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Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit

The Aotearoa Youth Voices (AYV) toolkit is a practical guide filled with tools and ideas on how young people can participate in decision-making.

The Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit can help you:

• get your voice to decision-makers
• work with others
• get your opinion out there
• organise a group
• understand how Parliament and Government works.

The Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit is made up of different parts - Making it happen, Influencing decision-makers and Working with the media.

The toolkit is designed so that you can use the information that applies to you and helps you identify what you want to achieve. You can dip in and out of it, depending on where you are at with your project.

• Making it Happen
• Consulting with other young people - action guide
• Running meetings - action guide
• Central Government decision-makers
• Local Government decision-makers
• Petitioning Parliament - action guide
• Presenting a submission to a Select Committee - action guide
• Writing to Politicians - action guide
• Writing a letter to the editor - action guide
• Doing a media interview - action guide

If you would like a hard copy of the Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit email: mydinfo@myd.govt.nz

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