In 2011, the first iteration of the Positive Youth Development Aotearoa (PYDA) resource was published. Its contributors were amongst Aotearoa’s youth and health sector greats- researchers, sector experts, youth workers and rangatahi themselves.
It explores the confluence between the various approaches to Positive Youth Development documented in local and international literature and the grassroots experiences of young people and organisations in Aotearoa.
This was to better reflect the current practices in PYD, including the cultural models and ideas that are imperative to supporting the development of young people in Aotearoa. True to the origins of the resource, this second edition was also a sector collaboration.
Alongside this new edition, we also launched the Youth Development Champions Project (YDCP) to train and implement the PYDA across a range of sectors and continue the development of Positive Youth Development in Aotearoa.
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