Posted: 21 October 2010
Annual NRC Youth Summit looms
Fifty students from 21 Northland schools will gather for a special Youth Summit at Whangarei’s Onerahi foreshore early next month to discuss coastal environmental issues – and what they can do to make a difference.
The day-long workshop, organised by the Northland Regional Council, is held annually and brings together Year Seven and Eight students (Form One and Two) nominated by schools from throughout Northland.
The Wednesday 03 November summit is built around a coastal marine theme and investigates ways in which young people can take an active role in the sustainable management of Northland’s coast.
Regional Council staff will work with students on a variety of subjects related to coastal marine management, as well as leading students through a mock resource consent hearing.
Students will also develop action plans to help them deal with the extensive range of coastal environmental issues that they have already identified as concerns.
These include:
• Water quality
• Coastal pollution and its impacts
• Sustainable use of the coastal marine area
The free summit – the 15th hosted by the Council - will be held at Onerahi Yacht Club between 8.40am and 3.15pm.
Students will be attending from the following schools:
Broadwood Area and Christian Renewal Schools, Excellere College, Kamo Intermediate, Karetu, Manaia View, Mangakahia Area, Maungatapere and Ngunguru Schools, Okaihau College, Oromahoe, Oruaiti, Pakotai and Parua Bay Schools, Ruawai College, Tangiteroria and Tangowahine Schools, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Rangiawhia, Tikipunga High and Whangarei Heads Schools and Whangarei Intermediate.