Links / Hononga
- Youth Media
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- Headliners
- UK news agency producing news, features and comment by young people on issues they feel are important.
- TakingITGlobal
- An international organisation that connects youth around the world to find inspiration, information and get involved in improving their local and global communities.
- Vibe Wire
- An online community for young people by young people in Australia
- WireTap Magazine
- US news and culture magazine by and for young people interested in social change.
- WordPress
Global Sites for Young People
- ACTIONAIDSPACE
- UK-based creative campaigning network, giving the chance to campaign on global issues in ways that don’t necessarily involve giving money or feeling guilty.
- ActNow
- ActNow makes complex issues simple, provides practical advice and opportunities to take action. It gives young people in Australia a space to share the actions they are undertaking.
- Adbusters
- A global network of people who want to advance the new social activist movement of the Information Age.
- Global Youth Action Network
- A youth-led organisation that unites the efforts of young people working to improve the world, connecting many thousands of organisations in over 190 countries.
- Youth Action Net
- A dynamic website created by and for young people, YouthActionNet spotlights the vital role that youth play in leading positive change around the world.
- Youth at OXFAM
- Designed for young people, this site contains loads of ways to get involved – from sporting challenges to club nights, and from volunteering at a festival to campaigning.
NZ Sites for Young People and Action
- Converge - lists NZ NGOs
- Converge's mission statement is to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of not-for-profit, community and non-governmental organisations by facilitating the provision of premier on-line communication and publishing services, tools and resources.
- Freedom Challenge
- Amnesty International's Team challenge is for school and youth groups to defend and promote human rights.
- United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand
- The United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand is an organisation run by youth, for youth, dedicated to upholding the spirit of the United Nations.
Organisations that Support Just Focus
- JET Magazine
- One of the most widely read publications for youth in Aotearoa NZ. JET goes out to secondary schools and tertiary institutions.
- Ministry of Youth Development
- The MYD - Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi - keeps up to date on key issues affecting young people.
- National Youth Workers Network
- The aim of this site is to connect people who are interested in youth work and youth development, with regional and national contact lists in Aotearoa.
- NZAAHD
- The New Zealand Association for Adolescent Health and Development (NZAAHD) is a national network organisation for people who work with young people.
- NZAID
- NZAID is New Zealand's agency responsible for international assistance to developing countries, with the goal of eliminating poverty and creating a safe and just world, particularly in our own region of the Pacific.
- Save The Children New Zealand
- Save the Children is a development agency that delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives worldwide.
- Tearaway
- TEARAWAY is New Zealand's longest-running, largest-readership magazine for young people.
- The Peace Foundation
- The Peace Foundation is an organisation actively involved in creating a more peaceful society. The Foundation promotes peaceful relationships among people of all ages, at all levels, through education, research and action.
Sites of the Development Resource Centre
- Dev-Zone
- Dev-Zone is an independent Aotearoa New Zealand based resource centre on international development and global issues.
- The Global Education Centre
- The Global Education Centre is an organisation providing services to the formal and informal education sector around Global Education.
- The Next
- The Next - an impression of hip hop expression - is about utilising young peoples interests as a process for engaging them in an exploration of the world around them.
International Organisation Sites
- Amnesty International
- Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
- OXFAM
- Oxfam International works with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.
- UNICEF
- UNICEF works to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.
- United Nations
- The United Nations undertakes peacekeeping; action to assist victims of disaster; protection of human rights; international law; and works to eradicate poverty and foster economic and social development.
- World Food Programme
- WFP works to put hunger at the centre of the international agenda, promoting policies, strategies and operations that directly benefit the poor and hungry.
- YWCA International
- The vision of the World YWCA is of a fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women's leadership.
General Information
- Creative Commons
- Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists.
- Directory of Non-Governmental Organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand
- This PDF (387k) directory on NGOs has been put together by Dev-Zone
- Te Ara, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Te Ara offers many pathways to understanding New Zealand. When complete, it will be a comprehensive guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia is a free-content encyclopedia, written collaboratively by people from around the world.
