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Eleanor KaneHi I’m Eleanor Kane. I’m a year 12 student at Otaki College, having lived in Otaki forthree years. I enjoy making new friends and mixing with different groups of people. I amparticularly concerned about the right of every young person to be accepted socially andculturally.The best school cultures encourage inclusive behaviour by individuals. For example atmy school we have vertical tutor groups. These are classes of students spreading fromyear seven to year 13 who meet at the beginning of the day for 15 minutes. This is agood opportunity for the students from different year levels to interact. Because of this,when there are school events such as performances, there is no discomfort with mixedage groups. This makes students feel more secure in their environment and become alot more aware of others.When you get to know people of different year levels it is not as important to youwhether they are of the same cultural background or interest group as you, because youare not necessarily ‘hanging round’ with them all the time. With the increased range ofcontacts the pool of potential friends is expanded beyond the year level for students‘on the fringe’. Awareness of others and social confidence in wide groups leads to anacceptance of differences. Difference becomes ‘normal’. Encountering cultural differenceson an everyday basis enables you to value the contribution each makes to the whole.At Otaki College there is a good mix of Maori, Pakeha, Pacific Island, New ZealandChinese and international students, mainly from Asia. As well there is a broad rangeof family culture, reflecting socio-economic and interest differences. Within the studentbody these background distinctions add to the differences in abilities, interests and tastesstudents themselves have or develop. All of this can lead to separatist tendencies. Ourschool has met some of the challenges by trying to achieve greater positive interactionand inclusion. I want to help find new and better ways to do that.12
Participating CouncilsGisborne continuedThe Council has a programme foryoung people to speak to Councillorsand opportunities for them to debatein a formal setting in the Councilchambers, as well as many moreprogrammes involving youth.Meng FoonMayorManukau City — 4 April 2005Manukau City is the most culturallydiverse and the youngest city inthe Auckland region, with a totalpopulation of over 281,600. Our youth,under the age of 20, make up morethan 35 percent of the population.These distinctive features sets the cityapart from the rest of New Zealand.Manukau City, in fact, is known asManukau — Face of the Future. 165ethnic groups choose Manukau astheir home.More than 51 percent of thepopulation is non-European withPacific Island, Maori and Asianpopulations forming the majority. Manyof our youth, who represent a crosssectionof cultures including tangatawhenua, the Pacific, Asia, Africa andthe Middle East are multilingualand fluent in at least two or morelanguages.Every year Manukau hosts a range oflocal, national and international eventswhich highlight the diversity andwide ranging interests of its residents.For example, the annual ASB BankAuckland Secondary Schools Maoriand Pacific Island Cultural Festival, athree-day equestrian event at Puhinui,the Ellerslie Flower Show and the MITManukau Science and Technology Fairfor intermediate and secondary schoolstudents.Barry CurtisMayorAuckland City — 21 May 2005Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city,with a population of approximately420,800 and covering a land area of 60square kilometres. It lies on a narrowstretch of land between the beautifulWaitemata and Manukau harbours,surrounded by extinct volcanoes andpicturesque islands. The recognisedmana whenua, or indigenous peopleof Auckland, call this area TamakiMakaurau, which means ‘the place thatis desired by many’.The Auckland area was home to Maorifor a thousand years before Europeanssettled here. More recent migrants13
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