Dear Mr Zimmerman

On behalf of Hon Chester Borrows, Associate Minister of Social Development, thank you for your OIA request below.

Can you please advise if you after the process by which Mr Borrows selects his youth MP for the Whanganui electorate, or if you are after details about Youth Parliament itself.

If you are after the process by which Mr Borrows selects his youth MP, a member of staff will provide you with this information.

If you are after details about Youth Parliament, this falls under the portfolio responsibility of Hon Nikki Kaye, Minister of Youth Affairs.

Kind regards
Marie Morgan

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Thank you.

A member of staff will be in contact with you regarding the information you seek.

Regards
Marie Morgan

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Hi Robert,

I'm Minister Borrows advisor, and he's asked me to help anyone interested in applying to be his Youth MP.

I'm travelling with the Minister today, and on leave tomorrow, so I'll get back to you with answers to your questions on Monday.

Is this the email address you'd like me to use? If not, if you give me your own email I'll send the information there.

Many thanks,

[personal info]

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Hi Robert,

 

Here's a little more information on the Youth Parliament for you.

 

Some basic information is available on the Ministry of Youth Development
website:
[1]http://www.myd.govt.nz/young-people/yout...

 

Selection criteria:

·         Youth Parliament is open to young people aged 16 to 18 years
(inclusive);

·         You will obviously need to be free to travel to Wellington for
the Youth Parliament itself on 16 and 17 July;

·         Beyond that it’s basically over to each individual MP to select
their Youth MP on whatever criteria they see fit.

 

For Minister Borrows, he’s looking for a young person from the Whanganui
electorate who is passionate about their community – whether that’s their
local community, their region, or New Zealand as a whole.  What he has
asked for from anyone looking to be his youth MP is a short essay (500-600
words) on an issue they feel strongly about.  This could be a new law they
would like to introduce, a bad law they would like to repeal, or a current
policy, idea or decision they debate.  It is important to show an
understanding of both sides of the debate and propose a course through
that dilemma.

 

These essays need to be in to the Minister
([2][email address]) by 4pm on Thursday 28 March.

 

In terms of what the role entails, the link above gives a good overview. 
You’ll likely spend some time with the Minister in his electorate, get to
see a sample of what electorate MPs get up to.  You’ll also get the full
Parliamentary experience down in Wellington – speaking in the debating
chamber, a select committee enquiry, voting on mock bills etc.  I
understand they also have some further activity planned outside the two
Wellington days, which is new since I was a youth MP in 2004, so I don’t
know as much about that.

 

Does that give you the information you needed?  Is there anything else I
can help you with?

 

Many thanks,

 

[personal info]

 

[personal info] [personal info]

Private Secretary (Advisory) to Hon Chester Borrows

Minister for Courts, Associate Minister of Justice, Associate Minister for
Social Development, MP for Whanganui

 

[personal info]  |  [personal info]  |  L 11, Bowen House,
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

 

 

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