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World Children's Day 2025: Pātai for Politicians

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After last year's successful World Children's Day Parliamentary Forum for children's rights, we're going live again at the Beehive for 2025! And we want you to be part of it.

On World Children's Day 2024, we introduced the first Pātai for Politicians, an opportunity for tamariki to ask the tough questions to New Zealand's political leaders. Together with youth leaders and organisations, UNICEF Aotearoa Young Ambassadors, and our local MP's, we had some powerful kōrero about children's rights in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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This year Climate Change is the Agenda...

This year we're doing it again with a specific focus on climate change. Climate change is changing childhood - we see this everyday in our mahi across the globe. So this 20 November on World Children's Day, we want to know what burning questions you have for our political leaders about climate change and its impact on your rights. Are you under 18? Now is your time to ask...

So go ahead and follow the steps below

  1. Fill in the form below.
  2. Make sure you tick the check box if you'd like to be featured on our social media channels or in our marketing communications. 
  3. Submit your question either in written format or as a recorded video.

    Entries close on 31 October 2025!

Pātai for Politicians Form

Before we get going, please make sure you read and understand the following:
 
1. You must have the permission from an adult to send in a question.

2. We will only share your first name, age and general location. 

3. All questions will be checked by UNICEF Aotearoa staff to make sure they are okay.

4. The question and answer may be shared on digital channels, like social media, for marketing purposes.

We will be in touch with your parent/caregiver/teacher to sign a consent form before using your video.

Ngā mihi – now it’s your turn!

There are two ways to enter your pātai to politicians (a pātai is a question) – you can either write a question, upload a short video or do both!

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Supports the following formats: .mp4, .m4v, .webm, .mov, .avi. Max size: 250 MB.

If you have trouble uploading your video, please contact us at [email protected].

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