BLAKE Inspire 2023
In 2023 we will be running our biggest year of BLAKE Inspire programmes yet! In April, July, August and September we will bring together 140 young environmental leaders from all over New Zealand for a week of adventure-based, experiential learning and leadership development in the Waikato and Auckland.
Students will spend the week learning about topical environmental issues facing our country with a focus on climate change/Huringa āhurangi, Marine/Moana, Biodiversity/Rerenga rauropi and Freshwater/Wai Māori.
Assisted by environmental and business leaders, scientists and experts in the field, students developed their own individual action plans to implement in their schools and communities.
“It was a great week with so much variety of learning yet everything is also so interconnected and relevant to each other. Being around like minded peers also gives me more hope about the future of our nation..”
– BLAKE Inspire 2023 delegate.
Meet our April 2023 delegates
Amber Cayley
Sacred Heart Girls’ College
TARANAKI
Calla Rix
Tawa College
WELLINGTON
Charlotte Cinque
Samuel Marsden Collegiate
WELLINGTON
Charlotte MacKenzie
Rotoruna Senior High School
WAIKATO
Charlotte Patrick
Marlborough Girls’ College
MARLBOROUGH
Ella Sage
Westland High School
WEST COAST
Ella Threlfall
Otago Girls’ High School
OTAGO
Georgia Latu
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ōtepoti
OTAGO
Isla Sweetman
Takapuna Grammar School
AUCKLAND
Izzy Ross-Harding
Wairarapa College
WELLINGTON
Jacob Kite
Green Bay High School
AUCKLAND
Jake Corney
Tauranga Boys’ College
TAURANGA
Jaluka Clarke
Springbank School
NORTHLAND
Josh Brierley
Rotorua Boys’ High School
BAY OF PLENTY
Kaita Hummel-Jibiki
Tawa College
WELLINGTON
Katherine Babington
St Margaret’s College
CANTERBURY
Lochie Ellison
Hillmorton High School
CANTERBURY
Magdalene Herlihy
Sacred Heart Girls’ College
TARANAKI
Michael Fleet
John Paul College
BAY OF PLENTY
Morgan Ellwood
Whangarei Girls’ High School
NORTHLAND
Nate Wilbourne
Garin College
NELSON
Naumai Amohanga
Hato Paora College
MANAWATU
Niamh Gray
Lincoln High School
CANTERBURY
Nina Menegatti Zink
Fiordland College
SOUTHLAND
Prisha Patel
Botany Downs Secondary College
AUCKLAND
Radha Patel
Western Springs College
AUCKLAND
Rebecca Moioli
Napier Girls’ High School
NAPIER
Ryan Williams
South Otago High School
OTAGO
Stevie Manunui
Tauhara College
WAIKATO
Summer Dykzeul
Tauhara College
WAIKATO
Sylvie Hall
St Mary’s College
AUCKLAND
Tarn Hoyle
Ruapehu College
MANAWATU
Tay Ririnui
Mount Maunganui College
BAY OF PLENTY
Te Aturangi Peters
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga
GISBORNE
Tim Gillies-Smith
St Peter’s College
WAIKATO