Youth Parliament

Every three years 120 young MPs descend on Parliament to show the old MPs how to do it properly. They bring speeches, stories, ideas and experience that are compelling. Here are photos and words from…

"Dislocated, Dismissed and Disappointed." Youth MP Albet Lockie speaks to Youth Parliament on challenges faced by young people with experience in the care system.

Last week Parliament was taken over by the new leaders Youth Parliament - an opportunity for rangatahi to speak and the rest of us to pay attention. Audio

Photo Essay: YP22 Day 1 - A story told in pictures by Mishka Lombaard, featuring the opening of Parliament, question time, general debate and select committees. 

Government Ministers were faced with a series of challenging questions by Youth MPs at Parliament today on a wide variety of subjects.

A mock Member’s Bill which zeroes in on the glaring disparity in wages for young people is to be the focus of debate among Youth MPs in the 10th Youth Parliament this week.

Many rangatahi get their first say in October’s local elections. The issues Aotearoa faces have changed recently adding more reasons that young people must defy turnout trends and information scarcity…

The PM’s Youth MP says inequality in education and health, mental health services and education costs are top concerns for youth in the Prime Minister’s electorate. 

Parliament is recruiting for a 2022 youth version of itself. Phil Smith chats with former Youth MPs, now actual MPs Ayesha Verrall and Tangi Utikere about they 1997 Youth parliament experience. Video, Audio

Youth MPs are reporting back to their actual counterparts at select committees recommending changes to reduce the wealth gap like a living wage and increased housing supply.  Audio

Youth MPs declared a climate emergency at Youth Parliament this week putting pressure on the real Parliament to follow suit writes Sophie Dixon.