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Kahu Youth Trust is an integral part of the Upper Clutha, and we’re here to help you. We’ve been helping young people like you in the community for over 15 years: involving you in productive learning and fun activities and programmes so you can connect to the wider community and continue to build life skills, increase self-esteem and grow in your confidence.

Our HQ in Wānaka is “the Crib”

Our base, and the place where many of our programmes and activities are delivered, is called “the Crib”. It’s close to the centre of Wānaka.

The drop-in hours at the Crib (during term time only) are usually:

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 3:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Friday – 3:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Saturday – closed
  • Sunday – closed

Our last day at the Crib is Thursday 24th of December and we will re-open next year on Wednesday 5th January.

We’re always keen to see young people from the area who are looking for something to do. We’ve got plenty of ideas …

For parents, guardians and community partners, members of our team are usually in the building from 10am weekdays, but because of preparation for activities and work elsewhere in the community, it pays to call us first.

A full range of programmes, activities, events.

Check them out here

If you want to find out more about the Youth Workers you’ll find at the Crib, check our our Meet the Team section on our About page.

What’s the news at Kahu Youth?

There’s always something going on at Kahu Youth. We do our best to keep our news feed up to date so that youth, parents and friends know what’s happening. Our four most recent news items are on the right.

Or you can view all of our news on this page.

Welcome Anna

Kahu Youth are delighted to introduce Anna Booth, our new Operations Director.  Anna joins the organisation with a wealth of knowledge in the empowerment and delivery of programs for…

>> more here Welcome Anna

Check out our Instagram feed below …

Another AMAZING donation we received recently from the King of Skate Ramps, Olly! 🎉🎉🎉 - NEW PROGRAMME ALERT - 🎉🎉🎉 On November 6th Kahu Youth participated in an amazing community event, @northlake_skate_jam hosted by Tyler Isherwood @gnar.rastafari . The Northlake Skatejam's aim was to bring together a community passionate about skateboarding, encourage participation and competition, and just have a rad day in the sun with your mates! Kahu was able to raise over $400 from Koha donations and the sausage sizzle to assist with purchasing another van for our programs. It was an amazing day, the stoke at an all time high, tunes were pumping and some crazy tricks were seen. A massive thanks to all the sponsors that donated epic prizes, all the volunteers that helped with the event, Tyler for hosting and to an amazing community for making this event super fun for all ages! Maybe next year this will be bigger and better! @radskateschool, @newworld_threeparks, @pavementstore @wanakkupnz, @cheapskateswanaka, @peepsvtg, @base.nz, @amigos_nz, @redstarwanaka, @realmvrwanaka, @paradiso_wanaka, and Hire Centre Wanaka The Tui's Adventure Club have had a fun first few weeks. Ice cream at the lakefront, Italian day cooking up a storm, and cupcake decorating last week. Stay tuned for some more outdoorsy adventures in the weeks to come! #tuisadventureclub #fridays Korimako adventure club on another adventure! This time we explored the Cardrona Hotel, while unleashing our skills with arts and crafts! Also a special happy birthday to Ferdia! A collection of photos from the crazy, wild and HILARIOUS Friday Adventure Club! Our Wednesday after school Adventure Group - Hoiho - had an absoulte BLAST this week!! We celebrated a very special young girls birthday by picnicking, dancing, swimming and eating LOTS of cake by the lake....We were then lucky enough to have an incredible session with the beautiful horses & Crew at @waterfallequestrian! Summer vibes are alive!!! What a day yesterday at HUSTLE. Thank you to @wordnz for coming out an teaching our youth all about mountain biking! We had a great afternoon on the Lismore trails with two lovely instructors, Pete and Bri, learning the dos and don'ts of mountain bike riding. Remember to get out there, get active and enjoy all that Wanaka has to offer. Go get your Hustle On! WHAT A DAY!!