Led by
Davis, our Chief Navigator.
Davis founded Youth Nu'u and navigates the village. His own story is one of walking from darkness to light, and it's the lived experience he brings to every young person he sits with.
He leads from the front, and from the heart. A mentor, a storyteller, a musician and an advocate for people rebuilding their lives, Davis built Youth Nu'u so that no young person has to figure it out alone.
The village
It takes more than one person.
A Nu'u is a village, and this one is filled with people who each bring something a young person needs. Together they surround a young person with more support than any one adult could give alone.
Mentors
Sports coaches
Youth workers
Schools
Whānau
Creative arts & culture
Volunteers
Kaimahi & mentors
Meet the team.
The mentors, coaches and guardians who make up the village.
Tyson Salanoa
Chief of MAU Sports Mentoring
Shyla Hickmott
Mentor & Chief of Teine Toa
Situe Fata
Mentor & Social Worker
Ben Anaki
Mentor & Chief of Boys To Knights
Neil Barsanti
Nu'u Guardian (Board Member)
Katie Sale
Mentor & Chief of Teine Toa
Kim Groenewald
Nu'u Treasurer & Board Member
Davis Sione
Nu'u Chief Navigator
Hamiora Horoua
Mentor
William Evans
Mentor
Tatiana Katu
Mentor
Stephen Alderdice
Nu'u Guardian (Board Member) & All Saints Church Representative
Bruce Maden
Lead Guardian (Chair Of The Board)
Rhia Taonui
Nu'u Guardian (Board Member)
Kristiina (Kizzy) Suafua
Nu'u Guardian (Board Member)
Lakina Sione
Nu'u Guardian (Board Member)
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