Graeme Dingle Foundation Waikato

Scissors, magazines, and a whole lot of imagination ✂️🌍

Our career navigator Jo has been running vision board sessions with rangatahi Fairfield College— mapping out where they want to go, one cut-out at a time.

The thing Jo loved most? Watching students who don't always find their groove with the "traditional" tools completely light up here — piecing together images, colours, and words that actually meant something to them.

That's what we love about this work. Everyone processes their future differently, and sometimes the clearest thinking happens with glue on your fingers, not a pen in your hand.

Different tools, same goal — helping our rangatahi see what's possible for them. 🌱

Today one of our rangatahi, Michael, planted his very first tree — he’d never even picked up a spade before. He was teamed up with Max, and by the end of the morning the two of them had 10 trees in together. That’s exactly what STARS is about: rangatahi backing each other up and learning by doing, side by side.

🌳 500 trees in the ground at Fairfield Gullies! Part of our huge 1,000+ tree week alongside Fairfield College, The Fairfield Project & Enviroschools Waikato 🌱

Two more planting days to go this week 💪

Massive thanks to everyone who showed up and got stuck in — you’re what makes this mahi happen 🙌🌿

🏔️ Double the impact, double the aroha!

Kathmandu is matching every donation to Move Mountains for Youth, dollar for dollar, up to $20,000! For one week only, your koha goes twice as far in building confidence and resilience in tamariki and rangatahi across Aotearoa. ⏰ Matched giving ends Sunday at 11:59pm — don't miss it!

🚨 Double your impact! 🚨

Our champion partner Kathmandu is matching donations to Move Mountains for Youth, dollar for dollar, up to $20,000!

Our partnership with Kathmandu is built on a shared belief in the power of the outdoors. Together, we’re helping young people overcome obstacles and build resilience.

For one week only, every donation will go twice as far in supporting tamariki and rangatahi across Aotearoa to build confidence, self-belief and life skills.

Matched giving ends Sunday, 11:45 pm - or sooner if the match is reached.

If you’ve been thinking about giving, now is the moment! ✨

Donate here and help young people move mountains: https://ap1.hubs.ly/H011sNS0

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Hi-vis on, limitless potential unlocked. ⚡🧡

The Career Navigator crew have been busy! Our girls recently joined Girls with Hi-Vis for not one, but TWO epic industry visits — a tour of Huntly Power Station AND a site tour of Fulton Hogan, one of NZ's leading infrastructure companies.
From towering turbines to heavy-hitting infrastructure, our girls got a front-row look at what careers in energy and construction could look like.
The possibilities are endless. 💪

Hi-vis has never looked so good. 🧡🦺

🎉 We're here, whaanau!
Hand controls are installed and Matua is ready to start lessons!
What began as a dream is now very much a reality and that's because of YOU. Every donation, every share, every kind word got us to this moment!
Buckle up, because the journey is just getting started! 🚗💪

Guess what week it is?! 🎉 NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK!!

Shout out to our legendary mentors who give their time, their energy, and their hearts to our rangatahi and programmes. We see you, we appreciate you, and we are SO glad you're on our team. 🙌

Swipe to see some of the highlights from this year so far — and trust us, we're just getting started 👀