We believe our voices should be involved – if not centred – in decision-making. We want every policy to genuinely consider youth perspective.
The Hive is a project established through a collab between taiohi, the Ministry of Youth Development, and creative agency Curative.
The Hivers – and the thousands of young people we engage with – are both the leaders and the final decision-makers every step of the way. If it doesn’t feel right to us and young people we’ve heard from, we don’t do it.
We only create conversations between young people and government about the things we can actually impact in some way. If something is already decided or set in stone, we don’t ask young people to engage with it.
It’s super important that decision-makers come back to us and the young people we’ve engaged with to tell us about the impacts their voices have had. No matter how big or small that impact is, it’s vital that young people see concrete proof that they’ve been listened to.
