Rohe arotahinga 3: Whakapakari i te whai wāhitanga rangatahi i ngā putanga hautūtanga, mātauranga me te whaimahi hoki Focus area 3: Strengthen rangatahi participation in leadership, education and employment outcomes

Rangatahi Youth, younger generation. have an important role in shaping Auckland's future.

Almost 50 per cent of Māori Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Māori incorporates mana whenua and mataawaka. in Tāmaki Makaurau are aged under 25 years.

To enable their leadership, rangatahi must have opportunities to engage in civic and local decision-making. They will need access to relevant education and support to pursue meaningful careers that contribute positively to Auckland's economy.

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A key focus is the creation of opportunities for rangatahi to participate as leaders in decisions that affect them. To enable their voices to be heard there needs to be further investment in 'for rangatahi by rangatahi' communication methods and platforms that resonate with them.

Education and training must develop to meet the learning needs and aspirations of rangatahi in an ever evolving education system and job market. Education and training models that enable new thinking and approaches to unlock rangatahi talent will be valuable.

Alongside this the current formal education system needs to:

accelerate the success of rangatahi
improve the culturally appropriate learning environment
steadily reduce the over-representation of rangatahi among those achieving poor educational and employment outcomes.

Fostering Māori models of learning will provide opportunities to build rangatahi capability and to staircase them into career paths they value.

How this can be done

Efforts can focus on:

valuing the importance of rangatahi and their skills, knowledge and world views as important to the health of the community
investing in and valuing rangatahi-led approaches to support rangatahi needs and aspirations
growing rangatahi participation in decisions of importance to them
increasing rangatahi achievement in education, employment and training.

More information about this outcome

Direction 1: Advance Māori wellbeing

Auckland Plan 2050 - Direction of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Advance Māori wellbeing.

Direction 2: Promote Māori success, innovation and enterprise

Auckland Plan 2050 - Direction of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Promote Māori success, innovation and enterprise.

Direction 3: Recognise and provide for te Tiriti o Waitangi outcomes

Auckland Plan 2050 - Direction of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Recognise and provide for te Tiriti o Waitangi outcomes.

Direction 4: Showcase Auckland’s Māori identity and vibrant Māori culture

Auckland Plan 2050 - Direction of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Showcase Auckland’s Māori identity and vibrant Māori culture.

Focus area 1: Meet the needs and support the aspirations of tamariki and their whānau

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Meet the needs and support the aspirations of tamariki and their whānau.

Focus area 2: Invest in marae to be self-sustaining and prosperous

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Invest in marae to be self-sustaining and prosperous.

Focus area 3: Strengthen rangatahi participation in leadership, education and employment outcomes

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Strengthen rangatahi participation in leadership, education and employment outcomes.

Focus area 4: Grow Māori intergenerational wealth

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Grow Māori inter-generational wealth.

Focus area 5: Advance mana whenua rangatiratanga in leadership and decision-making and provide for customary rights

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Advance mana whenua as rangatira in leadership and decisionmaking and provide for customary rights.

Focus area 6: Celebrate Māori culture and support te reo Māori to flourish

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Celebrate Māori culture and support te reo Māori to flourish.

Focus area 7: Reflect mana whenua mātauranga and Māori design principles throughout Auckland

Auckland Plan 2050 - Focus area of the Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome: Reflect mana whenua mātauranga and Māori design principles throughout Auckland.

Implementing the Māori identity and wellbeing outcome

Auckland Plan 2050 - How we'll implement the Māori identity and wellbeing outcome.

Māori identity and wellbeing explained

Auckland Plan 2050 - Information about one of the outcomes of the Auckland Plan - Māori Identity and Wellbeing.

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