NYLD 2018

On Wednesday 30th of May year 7 and 8 students who were on the student council went to an event called NYLD 2018 (National Young Leaders Day.  The people who where included were Nate, Tobey, Isabella, Izzy, Faith, Emily, Makaea and I. The event was held in Horncastle Arena.

NYLD is an event where young leaders listen to role models/special people and learn new things, but mainly get inspired. 

My favourite speaker of the day was when Riley Hathaway talked about saving our ocean and cleaning up, it was really inspiring. But what caught my interest is when Jono Naylor talked about never giving up and it was really 

My personal highlight would be when there was a giant Inflated T-Rex was running and when there were giant inflatable balloons were being thrown around, it was really fun and exciting.

These are some key things I took away from the event (NYLD 2018)

• Never give up on your passion and your passion is yours. - Amanda Wilson
• Being different is good, doing what you want to do. - Amanda Wilson 
• Always be encouraging each other, never be sad, always be positive. 
• Don't be afraid to do things out of your comfort zone,
• Don't be scared of failing, failing is a good thing, make good choices, use your potential and risk failing, you can't succeed without failing.  - Jono Naylor
• There is always HOPE, H-Humility, O- Other Focused, P- Play to your Strengths, E- Extend your self.  HOPE is LOVE. - Jono Naylor 
• Try get over your fears, never be scared to try anything, inspire other people and get the word out. - Riley Hathaway
• Pick up rubbish to help clean the oceans and not make animals go extinct or endangered. - Riley Hathaway

Here are some pictures from the day:

This was the last performance of the day 

This were pictures when we were getting signed. 

Photo of Vince Harder and William Wairua.