Zeal Wellington

16/04/2024

New blog out now.🌟

We interviewed the amazing Luca from about her time at Zeals Kpop programme. We watched Luca blossom at Zeal and we couldn’t be more proud!

A huge thank you to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage for your support.

27/03/2024

Musicians lounge 2024 has come through with a bang💥 📸

Zeal Kāpiti is backing young musicians and helping them to amplify their voices. This reacuring event is one of the coolest spots for those who love music and meeting new people.

We’re looking forward to more musician lounge during 2024. If you want to join us, follow .musician
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22/03/2024

Read more stories like Angad’s in our 2023 Annual Report and see how your support has helped to impact the lives of young people.

Shout out to Angad who continuously inspires us all⭐️

19/03/2024

Thank you Thomas Consultants for your support! Through donations like this, it helps to impact the lives of more young people.

Can you help them reach 1,000 devices? 💻🖥️⌨️

Last week Thomas Consultants donated laptops and office furniture to Zeal - a brilliant organisation that's helping kiwi kids thrive in the digital world.

By contributing your older computers and office furniture to Zeal NZ, you are:
1. Helping young New Zealanders gain valuable skills as they refurbish laptops and PCs, and keep them as part of a tech club programme.
2. Reducing tonnes of E-waste by diverting devices and parts.
3. Showing kids the value of recycling.
4. Extending the life of furniture you no longer need.

Thanks to Zeal's Digital Director, Chris Foster-Winder for sending through these photos. "We’ve hosted 7 refurbish-a-thon events, where over 200 rangatahi have taken part. We’ve also hosted 13 community workshops, and 7 schools are now signed up to our programme, including 2 who now have a ‘level 2’ programme called Repair Cafe for more advanced refurbishment of computers", says Chris.

If you have these items to spare - please help Zeal NZ make a meaningful impact. All the details are found here: https://hubs.ly/Q02pHF8F0

09/02/2024

Welcoming the year of the dragon! Happy Chinese New Year!!🐉♥️🎇 We hope everyone has an incredible day!

05/02/2024

Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We hope everyone has a great Waitangi Day⭐️

Toitū te Tiriti👏 We honour the treaty when we listen to rangatahi. Ake, ake, ake.✊

30/01/2024

Join our squads at Zeal✨👩‍💻🤩

We’ve got 5 EPIC and unique jobs up for grabs. Ready to make a difference and have a blast doing it? Apply now!
https://zeal.nz/zeal-jobs/

We’re looking for 🤗
• Hop Hop Dance tutor and programme coordinator ( Kāpiti)
• Youth worker ( Kāpiti)
• Youth Worker & Tutor ( Digital / Zeal West Auckland)
• Administrator (Taranaki)
• Cafe manager (Wellington)

17/01/2024

The start of the 2024 is looking mighty good at Zeal! Activations and local events will be happening across our centres, so it as good time to start following our Zeal accounts ( If you aren’t already ) and keep in the loop on what’s already going down and coming up soon ⤵️

24/12/2023

Meri Kirihimete from the Zeal fam!🎄⭐️ Thanks to everyone for an epic year!

20/12/2023

We’re incredibly grateful to have connected with numerous young people this year, whether you dropped by Zeal occasionally, encountered us at events, or become a long term part of our community, we feel lucky to have met you.

To gain insights, we surveyed 354 young people about their thoughts on Zeal, and here’s a glimpse into what some of them shared. Explore more in our Zeal Survey and Annual Report available on our website.

15/12/2023

Zeal is proud to be supporting petition to STOP the Raim Raid Offending and Related Measures Amendment Bill.

As mentioned above this bill violates the human rights of children and is extremely harmful, it is out of step with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and fails to address the root causes that countibutes to children causing harm in our communities.

Youth workers across the country including at Zeal are working hard to support young people in the justice system and they deeply want to see a way forward that honours young people and communities they live in. In fact, this bill simply disempowers youth workers also.

⭐️Now, what can you do to help?⭐️
Please sign the petition to stop the raim raid bill in our bio. It takes literally 30seconds( not even kidding it’s so quick and would mean the world to us). And if like, you can also jump over to and and give them a follow as they are both doing incredible work regarding the rights of young people in the criminal justice system.

