CivX at Dilworth School

At the end of September, CivX delivered a series of workshops over four days to the Year 12 classes at Dilworth School in Auckland. A rotating team of facilitators went in to talk about the basics of governance, how MMP works, and discuss the preliminary results of the 2017 Election, including the role of minor parties in Parliament and the Maori electorate seats.

The students were incredibly engaged and offered their opinions on how to improve youth and overall engagement in elections, having discussed historical voting trends as well as current events with the facilitators in the workshops. The teachers joined in on the lively discussions, too. When asked if they would vote once they turned 18, everyone put their hand up! It was a fantastic result.