All PSA members aged 35 and under are automatically part of the PSA Youth network, recieving regular updates and able to attend PSA Youth events.

Consisting of over 26,000 members and growing, PSA Youth is the largest of the PSA's networks.
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What does PSAY do?

We run regular leadership training, host local events and make sure that the youth voice is represented at all levels of the PSA's structure. We also have strong links with Stand Up, New Zealand’s youth union movement. Getting involved with PSAY is the easiest way to step up your union involvement and meet other awesome young working Aotearoa New Zealanders.
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Our Goals

• Increase youth participation and engagement in the PSA and the structures of the union and the workplace
• Support the sustainability of unions in New Zealand by helping to modernise the union movement

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Our Objectives

• Grow youth membership of the PSA
• Grow and increase participation in the PSAY network and wider PSA structures
• Build young leaders within the network, workplaces and our Union
• Inform and educate members about youth issues
• Influence policy, practice and public opinion on issues important to our young members
• Influence policy and practice of the PSA and other unions

Our Procedures

Click here to view our PSA Youth Network Procedures 2026. Our procedures can be updated biennially at our National PSA Youth Network Hui, the next occurring in 2028.

Contact Us

To get in touch with the Youth Network email PSAY@psa.org.nz or contact your local convenor!

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National Co-Convenor - Verity Stewart (verityjstewart@gmail.com)

National Co-Convenor - Tyler Proctor (tyler.proctor@otago.ac.nz)

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Kaiwhakahaere Rangatahi - Jonelle Modlik (Jonelle.Modlik@ird.govt.nz)

Auckland Regional Convenor - Skye Mears (skye.mears@corrections.govt.nz)

Upper North Island Regional Convenor - Keval Purohit (Keval.Purohit@waikatodhb.health.nz)

Lower North Island Regional Convenor - Vacant

Greater Wellington Regional Convenor - Sam Coutts (sam.coutts@tpk.govt.nz)

Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri Convenor - Kiran Skelton (kiranatpsa@gmail.com)

South Island Regional Co-Convenor - Joshua Rowson (jrowson@scdhb.health.nz)

South Island Regional Co-Convenor - Kaye Salasiban (Kaye.Salasiban@ird.govt.nz)

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For Staff - Contact here (psay@psa.org.nz)