14/12/2023

Congrats to these young men for completing a 6 week barista programme at . We are super proud of you, and look forward to some good coffee. Big shout out to for supporting us in growing champion young people.

29/11/2023

VOTE FOR ZEAL WELLINGTON🏆📸
Comment below 🙌 to vote for

Welcome to the Zeal centre photo showdown! Each centre has submitted a photo that captures the essence of their centre, and it’s now in your hands to choose the winner! The winning centre will receive a delectable food prize to enjoy with young people on their final afternoon hangs of 2023 AND bask in the glory of being crowned the champion of the 2023 photo competition of the year!🌟

Voting can also be made on our website and you can vote as much as you like! Check the link in our bio⬆️

Make sure to view all of our centres photos in our other posts and on our website to show your support👏👏📸

29/11/2023

VOTE FOR ZEAL KĀPITI🏆📸
Comment below 🙌 to vote for

Welcome to the Zeal centre photo showdown! Each centre has submitted a photo that captures the essence of their centre, and it’s now in your hands to choose the winner! The winning centre will receive a delectable food prize to enjoy with young people on their final afternoon hangs of 2023 AND bask in the glory of being crowned the champion of the 2023 photo competition of the year!🌟

Voting can also be made on our website and you can vote as much as you like! Check the link in our bio⬆️

Make sure to view all of our centres photos in our other posts and on our website to show your support👏👏📸

29/11/2023

VOTE FOR ZEAL TARANAKI🏆📸
Comment below 🙌 to vote for

Welcome to the Zeal centre photo showdown! Each centre has submitted a photo that captures the essence of their centre, and it’s now in your hands to choose the winner! The winning centre will receive a delectable food prize to enjoy with young people on their final afternoon hangs of 2023 AND bask in the glory of being crowned the champion of the 2023 photo competition of the year!🌟

Voting can also be made on our website and you can vote as much as you like! Check the link in our bio⬆️

Make sure to view all of our centres photos in our other posts and on our website to show your support👏👏📸

29/11/2023

VOTE FOR ZEAL HAMILTON🏆📸
Comment below 🙌 to vote for

Welcome to the Zeal centre photo showdown! Each centre has submitted a photo that captures the essence of their centre, and it’s now in your hands to choose the winner! The winning centre will receive a delectable food prize to enjoy with young people on their final afternoon hangs of 2023 AND bask in the glory of being crowned the champion of the 2023 photo competition of the year!🌟

Voting can also be made on our website and you can vote as much as you like! Check the link in our bio⬆️

Make sure to view all of our centres photos in our other posts and on our website to show your support👏👏📸

29/11/2023

VOTE FOR ZEAL DIGITAL 🏆📸
Comment below 🙌 to vote!

Welcome to the Zeal centre photo showdown! Each centre has submitted a photo that captures the essence of their centre, and it’s now in your hands to choose the winner! The winning centre will receive a delectable food prize to enjoy with young people on their final afternoon hangs of 2023 AND bask in the glory of being crowned the champion of the 2023 photo competition of the year!🌟

Voting can also be made on our website and you can vote as much as you like! Check the link in our bio⬆️

Make sure to view all of our centres photos in our other posts and on our website to show your support👏👏📸

29/11/2023

VOTE FOR ZEAL WEST🏆📸
Comment below 🙌 to vote for

Welcome to the Zeal centre photo showdown! Each centre has submitted a photo that captures the essence of their centre, and it’s now in your hands to choose the winner! The winning centre will receive a delectable food prize to enjoy with young people on their final afternoon hangs of 2023 AND bask in the glory of being crowned the champion of the 2023 photo competition of the year!🌟

Voting can also be made on our website and you can vote as much as you like! Check the link in our bio⬆️

Make sure to view all of our centres photos in our other posts and on our website to show your support👏👏📸

27/11/2023

Ready, steady, report!
Celebrate the best moments with us in the 2023 Annual Report💥

https://zeal.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0112_ZEAL_Annual-Report-2023_A4_v3_MEDRes.pdf

20/11/2023

Calling all youth workers in Kāpiti! Zeal Kāpiti is looking for an awesome new youth worker! Learn more below

Zeal Kāpiti is looking for a youth worker who can proactively engage with our young people, build positive and effective relationships and fostering belonging, independence and connect young people to Zeal’s programmes and services.

