He teaches them that no matter what's happening in your life and what you're going through, there are people who love you and want to support you," says Hawley.
A group of seven girls from the Whanganui Equippers Church helped serve the Revolution Team during the visit, including 14-year-old Te Reo Tutaki.
The Cullinane College student says she enjoyed listening to Dabbs speak about the three-fold effect which challenges the bully, the victim and the bystander.
"I learnt that bullying isn't nice. No one should have to go through it and everyone can make a change," says Tutaki.
Te Puawai Johnson, 14, from Cullinane College says the tour helped her make a change in her own life.
"I use to hide my emotions and use my anger to bully other kids, but after I joined the Revolution it helped me not want to be a bully".
At the end of each show the speakers asked students to stand if they were prepared to make a change in their school and community.
Hawley says that in every show every student stood and "it was the most touching thing to see all these children standing together clapping about the fact that they want a change".
"[The performers] explained that New Zealand has the highest teenage suicide rates in the world and that really opened kid's eyes up about what being a victim, bully or bystander actually means," she says.
The tour visited kindergartens, alternate education, primary, intermediate and high schools during assemblies and ended with a concert on Saturday night where more than 800 people attended.
Whanganui Equippers Church Pastor and tour coordinator James Roy says about 125 members are involved in the Revolution Tour which has been running for nine years.
"We acknowledge that we can't completely remove bullying. What we are doing is providing a platform for principals and teachers who, after the performance, can go back into the classroom and talk more about the issue with their students," says Roy.
*Jessica Tyson is an AUT journalism student
