Southland District Youth Council

21/09/2022

19/09/2022

Here's Emma, one of our Youth Councillors from Fiordland College!

29/07/2022

We have a passion for growing young people. We inspire global citizens to lead in the spirit of the United Nations. UN Youth is a non-profit organisation that provides civics education outside the traditional classroom context. Through fun workshops, Model UN, and discussion groups, we engage second...

14/06/2021

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10/09/2020

Congrats to our SDC Youth Council alumni Rileigh! 👏

Te Anau Venturer Scout Rileigh Lundman has dreamed of achieving the Queen's Scout Award since she was nine-years-old.

19/02/2020

Some of our Southland District Youth Council receiving their badges from Mayor Gary Tong.

11/02/2020

Reminder: The boil water notice is still in place for Gore, Riversdale, and the Otama Water Supply scheme, plus the following rural schemes: Balmoral 1, Balmoral 2, Glenkinich, Moa Flat, Richardson North, Tuapeka East and Tuapeka West.

The boil water notices also applies to all flood-affected Southland residents who use groundwater (e.g. bores that may be contaminated by floodwater), or flood-affected rainwater tanks.

More information can be found on the Southern District Health Board website - www.southernhealth.nz

12/09/2019

What an awesome crew our SDC Youth Council is! We love Southland and want to see the District thrive now and into the future.
So, we've whipped up a quick survey for our peers to complete. If you're under the age of 24, click on the link below and answer some quick questions to go in the draw to win one of 10 x $50 prezzy cards up for grabs.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SDC-youth-haveyoursay

28/07/2019

The next generation of leaders took over Southland District Council chambers with the Youth Council in session last week.
Fantastic ideas emerging so watch this space!
The team are looking flash representing with pride in their new hoodies so keep an eye out for them in your community.

24/07/2019

How awesome is this from our youth councillor Rileigh Lundman! Tu meke!

14/02/2019

Southland District Youth Councillors Rileigh Lundman, Gemma Marnane, Dene Gwynne and Lachlan Thomson presented the Youth Council’s draft Youth Engagement Strategy to the full Council on 13 February. It outlines ideas to help Southland District Council link better with young people in the District. Here are some edited highlights. We’ll post the full strategy soon.

17/09/2018

Wow 😝 what an opportunity! The final frontier is calling ... any young Southlanders out there who reckon they've got what it takes to be one of New Zealand's future innovators, entrepreneurs or scientists tackling a career in space? Check it out.