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It's slow, it leaves a trail, and it lives inside a shell it drags around everywhere it goes. But that shell is the whole point, and it's why InsideOUT Kōaro made the snail the mascot for Schools' Pride Week Aotearoa 2026 (held 15–19 June, theme \"Community is Home\"): wherever a snail ends up, its home is already with it.\n\nThe idea underneath that is a lovely one for takatāpui and rainbow people. You carry your home, your identity and your community with you, whether you're in a big city or a small regional town, which means you don't have to shift to Auckland or Wellington to find your people or to belong. For those of us in Te Tau Ihu, the top of the South, that's worth hearing, because your people are already here.\n\nThe thing that genuinely made us smile was the numbers. More than 250 schools and community groups took part in 2026 (Scoop News, 19 June 2026), spanning early childhood centres, kura, primary, intermediate and secondary schools, tertiary providers and community orgs, and a lot of them were doing it for the very first time. What makes that figure worth celebrating is that it's a rebound. Participation had slipped over the previous couple of years, worn down by a wave of anti-rainbow noise online, so having more schools turn up this year is communities deciding, on purpose and out loud, that aroha is the response after a rough stretch.\n\nYou might wonder why it matters that a school bothers to throw a bit of a party for its rainbow rangatahi. It comes down to safety. As Judy O'Brien, Chief Executive of InsideOUT Kōaro, put it, \"Feeling safe, celebrated and valued at school is foundational to young people's wellbeing and learning.\" The gap is real, too: around 41% of rainbow students reported being bullied at school in the past year, compared with 23% of their classmates (Scoop News, 19 June 2026). When 250-plus schools decide to celebrate openly, they're doing more than decorating a hallway, they're telling their rainbow students they're safe and they're wanted.\n\nBecause Schools' Pride Week is nationwide, schools right across the motu, including here in the top of the South, were part of the same wave. Alongside it ran a letter-writing project where rainbow adults and young people wrote down affirmations, hopes and dreams for takatāpui, MVPFAFF+ and rainbow rangatahi. Chosen whānau and blood whānau both build a home, and this was that idea put into ink.\n\nIf you'd like to know more, or you want to get your school involved next time, have a kōrero with InsideOUT Kōaro (insideout.org.nz) or check the Schools' Pride Week hub (pride.school.nz). And if you're after something local, the Nelson Provincial Museum is running \"OUR VISION: Rangatahi, Imagining the Future, Shaping Tomorrow,\" a Nelson Youth Council exhibition, from 11 September to 18 October 2026, free for Nelson Tasman locals. It isn't rainbow-specific, but it's a real celebration of young people shaping what comes next, right on our doorstep.\n\nNone of this makes home a postcode, and 250-plus schools turning up this year is a decent reminder that community is something people keep building wherever they are, slowly and stubbornly, one trail at a time.\n\nIf you ever want someone to talk to, we're here. Reach out through the Q Youth contact page at qyouthnz.com, or call OUTLine NZ on 0800 688 5463 or Youthline on 0800 376 633. Any time, any day." }, { "title": "Welcome to the Q Youth blog", "date": "2026-07-16", "body": "Kia ora! This is our new blog — a space where we'll share news, updates, and kōrero on topical issues that matter to rainbow rangatahi and their whānau in Te Tau Ihu.\n\nCheck back here for posts about what's happening at Q Youth, upcoming events, and issues affecting our community. If there's a topic you'd like us to cover, get in touch — we'd love to hear from you.", "link": "index.html#contact", "linkLabel": "Get in touch" } ] }