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PINK SHIRT DAY 2019
TAUIRA/STUDENT TOOLKIT
FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019
PINKSHIRTDAY.ORG.NZ
CONTENTS WELCOME • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 3 FACT SHEET #1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 4 IDEAS AND INSPIRATION FACT SHEET #2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 7 HOW TO BE AN UPSTANDER FACT SHEET #3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 8 KEY VALUES FACT SHEET #4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 9 FUNDRAISING FOR PINK SHIRT DAY FACT SHEET #5 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 10 ABOUT BULLYING FACT SHEET #6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 12 SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE TARGETED FACT SHEET #7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 13 GETTING HELP AND ADVICE BULLYING-FREE NZ WEEK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 14
WELCOME
On Pink Shirt Day, Friday 17 Bullying is a serious issue for rangatahi. Aotearoa has
the second-highest rate of school bullying out of 51
May 2019, Aotearoa will be countries.
transformed into a sea of pink In Aotearoa, rangatahi who identify as lesbian, gay,
to share aroha and kindness, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual or
members of other sexuality and gender diverse
celebrate diversity and end communities (LGBTQIA+) – also referred to as rainbow
bullying! communities – experience higher rates of bullying.
Many studies show that rangatahi who are bullied are
It’s a day where you and other more likely to experience mental health issues, such as
depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts.
rangatahi/young people can
The Pink Shirt Day Tauira/Student Toolkit makes it
Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri super easy to get involved – you can learn how to be
an Upstander, use a stencil to create your own t-shirt,
Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand pass on our stickers to your mates, order a free school
Together, Stop Bullying! mufti day pack and fundraise for Pink Shirt Day, get your
whānau involved and much more!
By celebrating Pink Shirt Day You’ll notice throughout the toolkit, we mention three
key E Tū Whānau values, which align with Pink Shirt Day:
at your kura or school with aroha, kōrero awhi and mana manaaki. These values come
whānau and friends, you can from hui held around the country on what people feel
contributes to a strong and thriving whānau. These values
help others feel safe, valued form the themes and messaging throughout this toolkit.
and respected.
He aha te mea nui o te ao.
He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
What is the most important thing in the world?
It is people, it is people, it is people.
PINK SHIRT DAY 2019 TAUIRA/STUDENT TOOLKIT
Once again, Bullying-Free NZ Week (May 13–17) ends on Pink Shirt Day! Their theme is ‘Whakanuia
Tōu Āhua Ake! Celebrating Being Us!’. Learn more here.
Pink Shirt Day is led by the Mental Health Foundation with support from InsideOUT, Te Kaha O Te
Rangatahi Trust, Village Collective, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA), the
Human Rights Commission, Auckland District Health Board Peer Sexuality Support Programme
(PSSP), the Peace Foundation, Youthline and Bullying-Free NZ Week.
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FACT SHEET #1:
IDEAS AND INSPIRATION
The power is in your hands! When tauira/students work together to stop bullying in
their schools, they make an impact and bullying decreases.
There is so much you can do to make your school Create your own t-shirt!
safe, supportive and respectful for your mates and In each mufti day school pack, there is a stencil
fellow tauira/students. where you can create your own Pink Shirt Day tee
Your school might have different rules and a or use it to draw with chalk on the footpath!
different culture to other schools. If this list of If you’re registered for updates, you’ll be the first to
activities won’t work at your school, get creative hear when our official Pink Shirt Day t-shirt is ready
and come up with your own activities that will! to order.
IN THE LEAD UP TO PINK SHIRT DAY:
Ending bullying takes more than one day and takes
‘Kōrero awhi’ is an important part of
the commitment and energy of your whole school. preparing for Pink Shirt Day! Kōrero
There are things you can do ahead of Pink Shirt Day
to get kaiako/teachers and tauira on board so the
awhi is about communicating clearly,
day is a success at your school! positively and with aroha to others. You
Get key people from your school on board! can apply this value in the lead up to the
• Have a quick kōrero/conversation with school day to show your school and mates why
management, a kaiako you trust, a guidance
counsellor, health nurse or head tauira so they it’s important to support Pink Shirt Day!
can awhi/support you!
