Get ready for Youth Week, an event-filled celebration planned for the young people of Hastings by the Youth Council.
Youth Week is a nationwide festival where rangatahi nationwide celebrate and embrace their talents, passions, and successes. Over the next two weeks, Hastings will celebrate with a lineup of fun events at Flaxmere and Camberley community centres.
Youth Council chair Lena Ormsby said the activities had been organised by Hastings youth for Hastings youth. The Youth Council drew on their own passions and connections amongst friends and whānau to plan activities that would appeal to and suit a wide range of youth.
"We felt it was important to cater to all our rangatahi and their many interests. This way all are included and brought closer together as a community," Ormsby said.
Youth councillors themselves will be attending as many events as possible and hope to get to know some of the other young people.