Tāhono

  • Tāhono

    Contribute to the future for Youth Work and young people

  • Tāhono provides multiple pathways for the youth development sector to inform policy directives to the incoming government. Your participation in this survey will directly feed into Policy Directives that will be used to advocate coming into the 2026 election.

  • Membership

  • Are you a member:

  • Professionalisation of Youth Work and accountability

  • These questions have a specific focus on how Youth Work responds to recommendations contained in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith Care.

  • Should youth workers who work in the care system be required to be accountable to:*
  • Should youth workers outside of the care system be required to be accountable to:*
  • What support should organisations be both funded for and required to provide to youth workers:*
  • Should Youth Work be a protected title similar to social work (protected under legislation meaning only those registered with a registration board can use the title of youth worker)?*

  • Youth development advocacy

    These optional questions will provide quotes and examples to strengthen our broader advocacy efforts.

  • Personal details

    (optional)
  • Do you whakapapa Māori?
  • Do you work with young people in any of the following contexts (tick as many as applicable):
  • Would you like us to send you an advance copy of the Policy Directives developed by these survey results, before they are released to the wider sector?
  • Should be Empty: