Youth 

As the Campaign has developed more and more young people have come forward wanting to be part of changing the way New Zealanders think about family violence.

The Campaign is partnering with young people on initiatives by youth for youth and also funding community action projects working with young people.

Taiohi Morehu is a project developing leadership against violence among rangatahi in the Hutt Valley, through traditional Maori arts and drama.

Young Maori and Pacific people are identified through their secondary schools for their leadership qualities and ability to influence their peers.

Rangatahi gave up their weekends to attend wananga where they learned about family violence and about traditional Maori ways of embracing and nurturing whanau to promote zero tolerance to violence.

Heretaunga College in Upper Hutt is the first school in the country to partner with the Taiohi Morehu and the YES (Youth Enterprise Scheme) programme. The rangatahi can earn YES credits through their Taiohi Morehu work.

The young people also perform at local and national events.

SAVE Nelson/Tasman (Students Against Violence Everywhere) was set up early in 2009 by two Nelson College students.

With the slogan ‘Domestic Violence - Not our Generation' the group has nearly every school in the Nelson/Tasman region involved in the movement, which is now being nationally recognised at conferences and hui throughout New Zealand.

The group has forged a close relationship with the Nelson/Tasman Te Rito Family Violence Network and is involved in a range of anti-violence initiatives locally and nationally.

These include running a local campaign Don't Stand For It, producing youth get help cards, starting a touch team to take the anti-violence message to the field, speaking on Parliament's steps during the child discipline referendum and running workshops within their school to educate students.

Find our more about SAVE Nelson/Tasman at http://savemovement.org/


SAVE Waikato is a pilot project setting up SAVE groups in 12 Waikato High Schools. The SAVE groups develop anti violence initiatives targeted to their local school and community.

SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) is a student driven anti violence organisation which started in the United States.

A manual has been produced in the Waikato to help students set up their team, run meetings and run violence prevention projects in their school.

Teams are also encouraged to link to violence prevention networks in their community.

For more information about the Waikato SAVE pilot contact Angela Hughes
Angela.m.hughes@gmail.com