A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Gisborne students Elisa Bargier from Campion College and Nopera Rangiuia Lindup from Gisborne Boys’ High School have been selected to represent Tairawhiti at Blake Inspire, formerly the Sir Peter Blake Trust Youth EnviroLeaders Forum.
The week-long programme begins tomorrow in Waikato, where 56 Year 11-13 students from across New Zealandwill gather together to learn about environmental issues facing New Zealand, including climate change, marine and freshwater health and biodiversity decline.
Sir Peter Blake Trust chief executive James Gibson says the programme aims to kick-start environmental passion, leadership and action in young New Zealanders.
“At Blake, our purpose is to restart people caring for the environment, and we want to do this through adventure, participation, education and enjoyment. Blake Inspire develops young New Zealanders who are prepared to take on the environmental challenges we face today,” Mr Gibson said.
“They will spend the week with some of New Zealand’s environmental leaders and experts, so they have huge opportunity to absorb as much as they can and come away with new skills, networks and leadership ability to start driving positive change in their communities,” says Mr Gibson.
Blake Inspire is run in partnership with the Ministry for the Environment.
The students will spend the week developing their leadership skills as well as learning about environmental issues and innovation in the Waikato region.
They’ll also be exposed to career paths in their field of interest and will be shown real world applications of subjects they learn in the classroom.
