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They're councillors, they talk finances and community events, and they offer a voice on the decisions that will impact their district – but there's an age gap between them and local government elected members.
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 2:12 pm
This week four new Stratford District Youth Councillors
have been officially sworn in by District Mayor Neil
Volzke.
Pictured from L
to R: Connor Giblin, Taleesha Kelsen, Achim Hanne, Keisya
Gunawan, Alena Hojdelewicz, Harmony Hanover, Ciara
Staines-Huley, Brooke Hereora, Taylyn Kelsen, Victoria Payne
and Mayor Volzke.
Absent: Emma
Steele
Brooke Hereroa, Ciara Staines-Huley,
Taylyn Kelsen and Victoria Payne have joined Connor Giblin
(Co-Chair), Harmony Hanover (Co-Chair), Achim Hanne, Alena
Hojdelewicz, Emma Steele, Keisya Gunawan and Taleesha Kelsen
to make up the full 11 members of the Stratford District
Youth Council.
District Mayor Neil Volzke says,
“These young people will gain a lot of knowledge and