Youth Week began in 1995 with a handful of events scattered throughout Canada. Since then it has gathered momentum and is now celebrated each year in countries all around the world. Aotearoa New Zealand first marked Youth Week in the late 1990s, with NZAAHD weaving the first festivals and later entrusting it’s celebrations to Ara Taiohi in 2010.
Theme is to be created for 2025, so keep an eye out for this!
Throughout the decade Ara Taiohi have had the amazing opportunity to connect with young people and youth organisations across Aotearoa.
Previous years have seen young people raising the flag of Youth Week with numerous poster designs, and 2021 included a Youth Week Craft Project of interwoven materials designed and created by the youth of the nation.