Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 5:19 pm
Youth Week 2021 creates intentional space for young
people to lead and respond to their own wellbeing and that
of their whānau and communities. This contrasts the recent
negative focus on young people as ‘flouters’ of COVID
guidelines during the recent Level 3 lockdown in
Auckland.
Ara Taiohi (the peak body for youth
development) is the kaitiaki of Youth Week, an annual
festival of events where we as a nation are able to
celebrate our young people, their strengths, talents and
resilience.
"Traditionally Youth Week’s primary
strategy is to support young people in our communities to
run creative events for and with other young people", says