Who are we?

THE HIVE IS A COOL AND CURIOUS GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AROUND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND.

Every year a new group of Hivers is recruited: up to 16 young people who are all aged between 16-24. While each Hive rōpū is engaged for one year, all of us remain connected to The Hive through our alumni network.

Each season of The Hive brings new vibes and new opportunities to bridge the gap between young people and decision-makers. We do this with the support of the crew at Curative and The Ministry of Youth Development.

We come from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences and we reckon that’s part of our strength.

Season 5

Read more about the projects that the Season 5 Crew worked on...

Pieta Bouma

Netherlands
Waikato

Tahu Ross-Hotene

Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Werewere, Waikato-Tainui
Ōtautahi

El Glynn

Ireland, Wales, England
Tāmaki Makaurau

Rosalie Norton

Ni Vanuatu, Ureparapara
Kirikiriroa

Michael Lu

Taiwan
Ōtautahi

Rebecca Huang

China
Tāmaki Makaurau

Magdalene Herlihy

Pākehā, Ireland, Poland, Samoa
Ōtautahi

Ty Kouka

Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, Tāmaki Herenga Waka ki Manurewa
Te Tonga o Tāmaki Makaurau

Kya Hurihanganui

Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tahu Ngāti Whaoa, Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Whakaue
Tāmaki Makaurau

Liam Calder

Ngāi Tahu, Scotland, Ireland
Waihopai, Ōtepoti

Sam Paton

Scotland, Germany
Otago

Kino Shi

China
Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tom Lucock

China, Pākehā
Ōtautahi

Lola Fisher

Scotland, Ireland
Whanganui, Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Harveer Talwar

India
Te Uru o Tāmaki Makaurau

Mira Arif

Iraq, Syria, Egypt
Kirikiriroa

Season 4

Read more about the projects that the Season 4 Crew worked on...

Sean Brownlow

Netherlands, Ireland
Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Malisha Munidasa

Sri Lanka
Tāmaki Makaurau

Lochie Cowles

Kāi Tahu Ōtematakou
Ōtepoti

Joanne Ting

Malaysian Chinese
Tāmaki Makaurau

Elliot Blyth

Norway, Wales, South Africa
Ōtepoti

Eilidh Pūrewa Huggan

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri
Kirikiriroa

Tia Tonginako

Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Kahungunu
Ōtepoti

Magdalene Herlihy

Pākehā, Ireland, Poland, Samoa
Ōtautahi

Hana Louise Tiltman

England, Japan
Ōtautahi

Sam Paton

Scotland, Germany
Otago

Michael (Yung-Han) Lu

Taiwan
Ōtautahi

Rebecca Huang

China
Tāmaki Makaurau

Pieta Bouma

Netherlands
Tāmaki Makaurau

Rosalie Norton

Ni Vanuatu, Ureparapara
Kirikiriroa

Tahuariki Ross-Hotene

Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Werewere, Waikato-Tainui
Ōtautahi

Keanu Makiri

Ngāti Porou, Ngā Tai Manuhiri, Ngāpuhi Tūranganui-a-Kiwa
Tairāwhiti

All Stars

Read more about the projects that the All Stars worked on...

Tia Tonginako

Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Kahungunu
Ōtepoti

Abby Wong

Tāmaki Makaurau

Cindy Xiong

Ōtautahi

Te Atawhai MacDonald

Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua Papaioea
Te Papa-i-Oea

Hope Cotton

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Ellie Taylor

Whakatū

Silas Zhang

Ōtautahi

Eilidh Pūrewa Huggan

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri
Kirikiriroa

Lochie Cowles

Kāi Tahu, Ōtematakou
Ōtepoti

Ethan Reille

Ōamaru

Joanne Ting

Tāmaki Makaurau

Shannon McLean

Ōtautahi

Season 3

Read more about the projects that the Season 3 Crew worked on...

Te Atawhai MacDonald

Te Papa-i-Oea

Abby Wong

Tāmaki Makaurau

Madiha Ali

Kirikiriroa

Ayla Brockes

Tāmaki Makaurau

Buua Redfern

Tāmaki Makaurau

Ray Oakley

Kirikiriroa

Cindy Xiong

Ōtautahi

Vira Paky

Tāmaki Makaurau

Elle Dromgool

Te Aroha

Michael Ferguson

Kaiwaka

Hope Cotton

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Season 2

Read more about the projects that the Season 2 Crew worked on...

Sean Brownlow

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Lily Chalmers

Whakatū, Tāmaki Makaurau

Malisha Munidasa

Tāmaki Makaurau

Jessica McKnight

Tāmaki Makaurau

Ash Putt-Fallows

Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Tūhoe
Waihōpai

Dean Purcell

Tāmaki Makaurau

Radha Patel

Tāmaki Makaurau

Ellie Taylor

Whakatū

Silas Zhang

Ōtautahi

Charlotte Orlowski

Ōtautahi

Eilidh Pūrewa Huggan

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri
Kirikiriroa

Fiona Wang

Tāmaki Makaurau

Lochie Cowles

Kāi Tahu, Ōtematakou
Ōtepoti

Zoe O'Farrell

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Ethan Reille

Ōamaru

Season 1

Read more about the projects that the Season 1 Crew worked on...

Te Manaia Jennings

Tūhoe, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Arawa
Rotorua

Maia Berryman-Kamp

Rotorua

Joanne Ting

Tāmaki Makaurau

Elliot Blyth

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Bede Bennett

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Jērū McDonald-Ness

Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Tāmaki Makaurau

Ihi Harris

Mangateretere

Bridie Case-Miller

Kirikiriroa

Abby McRoberts

Tāmaki Makaurau

Leah Friend

Whakatū

Shannon McLean

Ōtautahi

Meghshyam Prakash

Kerikeri

Ala Vailala

Tāmaki Makaurau

Ellie Warahi

Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ōtautahi
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