• Who else can help you get Pink Shirt Day Spread the message across social media so
happening at your school? There might be other everyone knows it’s coming up!
groups within your school you can link in with! Share photos of you and your friends in pink with
the #pinkshirtdaynz hashtag, re-share our posts,
Get your whānau involved or use our Pink Shirt Day Facebook frame (coming
• Our new Pink Shirt Day classroom activity, soon) to show you are part of this important
Culture of Kindness, asks you to interview a national movement.
member of your whānau about what they hope
your experience at school is like. Assembly or class presentation
• Ask your kaiako if this can be a classroom • Open up conversations about bullying ahead of
activity. If it can’t be, why not do it at home? Pink Shirt Day by talking about what it stands
The answers you get from your whānau could for at assembly. Use our ‘About Pink Shirt Day’
be interesting! and ‘About Bullying’ fact sheets.
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• Talk about the importance of celebrating
Be an Upstander everyone’s differences and how important it
• A bystander is someone who sees or knows is to have a school where all rangatahi can be
about bullying that is happening to someone safe, valued and respected.
else. A supportive bystander – an Upstander
– will use words and/or actions that can help
Celebrate any day!
someone who is being bullied. If your school has something else happening on Friday
• Learn about our Five Actions to be an Upstander 17 May, no worries! You can hold your Pink Shirt Day on
so you know what to do if you see bullying any day that suits your school and your kaiako.
happening within or outside of school.
Order your free Pink Shirt Day
mufti day school pack with posters,
balloons, stickers and more.
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ON PINK SHIRT DAY FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019: Celebrate your rainbow friends, peers and
Now that you have your kaiako/teacher and other kaiako/teachers
tauira/students on board and supportive of Chalk or paint rainbows on the footpath, or have
running a Pink Shirt Day at your school, it’s time rainbow stickers/flags, to show you are a safe and
to run some fun activities on the day that have an welcoming school for LGBTQIA+ rangatahi and
important message! whānau.
Expressing the values of aroha Special Pink Shirt Day Awards
Ask your kaiako to recognise tauira who
and kindness is what Pink Shirt Day demonstrate the values of Pink Shirt Day. We’ve
is all about! An important part of created a certificate to make it super easy – your
kaiako can download and print it.
today (Pink Shirt Day!) is spreading
aroha and kindness and knowing Random acts of kindness
Do a random act of kindness at school and at
the positive effects it can have on home (like opening a door or offering to help). It’s
everyone around you! so easy to do and will make you, and the person
you’re helping, feel great!
Get active on social
Tell us what your mates or school are doing on the
day by sharing videos, photos and selfies using
#pinkshirtdaynz on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Create a Pink Shirt Day pledge
This is a great way to open up the conversation
about bullying with your class and your whānau
too! Ask your mates, other tauira or whānau to
join the movement by adding their name to a
piece of paper and pledging one action they
will take to prevent bullying. Tell them it shows
their commitment to creating a bullying-free
environment. Your kaiako can sign it too. Display it
and share it on social media!
Pink up your class!
Hold a pink school mufti day, collect gold coin
donations and turn your school into a sea of pink!
Visit our Swag page and order your free mufti day
pack. It comes with balloons and posters in te reo
and English!
Pink compliments
Share messages of aroha and kindness online with
your friends or anyone who has done something
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kind for you recently – a mate, siblings or whānau! A
small action like this can really make someone’s day.
You could also give them one of our new Pink Shirt
Day stickers!
When people show each other Get sporty
aroha and kindness, it can have a Get your school’s sports teams or your local sports
flow-on effect! club involved. Ask them to wear pink socks, arm
bands or t-shirts and take the message to the field
on the game day closest to your school’s Pink Shirt
Day. The more people wearing pink, the better!
