Aotearoa Youth Voices Toolkit

The Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit is a great resource to help you to get your voice heard by decision makers and to take action on issues that affect you.

lying-on-beachlge.jpgDownload copies of the Aotearoa Youth Voices toolkit here or request a print copy by sending your postal details to: youthvoices@myd.govt.nz

You view the action guides as web pages or as PDFs via the links on the sidebar.

We hope you enjoy taking action using the guides! This is just the start - we will be developing the toolkit further so watch this space…

The action guides available to date cover the following topics:

Action guide 1: Have a successful group meeting
Action guide 2: Talking to big groups
Action guide 3: Writing a media release
Action guide 4: Doing a media interview
Action guide 5: Writing a letter to the editor
Action guide 6: Writing to politicians
Action guide 7: Organising a campaign
Action guide 8: Write a submission to parliament
Action guide 9: Hold a “creative” demonstration
Action guide 10: Petition parliament: signature power

We are also working on developing additional action guides covering:

  • Local government and you
  • Fundraising and sponsorship
  • Applying for funding
  • Talking to adult decision makers
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If you would like to be on a mailing list to receive the new action guides or provide us with feedback about the action guides, please use the Feedback and more action guides form.


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