Just Focus

Youth Voice / Reo Taiohi

We ARE the change!

Young people have always been involved in the fight for justice and change. Houston Paea looks at some students groups from around the world making a difference.

Are YOU ready? Stand up and be counted!

Many people believe that young people don’t care about politics….many people are wrong!

Youth Week 2008!

Youth Week aims to create a society that values young people and affirms their diversity. The week highlights the amazing things young people do all year.

Kaleidoscope 2007

Pip Bennett shares her amazing experience at the Oxfam International Youth Partnership event in Sydney in October.

Talk with Me: ‘Kifah’ - struggle

One of the Talk With Me winners, Kate Brooks, 17, from Timaru, wrote about her friendship with Kifah.

An Age Old Problem

Racism and sexism are forms of discrimination that we hear about all the time, splashed across the media….however, another form of discrimination that, while still being very damaging, we don’t hear much about.

WALKING BILLBOARD: WHAT DOES YOUR T-SHIRT SAY ABOUT YOU?

What’s up with inane messages on t-shirts? This morning, as I walked along Cuba Street, in Wellington I saw one that said “Lets go for no writing on this one” Huh?

MY PYF EXPERIENCE: A REFLECTION

I knew that my going to the PYF would be a liberating home-coming of sorts, to a place in Polynesia which is a significant part of both my family heritage and cultural identity.

PACIFIC YOUTH CHARTER

The outcome of the first Pacific Youth Festival, held in Tahiti in July 2006, is the Pacific Youth Charter. Have a read and then comment in the forum…

DRESSED TO KILL

Hannah Newport delves into the world of international manufacturing - what are your clothes saying about you? And what’s the true story behind the labels we love?

Global Education Centre