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KEEP THE BALL ROLLING: Review your school’s anti-bullying policy
Preventing bullying at your school will take more and ensure it’s accessible
than just one day! Just because Pink Shirt Day • It’s really important for your school to have an
is one day, doesn’t mean your role in preventing anti-bullying policy and for you to know about
bullying ends. Keep the kindness ball rolling at your it and understand it. Take five minutes to check
school with these activity suggestions that can be out how easily it is to find your school’s policy.
used beyond the day. • If you can’t find it, ask your kaiako or a whānau
member to get it for you – or ask them to ring
Build up other people’s mana, even up the school to ask about it. You can also ask if
after Pink Shirt Day has finished! The it can be promoted better!
awhi/support you give your mates, Keep Pink Shirt Day front of mind
Check out the book reviews on topics like anxiety,
fellow tauira or whānau can uplift bullying, feeling different and resiliency on our
their mana and help them feel good! Good Reads page. Some books have even been
reviewed by rangatahi your age! Ask your kaiako if
By applying mana manaaki, you’ll one of the reviewed books can be spoken about in
be contributing to a positive school class.
environment where everyone can feel
valued and respected at all times.
Start a Rainbow Diversity Group (or join one!)
• Rainbow Diversity Groups are tauira/student-
led groups or clubs that provide a safe and
supportive environment for tauira of diverse
sexualities, sexes, genders and their allies
(they’re sometimes known as Queer Straight
Alliances or Gay Straight Alliances). These
groups are one way to take an active role in
preventing bullying at your school.
• Ask your kaiako/teacher to check out
InsideOUT for a resource pack including Help make your school inclusive and
great tips for starting a group, what to do in
supportive of trans and gender diverse
a group, examples of other groups and lots
more! tauira
Check out InsideOUT’s guidebook for creating
safe and inclusive school environments for trans
and gender diverse rangatahi. From bullying to
bathrooms, the Making Schools Safer for Trans
and Gender Diverse Students resource covers all
aspects your school may need to think about.
Take issues of bullying seriously
If a friend confides in you they are being bullied,
PINK SHIRT DAY 2019 TAUIRA/STUDENT TOOLKIT
take it seriously and let them know you care and
you will help make it stop. Talk to someone you
trust, such as a parent, whānau member, friend,
school counsellor or kaiako or call one of the
helplines on our ‘Getting Help & Advice’ fact sheet.
Display the ‘Getting Help and Advice’ fact
sheet
Awhi/support others to get further advice about
bullying by displaying our ‘Getting Help and Advice’
fact sheet of key helplines on notice boards, your
classroom and in common areas.
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FACT SHEET #2:
HOW TO BE AN UPSTANDER
WHAT IS A BYSTANDER? FIVE ACTIONS TO BEING AN UPSTANDER
A bystander is someone who sees or knows about These actions can help you help other rangatahi, if
bullying that is happening to someone else. you feel safe to do so:
Bystanders can be an important part of stopping 1. A
whi/support the person experiencing
bullying! bullying
You have the power to prevent bullying! Research • Awhi the person being bullied, even if you just
stand beside them and let them know you’ve
shows that more than half of bullying situations
got their back.
(57%) stop when tauira/students intervene. • Encourage them to ask a kaiako/teacher for
help or go with them to get help.
WHAT IS AN ‘UPSTANDER’?
• Give them our ‘Getting Help and Advice’ fact
An Upstander uses words and actions to help the sheet.
person who is being bullied. There are a range of helpful • Let them know they’re not alone!
actions you can take, if you feel safe enough to.
2. Distract
Upstanders who feel safe enough to take Interrupt the bullying in some way:
• For example, ask the person experiencing
action and apply the value of ‘kōrero bullying if they want to play a game.
awhi’ can help put an end to bullying, and • Help them to leave the situation they’re in.
• Anything non-threatening will work.
the target of bullying can recover.
3. Call it!
Being an Upstander will help you to • If you feel safe to, let the person/people doing
be a young leader at school, with your the bullying know that what they’re doing is not
okay.
whānau and in your local community. • Use your words to show aroha and kindness to
those involved.
• Don’t stand by and watch.
• It can be hard to speak up in the moment, but it
can make a huge difference.
4. Leave and act
If you don’t feel safe to step in and speak up while
the bullying is happening:
• Move away from the situation.
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• Have a wee think before actually doing
something.
