COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP Youth politics provide a buzz for Josh
Youth politics are taking Year 12 student Joshua Stevenson on an exciting and intellectually stimulating journey, opening both his eyes and his mind.
The 16-year-old’s growing interest has been rewarded by selection to attend several major New Zealand events. In April he went to the Aotearoa Youth Declaration in Auckland, in July he was at the NZ Model United Nations in Wellington, and in September he attended the first NZ Model Parliament in Christchurch. For Josh, it is all part of the fascination of seeing how issues are raised, how consensus is reached, how decisions are made, how discussions are conducted, and how solutions are formulated. And it is a field he is very keen to further develop in the future. “These experiences have been intellectually stimulating at a really high level. I’ve loved being involved in discussions on such things as the consequences of automation and the incitement of terrorism by the media and learning about the workings of the International Court of Justice. “This kind of thing has influenced the way I see my future. I’m looking at doing a Political Science and Law degree at Victoria University, and then working somewhere like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I got the chance to speak with an MFAT employee during the Aotearoa Youth Declaration and was really impressed.”
Christ’s College Canterbury
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