LATEST NEWS
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Click an article below for more information on what’s been happening at Te Aranui Youth Trust over the last few months.
Kiwiana Quiz Night
Get a team together and join us for our Kiwiana Quiz night! This will be held on July 30th at CBK Tauranga from 6pm. Our quiz night will...
Bangers
We had two awesome bangers last month. Firstly, we went to Gate Pa school and spent lunchtime eating sausages and playing ripper rugby...
Fundraising & Donations 2019
Over the past month, we have received $426 from 4Good Charitable Trust that we won through popular vote on Facebook. We received a very...
Wahine Toa 2019
A group of 16 beautiful wāhine have been selected for our upcoming Term 2 Wāhine Toa programme at Papamoa College. We had our first...
Great Pathway Youth Development Programme
During the first week of the April school holidays, we had our first Great Pathway Youth Development Programme (GPYD) of 2019. This...
A sad farewell
Unfortunately, we have had to farewell our amazing Te Aranui Youth Trust board member, Lavina Good. Lavina has been on our board for...
CASE STUDY
THREATS OF VIOLENCE
Raised around gangs, Quintin inadvertently found himself in a bad situation – receiving multiple threats from various gang members.
With the help of a Te Aranui Youth Trust intervention, Quintin was able to leave Tauranga and find safety out of town. He has now permanently relocated to a new area, for a new life.
Our kids often don’t choose their own path, they are raised in entrenched poverty, affected by the decisions of those who are meant to care for them and fail.