• Later, let the person experiencing the bullying
know that you saw and ask what might help.
• You might have a quiet word with the person
doing the bullying.
This is how life should be.
5. Get some awhi/support and help
People should be able to stand up • There are people who care and want to help!
for their values in life and stick up • Support the person to get some help from
others – whānau, kaiako, a trusted adult or a
for the people in their life. helpline and then help them act on their advice.
This fact sheet has been developed based on content from the Australian Human Rights Commission, ReachOUT and Worklogic. 7
FACT SHEET #3:
KEY VALUES
Aroha and kindness, kōrero awhi and Kōrero Awhi
Kōrero awhi is an important part of Pink Shirt Day!
mana manaaki are three key values for Kōrero awhi is about being able to communicate
Pink Shirt Day! clearly, positively and with aroha to others. Kōrero
awhi helps friends, rangatahi, kaiako/teachers,
The values, developed by E Tū Whānau, are part tauira/students and whānau relate and feel
of who we are and what makes us strong. These connnected to each other!
values come from hui/meetings held around the
Aroha and Kindness
country on what people feel contributes to a
strong and thriving whānau! Aroha and kindness is all about giving
unconditionally and is what Pink Shirt Day is all
about! Aroha can make your relationships with
whānau, friends and communities stronger by
letting each other know on a daily basis, through
kōrero or actions, that they are loved and/or
appreciated. Remember – expressing the values of
aroha and kindness can have a positive effect on
everyone around you!
Mana Manaaki
Māori understandings of mana manaaki include
many things – with Pink Shirt Day, it means building
up other people’s mana! The awhi/support you give
your mates, fellow tauira or whānau can uplift their
mana and help them feel good! By applying mana
manaaki, you’ll be contributing to a positive school
environment where everyone can feel valued and
respected at all times.
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This fact sheet has been developed based on content developed by E Tū Whānau. You can learn more
about the rest of their important values, including Tikanga, Whakapapa and Whanaungatanga. 8
FACT SHEET #4:
FUNDRAISING FOR PINK SHIRT DAY
Every year Pink Shirt Day grows bigger, brighter Have a bake sale
and bolder than ever before thanks to schools and Hold a lunchtime bake sale full of sweet pink
kura across Aotearoa who fundraise to support the treats! Add some pizazz to the baked goodies by
movement! Every dollar raised makes a difference printing our Pink Shirt Day cupcake flags.
and helps us make our schools kinder and safer for
rangatahi. Print or order our Diversi-tea Kōrero Starter
We believe fundraising should be fun and easy – Cards
here’s a list of simple ideas to help you build the When people get to know each other, they are
Pink Shirt Day movement in your school, kura and more likely to embrace and celebrate their
beyond! differences and similarities. Our Diversi-tea Kōrero
Starter Cards could be used in the classroom.
1. Hold a mufti day!
• Turn your school into a sea of pink to show your Spread the movement
support for Pink Shirt Day! Order our mufti day Check out our sample text you can use in the
pack which contains balloons, posters, stickers, next school newsletter to let friends and whānau
and a special Pink Shirt Day stencil so you can know what Pink Shirt Day is all about and why
get creative and spray your own pink t-shirts your school and kura is celebrating (and why their
or create chalk creations across the school tamariki might ask for a gold coin donation!).
grounds.
• Mufti days are a powerful way to get the whole
school and kura community involved in the day
and spread the Pink Shirt Day kaupapa. HOW TO DONATE
• Collect a gold coin donation! Bank: Bank of New Zealand
Name: Mental Health Foundation
Get the official pink t-shirt Account Number:
While many rangatahi will want to create their own 02-0100-0752592-097
pink t-shirt, we will also have official pink t-shirts Ref: PSD and the name of your
for sale. If you’re registered for updates, you’ll be school or kura.
the first to hear when our official Pink Shirt Day
t-shirt is ready to order.
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FACT SHEET #5:
ABOUT BULLYING
What is bullying?
It isn’t uncommon to hear someone say something insensitive or mean to someone else. Although these
comments or actions are not okay, bullying has some specific features that make it much more serious and
harmful.
