Wellington Zoo Tūhono
To celebrate global care day VOYCE Poneke created a Poneke Zoo scavenger hunt and it went down a treat! The weather was amazing and the young people were smiling! Overall, we had a little over 20 young people join the fun. For the initial scavenger hunt we had groups of 5-6. The young people picked […]
Silent Disco
One of the VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai Ōtautahi (Christchurch) rangatahi volunteers came up with the idea of hosting a Silent Disco and started planning with the support of the local Kaiwhakamana and a youth worker from YCD (Youth and Cultural Development). The event was hosted at the Christchurch Art Gallery, with two DJ’s, free popcorn […]
Poneke Pool Party
On Saturday the 22nd January 2021 VOYCE Whakarongo Mai’s Poneke team Kaiwhakamana hosted a pool party for the tamariki and rangatahi of Ōtaki. The turnout was amazing where over 30 whanau with their care experienced tamariki attended. The day consisted of lots of laughter, splashing, and a sausage sizzle! We are so lucky to have had […]
Christmas Sausage Sizzle
VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai hosted a Christmas style sausage sizzle at Flaxmere Village for the tamariki and rangatahi of Flaxmere. The Hawkes Bay team couldn’t have wished for a better last day at mahi before the Christmas. We were lucky enough to be able to give the tamariki and rangatahi, not only some kai but […]
Hatea Loop Colour Run
VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai took a group of rangatahi to join in with the Hatea Loop Challenge, with a splash of colour. It was a 4.8km run/walking event for workplaces and other groups to participate, have fun and challenge one another. While everyone ran and walked through the loop, there were five colour stations where […]
Greymouth Pool Party
On Sunday 6th December VOYCE headed over to the West Coast to put on a big Christmas Pool Party in collaboration with Oranga Tamariki – Greymouth at the Westland Recreation Centre. The pool party was for care-experienced children and young people of all ages, their caregivers and their whānau; with families coming from as far north […]
Christmas in the Nui
Christmas in the Nui is an annual Christmas event held in Wainuiomata. From 10am there was a Santa parade. Throughout the day there were food stalls, live performances from young people and community members. VOYCE was approached to run a stall this year. Erin organised two activities This was a public/community event for families in […]
Handmade Birthday Cards for kids in care
The VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai Tamaki team were so inspired by a visit from Albie last week, where a few people in the office got to witness a young care experienced persons passion for creating and giving back to the care community. Albie hand crafts birthday cards with the hope of creating enough to give […]
Voyage for VOYCE
Former foster youth, Elana Connor (AKA Peregrina Sails), is solo sailing a figure 8 voyage around Aotearoa New Zealand to raise funds for VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai, enabling the creation of a new scholarship program for youth in foster care to attend the 10-day youth development journeys aboard the Spirit of New Zealand tall ship. […]
VOYCE trustees announce Board Co-Chairs
The Trustees of VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai have elected Shayne Walker and Mana Williams-Eade as Board Co-Chairs. Both Shayne and Mana bring tremendous heart and insight to the mahi of the organisation and together represent a formidable Board leadership team. SHAYNE WALKER – VOYCE BOARD CO-CHAIR Shane Walker, a senior lecturer at the University of […]