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Anaru Adams 2011

Ngaruawahia takes on the thing we have to global
United Nations ! government.

Anaru had a chance to
experience being a Producer
Anaru Adams (photo) represented for Wellington’s Access
Ngaruawahia High School on July 6th at the NZ Radio. This radio show
Model United Nations Conference at Pipitea provides a youth perspective on international
Campus in Wellington. affairs. Being part of this Outreach community
This year’s New Zealand Model United helps students to understand what community
Nations (NZMUN) was the biggest event in the mindedness looks like in their own context and
UN Youth calendar year. It was an amazing how they can be part of solutions in their own
chance for 230 high school backyard.
students from all around New Anaru returned from the
Zealand to take their passion conference exhausted but
for international affairs to the enthused from putting his
next level. contribution forward to the
The theme of this year’s national agenda while trying to
conference was “The UN secure fair global outcomes! A
Today” - an opportunity for heavily laden social agenda!
youth to gain a more What Anaru did come
comprehensive view of the back to Ngaruawahia with was a
United Nations as a key player new perspective of fears faced
in international contemporary by youth in the Pacific Islands
politics. Students were around such issues as free trade
encouraged to think of where agreements, poverty, human
the UN had emerged from, rights, gender empowerment and
what it looks like today and refugees.
what it could become in the Anaru has made one more
future. step towards becoming a
As leaders of the future, representative of the UN
it is imperative that the Secretariat and of UN Agencies.
students who attend learn to
consider the good and the bad
in the operations of the closest