• Bullying is deliberate – harming another person intentionally
• Bullying involves a misuse of power in a relationship
• Bullying is usually not a one-off – it is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated over time
• Bullying involves behaviour that can cause harm – it is not a normal part of growing up (Bullying-Free NZ
Week website, 2017).
What does it look like?
Bullying can be:
PHYSICAL VERBAL SOCIAL CYBERBULLYING
– hitting, tripping up – insults, threats – spreading gossip or – bullying online, via the internet, mobile
excluding people phones and social media. It’s a common
form of bullying, especially amongst
young people (Steiner-Fox, 2016).
Why do some people get bullied?
We know people are more likely to be bullied if they
seem different from their peers in some way. It’s really important to
This might include being clever or popular, remind people that it’s okay
differences in race, sexuality, gender identity, to be different from others
ethnicity, religion, disabilities and abilities, weight or
height. and it’s not okay to bully
That’s why it’s so important to celebrate diversity people just because they
and embrace our differences – we aren’t all the same are not the same as you.
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and that’s a great thing! (Bullying-Free NZ Week
website, 2017).
Why do some people bully others?
Just as there are many reasons someone might experience bullying, there are also many reasons why
someone might bully someone else.
• They feel unhappy
• They have been the target of bullying themselves
• They want to feel important or powerful
• They don’t realise how their behaviour harms others
• They believe being different is a bad thing.
Labelling someone who bullies as a “bad person” isn’t right or helpful. While the bullying behaviour isn’t okay,
someone who bullies others often needs our help and support too.
10Is bullying harmful?
• Many studies show that rangatahi who are bullied are more likely to experience mental health issues, such
as depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts.
• This can impact on rangatahi and their learning, relationships and ability to feel good about who they are.
• Bullying harms the person being bullied, the person doing the bullying and can also harm those who
witness it (bystanders).
• Rangatahi who bully others, are bullied or both, are more likely to skip classes, drop out of school, and
perform worse academically than rangatahi who have no conflict with their peers (OECD, 2015).
• By taking bullying seriously and celebrating the diversity of your mates and fellow tauira/students,
everyone can feel safe and supported, and flourish at your school!
59% 17%
59% of New Zealand children and young 17% of New Zealand children and young
people say being valued and respected for people say having a good life means feeling
who they are is important to having a good safe (including from bullying), valued and
life (Office of the Children’s Commissioner respected and being healthy (including
and Oranga Tamariki, 2019). mentally healthy) (Office of the Children’s
Commissioner and Oranga Tamariki, 2019).
12%
4x
9%
5%
High school students who had been bullied 2012 2015/16 2016/17
weekly or more often were four times more
likely to experience significant depressive The number of 15 to 24 year olds struggling
symptoms than students who had been with mental health issues has been steadily
bullied infrequently or not at all (Clark, 2009). increasing (Ministry of Health, 2017).
2017 79,000
$1.8
2016 58,000 billion
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The number of young people In Australia, after school completion, the
experiencing anxiety or depression consequences of bullying continue and are
has increased in the past year estimated to cost $1.8 billion for each single
(Ministry of Health, 2017). cohort of students over a period of 20 years (PwC).
11FACT SHEET #6:
SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BE TARGETED
While all young people are potential targets of bullying, some groups can experience higher rates.
Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying
These terms refer to bullying based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Young people who
identify as LGBTQIA+, or are perceived to be part of the rainbow community, experience higher rates of
bullying than students who do not. However, it is important to note that not all of these students will
experience homophobic, biphobic or transphobic bullying.
LGBTI young people are resilient, have higher rates of volunteering and
community engagement and are an important part of our community.
Despite this, LGBTI young people are particularly vulnerable to experiencing
homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying (Clark, 2013).
• The Youth‘12 national health and wellbeing survey of New Zealand secondary school students found:
50%
Nearly one in five students who are 50% of transgender Four out of ten
same/both sex attracted, or are students had been hit same/both-sex attracted
transgender or unsure of their gender or physically harmed students had been hit
identity, reported being bullied on purpose in the or physically harmed on
weekly at school, compared to 6% last 12 months purpose in the last 12
of their peers (Lucassen, 2014) and (Clark, 2014). months (Lucassen, 2014).
