Local Focus: Mayors Taskforce for Jobs setting fire to young people s ambitions
31 Mar, 2021 11:40 PM
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New initiative embraced at jobs expo. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Video Journalist Whanganui, Manawatū and Taranaki, NZH Local Focusgeorgie@localfocus.nz
Public speaker Dale Williams says we should find the spark inside each young person and throw petrol on it, not water - ignite it!
Williams was in Whanganui last week to share his experience in bridging the gap between schools and employers in provincial towns, as part of a jobs expo for high school students. He has a breadth of knowledge on transitioning youth to work, and some of his ideas turn old thinking on its head.
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Pride Whanganui keen to see specifics of new rainbow youth funding
17 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Pride Whanganui s Christina Emery is keen to see the new funding spread out into the provinces. Photo / Bevan Conley
Pride Whanganui s Christina Emery is keen to see the new funding spread out into the provinces. Photo / Bevan Conley
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron Pride Whanganui s Christina Emery says the Government s $4 million investment in mental health support for young members of the Rainbow community is absolutely epic , but the next step is to find out where the money