Action Education are often invited to participate in projects or to lead projects that wish to centre youth voices. On this page you will find a collection of recent projects we have produced and collaborated on.
Brave New Voices
In July 2019, Ngā Hine Pūkōrero, a group of four Rangatahi Maori poets, made history by competing at the 2019 Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam in Las Vegas, USA. They were the first team from Australasia to ever compete in the festival, the largest of its kind in the world with over 500 young poets in attendance. They finished between 9th and 11th out of 50 teams, farther than any international team in its first year of competition, and earned the chance to share their work on the Finals stage in front of the entire BNV community.
South Auckland poets collective 10th Anniversary
2019 marked the 10th Anniversary of The South Auckland Poets Collective (SAPC). The members of SAPC are the coaches, mentors and facilitators of our programmes. Action Education and SAPC have woven a rich history together over the last decade and have had a huge impact on the communities and young people we have worked with, this became increasingly clear as the anniversary came together.
Busting Myths
In 2018 Action Education was successful in it's application to the Mental Health Foundation and the Like Minds, Like Mine project to produce a series of web videos by and for young people on the topic of mental health.
The campaign, Busting Myths, reached over 295,000 people in New Zealand and the videos were shared over 1,200 times.
Content was written and performed by young people about their own experiences from what it means to be a man, cultural identity, childhood traumas, anxiety, Māori displacement, school pressures and more.
The campaign, Busting Myths, reached over 295,000 people in New Zealand and the videos were shared over 1,200 times.
Content was written and performed by young people about their own experiences from what it means to be a man, cultural identity, childhood traumas, anxiety, Māori displacement, school pressures and more.