(Clark, 2014).
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Discrimination and social exclusion on The effects of homophobic and
the basis of sexuality or gender identity biphobic bullying at school can
has been directly linked to an increased be lifelong, and can include lower
risk of depression, anxiety and suicidal educational attainment, lower
thoughts for LGBTQIA+ young people income and lower wellbeing
(Adams, 2012). (Henrickson, 2008).
12FACT SHEET #7:
GETTING HELP AND ADVICE
TALK TO SOMEONE
Youthline – 0800 37 66 33, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz for young people, and their
parents, whānau and friends.
1737 – Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor.
Lifeline – 0800 543 354, (09) 522 2999 or free text ‘4357’ (HELP).
What’s Up – 0800 942 8787 (0800 WHATSUP), www.whatsup.co.nz
for 5–18 year olds. Phone counselling is available Mon-Fri 12pm-11pm and Sat-Sun 3pm-11pm. Online
chat is available 7pm–10pm daily.
Kidsline – 0800 54 37 54 (0800 KIDSLINE)
for children up to 14 years of age. Available 24/7. Between 4-9pm calls are answered by specially trained
Year 12 & 13 students.
Samaritans – 0800 726 666
for confidential support to anyone who is lonely or in emotional distress 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
for people in distress, and people who are worried about someone else.
GET SUPPORT ONLINE
thelowdown.co.nz – visit the website or free text 5626
support for young people experiencing depression or anxiety.
Common Ground – www.commonground.org.nz
for advice about supporting a friend or classmate.
Netsafe – www.netsafe.org.nz
for advice on how to stay safe online or call 0508 638 723.
FIND SUPPORT AROUND SEXUALITY OR GENDER IDENTITY
InsideOUT – hello@insideout.org.nz, www.facebook.com/insideoutkoaro/,
Twitter: @insideoutkoaro, Instagram: @insideoutkoaro
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works to make Aotearoa a safer place for all young people of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities.
OUTLine NZ – 0800 688 5463 (0800 OUTLINE), www.outline.org.nz
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. Free phone counselling is available Monday
to Friday, 9am–9pm, and weekends/holidays 6pm–9pm.
RainbowYOUTH – info@ry.org.nz, www.facebook.com/rainbowyouth,
Twitter: @RainbowYOUTH, Instagram: rainbowyouth
offers support for young queer and gender diverse people up to the ages of 28.
13New Zealand’s annual nationwide Bullying-
Free NZ Week aims to support schools Create a student
and their communities to raise awareness advisory group
of bullying and highlight their work in
bullying prevention. Plan activities for Bullying-
Free NZ Week with a
The week starts on Monday 13 May and group of students to get
ends with the Mental Health Foundation’s everyone involved.
Pink Shirt Day, Friday 17 May.
WHAKANUIA TŌU ĀHUA AKE!
CELEBRATING BEING US! is a
chance for students to celebrate what Gather and share
makes them unique – such as talents, ideas
interests, appearance, disability, culture,
race, gender or sexuality – and encourage Encourage students to
gather and share their
schools to build environments where
bullying prevention ideas
everyone is welcome, safe and free from in assemblies or lessons.
bullying. Schools can take part in a range of
fun and easy bullying prevention-themed
activities and take the opportunity to review
their policy and practice.
It’s really important students talk about Use a slogan
bullying—they’re the experts in knowing
what it’s like to be bullied today and the Use the official Bullying-
best way to support them. Free NZ Week slogan
Celebrating being us!,
Free resources to start talking about or come up with your own.
bullying and share ideas are available
at www.bullyingfree.nz
Enter the 2019 Bullying-Free NZ Week competition
Make a short film, compose a song, create a rap, write a
story or poem, or make a PowerPoint presentation.
Three age groups: junior, intermediate, and senior.
Award-winning schools will each receive $500 worth of resources of their
choice. Check out last year’s winners at www.BullyingFree.nz
For more information, activity ideas and
free resources visit www.bullyingfree.nz or
email info@bullyingfree.nz
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