that 11 local government projects have been approved funding for the fifth round of the Youth Development Partnership Fund. More

Issue 17, April 2009

Introducing the new Minister of Youth Affairs, Youth Week 2009, Youth 2007 findings and much more. More

Issue 16, August 2008

On 20 June 2008, the Minister of Youth Affairs announced that sixteen local government projects have been approved funding for the fourth round of the Youth Development Partnership Fund. More

Issue 15, May 2008

Youth Week 08: Congratulations to all of the 140 young people nominated for the Celebrating Everyday Young New Zealanders project, which is part of Youth Week 08. The theme of Youth Week 08 is relationships and creating a society that values young people and affirms their diversity. More

Issue 14, April 2008

198 Youth Health Centre Quality Relations: “You can give the best advice in the world, but if you don’t have a trusting relationship with a young person, they will not act on it” says Emma, a nurse at 198 Youth Health Centre. More

Issue 13, February 2008

Young Kiwis call for a better world: Te Kerei Moka, one of two youth delegates representing New Zealand addressed over 120 nations at a two-day meeting of the United Nations in December. More

Issue 10, August 2007

Outdoors - the best medicine: Young people in Christchurch have been given the chance to turn their lives around via a 20-week programme that offers alternative education, challenging recreation and a variety of conservation work. More

Issue 11, October 2007

Top BMX rider fronts family violence campaign: As one of New Zealand’s top freestyle BMX riders, Haimona Ngata is best known for doing gravity defying stunts on the extreme sports circuit. But now he has a new role, fronting a national campaign against family violence. More

Issue 9, June 2007

Councils awarded grants for innovative youth projects: A funding injection of more than $1.3 million will boost a range of innovative youth projects that support young people to gain employment, further education or training. More

Issue 12, December 2007

ID360 Short film competition opens to young people: The Ministry of Youth Development is inviting young New Zealanders to pick up a camera, make the most of summer, and enter the ID360 short film competition. More

Issue 8, April 2007

Provoke Network boosts youth voices to decision-makers: More young people will have the opportunity to get their voices heard by government decision-makers and discuss important youth issues with the Ministry of Youth Development’s expanded PROVOKE project. More

Issue 7, February 2007

What if young people ran the country? It’s all on! Preparations for Youth Parliament 8-11 July 2007 are gearing up a notch and there are heaps of ways for young people to get involved. More

Issue 5, October 2006

The Human Powered Vehicle Challenge: The Streaks Ahead team were first past the finish line in the South Taranaki Human Powered Vehicle Challenge held in the streets of Hawera on 27 August. More

Issue 6, December 2006

Collaboration key to sector action plan: Discussions with the youth sector about the need for greater collaboration between government agencies and the youth sector has resulted in the Ministry of Youth Development developing a work programme that supports the youth development sector. The plan was discussed at the recent Involve 06 conference. More

Issue 4, August 2006

Stage Challenge® – my life I decide: “We’ve supported the SUBWAY® 2006 Stage Challenge® for a third year because it continues to be a great example of youth development principles in a performing arts setting,” says Ministry of Youth Development Youth Engagement Manager, Christl McMiilan. More

Issue 2, April 2006

Funding boost for exciting youth projects: A series of innovative projects aimed at getting more young people into work, training and higher education are to receive support under a new Government fund. More

Issue 3, June 2006

“Generation Y” profiled in national health survey: The health and wellbeing of the next generation of Kiwi adults is to be gauged in a nationwide survey announced by Health Minister Pete Hodgson and Youth Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta on 21 May. More

Issue 1, February 2006

12to24 is the new bi-monthly newsletter produced by the Ministry of Youth Development. More