13/08/2026
Incredible session today with our Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) kaiako Andrew, teaching our rangatahi valuable flood preparedness skills. Our awesome youth are using music and storytelling to share important survival messages! 👌🏽🔥
Massive shoutout to our amazing librarians for setting up our space today too & our Academy reps Becca & Lilly for packing down the gears xx 🤎🤎
Every week, new rangatahi are joining us, building confidence, community engagement & critical thinking through podcasting. It’s so positive to see their growth and connection … these are the core pillars of QS Academy 🤎
This programme was made with with support of Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) 🫶🏽
12/08/2026
So proud of our Queen Shirl’e Academy media crew tonight — Becca, Lily, Latyna & Devon! 🥲🫶🏽They absolutely smashed it for their first time doing media at the Pacific Music Awards 🔥🤎
Usually every year they come just to have fun, feel liberated & inspired …tonight they stepped up and made it happen! So proud of you all 🤎🤎
A huge thank you to my beautiful sis Petrina Togi-Sa'ena for this incredible opportunity for our young people tonight x They absolutely loved it! Thank you for bringing our Pacific music community together and creating a space where our young people can be part of it all. Love you sis xx
Congratulations to ALL the amazing artists who were nominated, and to those who took home a 🏆 tonight! Honestly, every artist is a winner for putting your music out into the world, sharing your stories and representing our Pacific people. So proud of you all 🤎🫶🏽🔥🙌🏽😍
08/08/2026
Happy 25th Birthday Tupu Youth Library …such a special library in Ōtara! It was a true honour to be invited to attend their community ceremony and listen to the beautiful, transformative stories that have helped shape this community over the years. Our academy is so incredibly blessed to have collaborated with them on our youth podcast classes these past couple of years & seeing the space thriving because of the unsung hero’s that still serve in this special space. Thank you for always being a sanctuary for our youth! 🥲🫶🏽🎙️🤎
29/07/2026
WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF Our very first Ready & Rising Youth Podcast Programme at Tupu Youth Library🙌🏽🔥😅
Our Ōtara tamariki came correct, creating some seriously impressive podcast content on Day One! Huge thanks to our special guest Advisor Andrew from Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) for mentoring each group and gifting emergency packs for their whānau. He was blown away by the conversations! 🙌🏽
Big love to our amazing librarian Maizey for hosting, registrations as always going above and beyond. Our community heroes! 🤎
Week One done... see you all next Wednesday!
29/07/2026