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Sparklers x Pink Shirt Day
Sparklers x Pink Shirt Day
We collaborated with our friends at Sparklers to hear tamariki and kaiako kōrero about what enables them to be the best Upstanders for Pink Shirt Day and beyond.
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Individuals
Nat: a fierce anti-bullying advocate
Nat: a fierce anti-bullying advocate
By being open and candidly sharing their experiences, Nat hopes to show others how important it is to speak up
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Individuals
Ihaka Whanarere
Ihaka Whanarere
Finding identity and joy through Te Ao Māori and Kapa Haka
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Workplaces
Spark’s quest to make the internet more gender-inclusive
Spark’s quest to make the internet more gender-inclusive
Battling the binary, one line of code at a time
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Schools
Mercury Bay Area School take part in InsideOUT diversity workshop
Mercury Bay Area School take part in InsideOUT diversity workshop
Students, teachers and InsideOUT worked together to make their school more inclusive
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Individuals
Nicola Frater
Nicola Frater
Nicola Frater is a multi-faceted woman. She is a loving parent to three adult children. She is a person of faith, having spent decades serving her community as an Anglican Priest. And, she is a transgender woman - an identity she is only recently embracing as her own.
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Individuals
CV Shastry
CV Shastry
CV Shastry is an Asian New Zealander and proud Upstander who is doing his part to stop bullying and discrimination against Asian communities.
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Workplaces
Tip Top’s Top Tip for Inclusive Workplaces
Tip Top’s Top Tip for Inclusive Workplaces
Iconic Kiwi ice-cream company putting workplace wellbeing at the Tip Top of their list
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Individuals
Lucy Barge
Lucy Barge
Upstander Lucy is a published poet, piano teacher, and proud Pink Shirt Day advocate
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Community
Pink Shirt Day’s official waiata: ‘IARERE AIO’
Pink Shirt Day’s official waiata: ‘IARERE AIO’
Pink Shirt Day now has its very own anthem!
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Community
Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann
Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann
“I am Samoan, I am fa’afafine. That is my foundation. That is my strength.”
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Schools
High school students launch nationwide campaign for gender neutral bathrooms in schools
High school students launch nationwide campaign for gender neutral bathrooms in schools
Gender neutral bathrooms in schools should be mandatory and government-funded
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