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Kōrero: Youth organisations

Whārangi 5. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • Ara Taiohi

    National support network for those working in youth development.

  • Boys’ Brigade

    A site with information about Boys’ Brigade and ICONZ activities and events.

  • Girls’ Brigade

    The site for Girls’ Brigade New Zealand and iconz4girls.

  • GirlGuiding New Zealand

    This site has information about the organisation.

  • Outward Bound New Zealand

    Information about courses for teenagers and young people.

  • Scouts

    The Scouts’ New Zealand site.

  • Spirit of Adventure Trust

    Information about voyages for teenagers and young adults offered by the Spirit of Adventure Trust.

  • YMCA

    The YMCA site has information about activities and programmes run by the association.

  • YWCA

    The YWCA site has information about the association’s activities and campaigns.

  • Youth Mentoring

    The website of the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network.

  • Zeal NZ

    Youth organisation providing safe, inclusive local and online spaces.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Bricknell, Chris. The rise of youth culture in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2017.

  • Coney, Sandra. Every girl: a social history of women and the YWCA in Auckland. Auckland: Auckland YWCA, 1986.

  • Dawber, Carol. Ambitious fun: the journey of GirlGuiding in New Zealand. Christchurch: GirlGuiding New Zealand, 2008.

  • Fox, Neil. Fit for life: a history of the Crichton Cobbers Club. Christchurch: Crichton Cobbers Youth Club, 2002.

  • Hoare, Michael. Faces of boyhood: an informal pictorial record of the Boys Brigade in New Zealand, 1886–1982. Wellington: Boys Brigade New Zealand, 1982.

  • Ormerod, Robin. The anchor holds: the first hundred years of the Boys’ Brigade in New Zealand. Auckland: Stedfast Association of New Zealand, 2003.

  • Tennant, Margaret. The fabric of welfare: voluntary organisations, government and welfare in New Zealand, 1840–2005. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2007.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Helen Dollery, Youth organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/167753/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Helen Dollery, i tāngia i te 26 April 2011.