Earlier this month, 65 PSA Youth members gathered in Christchurch for three days of learning, says Hannah Shelton-Agar PSA Organiser and PSA Youth member.

The event was a chance for members to korero on politics, unionism, our environment, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and more, featured ten guest speakers and workshop facilitators.

This year’s theme was unapologetically Taylor Swift. It was called Speak Now, a fitting tagline for a hui empowering young unionists to speak up and make change in the current political and environmental climate.

“We found that many titles from Taylor Swift’s discography leant themselves well to union topics such as: I think I've seen this film before (and I didn't like the ending) a session on the topic of Unions and National - Past and Future led by our very own policy advisor Grace Millar: and The Story of Us, a session on the future of the PSA with National secretaries Kerry Davies and Duane Leo,” Hannah says.

The hui gave members a chance to engage on topics with their peers, and to ask questions of wahine like Tamatha Paul (Green Party Wellington Central MP) and Te Kotuku Irwin-Stainton (Te Tiriti educator).

It was also the Youth Network’s bi-annual election which saw Leya Kurian and Rachael Stiekema elected as National Co-Convenors.

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