16/11/2023

From July 2022 to June 2023, we had the pleasure of hosting 4,644 incredible rangatahi at events 🌟

A massive shoutout to the 125 talented performers who lit up our stage. With 30 unforgettable events under our belt, we’re beyond thankful for each and every one of you who walked through our doors. Here’s to another year of epic moments and unforgettable connections 🎉

07/11/2023

Zeal Taranaki skate and scooter comp was a huge success! With 150 attendees and 30 talented participants, the sun-soaked day was filled with rad trick, awesome music and prizes🛹🎶🏆

A huge thank you to our amazing funder South Taranaki District Council for your support ⭐️

We can’t wait to ROLL into the next one…. Get it…😂 but seriously, next comp is Saturday 18th November at Victoria Park. Make sure to follow for any updates.

📸: Ezra Ruka🤗

02/11/2023

During the school holidays ran epic activities at their centre and nearby spots like Pa’s Park and Royal Reserve. 100 young people attended during the school holidays and for some it was there first time at Zeal👏👏

afternoon hangs are on Tuesday - Friday 3-5pm! Come through before the end of the year⭐️

31/10/2023

https://zeal.nz/updates/zeal-survey-2023/

To assess our impact and seek improvements we asked young people about their experience at Zeal. We’re proud to share 354 young people participated in the survey making this year the biggest one yet!! ⭐

This report includes
⭐ Rangatahi share their experience at Zeal, and their thoughts on Zeal staff and support.
⭐ Thoughts on navigating mental health and hopes for the future.
⭐ The biggest challenges rangatahi face in their worlds.

To assess our impact and seek improvements we asked young people about their experience at Zeal. We're proud to share 354 young people participated in the survey making this year the biggest one yet.

24/10/2023

From July 2022 to June 2023, our centres have hosted 32,515 rangatahi at Hangs, Zeal nights, street youth work, gatherings, mentoring, and online activities ⭐️💪❤️

The best part? these spaces are completely FREE! Our hangs and other activities are on until the end of the year! Come vibe with the crew! We would love to see you

19/10/2023

💥Exciting opportunity! A full time youth worker position now available at Zeal Taranaki.💥

If you have youth work experience, possess a creative flair and you’re ready to empower young people, then we would love to hear from you!

You can apply through our Seek ad under ‘Zeal Taranaki youth worker’ or on our website zeal.nz/zeal-jobs

If you have any questions please send an email to [email protected]

Please note this job is for 40hours, you must have a 2+ years experience in working with young people and a full license ( clean record) 😃😃

09/10/2023

This week is your last chance to vote and have your say in these elections📢🗳️

Voting is extremely important, and your vote matters to us. We aren’t here to tell you who to vote for, however we do hope you consider the challenges rangatahi are facing and how your vote can make a positive difference.

Here are some helpful tips.

• If you’re not enrolled to vote, get in quick! You can cast a special vote. Search ‘How to cast a special vote’ on YouTube and watch the Electoral commissions NZ video, or check out vote.nz for more information.

• Check out policy.nz/2023 , this website is epic! And can help you to learn about candidates that align with you.

•Voting is powerful and exciting! So when you vote, be proud and make sure to celebrate.

29/09/2023

Thank you to The Trusts for your ongoing support for Zeal Digital 💻⚡️

Watch Zhan share about Zeal’s tech club programme, where rangatahi learn to refurbish laptops. If you’d like to contribute and support the kaupapa, visit our website for more information.
https://zeal.nz/projects/donate-your-device-to-young-laptop-recyclers-digital-equity-west-auckland/

27/09/2023

Hāwera! is coming back to host The Great Skate! 🛹💥

It’s going to be huge! Both skaters and scooters invited. So come support, chill out, grab feed, listen to live music and watch the dance performances.

To register check out latest post with the full details! 📲🤳

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13/09/2023

Hands up if you’re ready for Zeal’s spring/summer events!☀️🌞

Did you know last year we ran 1,405 events🤯

With daylight savings ending soon and the weather becoming warmer ( hopefully) we’re getting ready for the bean bags outside, music stages, sausage sizzles and festivals!

Make sure to be following the Zeal near you so you don’t miss out.