A programme building on and promoting rangatahi confidence through specific skill training, leadership and mentoring has been implemented by Te Puna i Rangiriri Trust.

Te Puni Kōkiri supported Te Puna i Rangiriri to interact and engage with rangatahi. Twenty-one rangatahi from Tauranga Moana were selected to partake in the pilot programme.

“The programme supported three areas sports, personal and cultural development,” says project coordinator Mike Borell.“Providing necessary knowledge to allow the selected participants to fulfil their full potential as sportspeople and future Māori leaders,” he says.