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What an incredible weekend of skateboarding!!  Kahu Youth had the honour of presenting this year’s Northlake Skate jam after being chosen as the charity of choice in 2021. The jam had 40+ skaters compete in two main competitions, a game of S.K.A.T.E and a skate jam. The jam was broken up into 4 categories: U12,Continue reading “Northlake Skate Jam 2022”

On Saturday 22nd October, Kahu Youth hosted it’s 12th annual Cardboard Boat Race. This family favourite event sees friends get together to form cabin crews that create innovative, ingenious, hilarious and downright ridiculous cardboard boats and race them against each other on Lake Wānaka – just for fun and a good laugh. Ten nautical master piecesContinue reading “Cardboard Boat Race 2022”

Kahu Youth is thrilled to have recently achieved Social Service Accreditation after a rigorous review by Te Kāhui Kāhu, an independent government business unit.  Social Services Accreditation is like a Warrant of Fitness (WoF) check for social services providers. Being accredited shows and gives assurance that an organisation has strong and safe business practices andContinue reading “Kahu Youth Achieves Social Services Accreditation”

Kahu Youth Trust has recently purchased a second van, thanks to support from several local funders and clubs. The white 12 seater Toyota Hiace was proudly on display with its brand new logos at the Matariki Community event at the Dinosaur park.  On the day two youth who attend Kahu Youth Trust , as wellContinue reading “Generosity keeps youth moving”

Presented by: Kahu Youth Trust Where: Dinosaur Park and Roys Bay Reserve When: SAT 25 June, 2pm onwards Kapa haka & activities 2pm – 5pm, Māori history and legends from 5pm, Hangi from 5pm, Fireworks. We are absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to bring our community together to connect and celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year!! Te Kāhui o Matariki isContinue reading “Matariki Celebrations 2022”

To align with the changes to the NZ Protection Framework on Wednesday 23rd March, Kahu Youth has made the following changes: QR scanning is not required My vaccine passes are not required Masks are required when indoors Masks are not required when outdoor Covid is currently circulating within our community as we ride the OmicronContinue reading “Covid Update”

On Tuesday, November 30th at the beautiful Rippon Hall Kahu Youth in partnership with the Rotary Club of Wanaka awarded the inaugural Kahu Youth scholarship. This past year at Kahu Youth, one of our goals was to create more opportunities for young people to participate in tertiary study. Therefore, Kahu Youth created their first everContinue reading “Inaugural Kahu Youth Trust and Rotary Club of Wanaka Scholarship Winner 2021”

Kahu Youth had an epic day at the Northlake Skatejam hosted by Tyler Isherwood, a local skater who wanted to create a fun, community and family friendly skating event as a fundraiser for Kahu Youth! The sunny day attracted families and friends from Wanaka and as far as Christchurch and Queenstown to participate in theContinue reading “Northlake Skatejam”

What a crazy couple weeks it has been at Kahu Youth! Kahu’s Spring Holiday Programme kicked-flipped off to a fantabulous start, hanging with the RAD Skatecrew! We enjoyed some upcycling with our friends at Wanaka Wastebusters! The youth had some good ole’ community work at the newly created Wanaka Community Shed helping build food pantriesContinue reading “Spring Holiday Programme”

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 youth, having managed at another charity for over a decade. Anna started her career in the charity sector starting out in 2009 as a Dance Educator, teaching a small group of kidsContinue reading “Welcome Anna”