Zeal

08/10/2026

06/10/2026

Kia ora whānau! 🌊✨

Our Home Ground hangs are back again at
📍 Maclean Park, Paraparaumu Beach

🗓 Every Tuesday in Term 4
⏰ 3:30pm – 5:00pm

Come chill with us, enjoy some free kai 🍉 and get into some fun activities 🎲⚽
Everyone’s welcome — see you there!

*Wet weather venue Kāpiti centre*

24/09/2026

Collaboration Event with Seaside Skates.
Come join the fun, listen to some great music, enjoy the vibe and win some awesome prizes

17/09/2026

🌿 Kia ora, rangatahi mā! 🌿

Get to know our awesome Zeal Kāpiti team as we celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 🖤

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa — nau mai, haere mai ki Zeal Kāpiti! ✨

He reo, he mana, he taonga. 💚

15/09/2026

Holiday Hangs are back!!!

We will be open on the 28th of September - 2nd of October from 12pm - 2pm each day.

Each day we have something special for you to join in, but if you just want to chill then you can always do that too.

We look forward to seeing you all then!

10/09/2026

We’re looking for our next Chief Executive Officer!

This is an opportunity to lead a movement that champions young people and helps shape a more hopeful future for rangatahi across Aotearoa.

Could this be you? Or someone you know?

👉 Find out more and apply at zeal.nz/zeal-jobs or click the link in our bio!

03/09/2026

🍔🎶Burgers & Beats 🔥
Good kai, good tunes & great memories 🙌🏽📸
Check out Terry at the end 👀

🎧DJ: dj_harpz
📸PHOTO: iszac_photography Iszac Collings

Huge mihi to everyone who volunteered to make this amazing experience happen! 🔥🔥
&beats

03/09/2026

🎤✨ ZEAL Nights is on! ✨🎮
Looking for a fun, chill place to hang after school? Come through for karaoke, games, kai, prizes and good vibes with friends 🙌

📅 11th September 2026
⏰ 5:00pm – 7:00pm
📍 132 Rimu Road, ZEAL Kāpiti

🍔 Free entry
🍕 Free food

👥 For College-aged rangatahi (Years 9–13)
🚫 No alcohol, vapes or drugs

Tag your mates and we’ll see you there 💥

18/08/2026

‼️ IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP UPDATE 📣

After eight years of service to Zeal and young people across the motu, it’s with sadness but also gratitude that we share Jesse Boyce will be stepping down as Chief Executive of Zeal Youth Trust Aotearoa.

Since joining Zeal, Jesse has led the organisation through significant opportunity and change - navigating societal challenges, building new partnerships, strengthening our presence across Aotearoa and, most importantly, keeping us focussed on our deepest ‘why’ - the care, support and empowerment of rangatahi. 100,000’s of young people have come through Zeal’s doors and programmes in the last eight years, finding connection, belonging and a community that cares deeply about their current worlds and their future. During this time young people continue to tell us Zeal is having a positive impact on them and they feel cared for and supported at Zeal.

Under Jesse’s leadership, Zeal successfully navigated Covid-19, further championed inclusion and participation, took proactive steps in its commitment to Te Tiriti O Waitangi and embedded Zeal in its whakapapa, strengthening its ties to its origin story, values and longterm mission. True to his commitment to Zeal, Jesse will remain focused on ensuring a strong transition through to the end of the year, and supporting the organisation through to its next chapter. The Board will begin the process of finding Zeal’s next Chief Executive shortly and will share further updates in due course.

For now, we simply want to acknowledge and thank Jesse for his eight years of service, leadership and aroha for the ranatahi that we serve.

Ngā mihi nui, Jesse. Thank you for everything you have given to Zeal, and for the young people of Aotearoa.

21/07/2026

📚 School’s back… and so are Zeal Programmes! 🎨🎶📸

Whether you’re into music, photography, barista, dancing, DJing or just keen to meet new people, there’s a place for you at Zeal.

Our programmes are all about learning new skills, building confidence, and having fun alongside other young people.

Find a programme near you and sign up via the link in our bio or at zeal.nz/programmes

Tag a friend who should come with you 👇

10/07/2026

To every rangatahi: Your story matters. Your dreams matter. Your challenges don’t define you, and your future is still being written.

From all of us at Zeal, have a safe, joyful and meaningful Matariki.

Mānawatia a Matariki. 🌌

07/07/2026

Friday nights should never be about finding somewhere safe to exist.

They should be about belonging. Laughing. Playing cards. Sharing kai. Being surrounded by people who know your name.

That’s what Zeal Nights is.

Every Friday, young people walk through our doors looking for connection, safety, and somewhere they can simply be themselves.

With your support, we can keep that happening.

🔗 Link in bio or visit zeal.nz/blog/supportzealnights

01/07/2026

So… who does your donation actually help?

It helps young people like Maia.

A place to belong. Trusted adults to lean on. A community that believes in them when life feels heavy.

That’s the impact you’re making when you support Zeal Nights.

💛 Link in bio to donate or at zeal.nz/blog/supportzealnights

01/07/2026

Holiday Hangs are back!!

We will be open on the 13th -17th of July from 12pm - 3pm each day. Come hang out, share some kai, play some games and have a chill time with us.

See you all then!

29/06/2026

“I feel like I belong here.”

It’s a simple sentence.
But for many young people, it’s something they’ve never been able to say.

Every Friday night, Zeal Nights provides a safe place to connect, be heard, and simply be.

Help us raise $4,000 to keep that space open for the young people who need it most.

Every donation helps us keep showing up.

🔗 Link in bio or at zeal.nz/blog/supportzealnights

23/06/2026

“That’s probably the most supported I ever felt.”
This is what your support makes possible.

Help us continue to support and provide safe spaces for young people!

🔗 Donate or learn more through the link in our bio or zeal.nz/support-zeal/supportzealnights/

19/06/2026

Some young people head home on a Friday night.
Some head into town.
Some are looking for connection.
Some are simply looking for someone to talk to.
That's why Zeal Nights exists.

🔗 Help us keep showing up: zeal.nz/blog/supportzealnights