Passion
| The commitment and aroha to positively support rangatahi growth and development. Seeing the true potential of rangatahi. Passion is not always about doing exceptional things, it’s also recognising the smaller things as well. It is about demonstrating care and respect through everyday acts of kindness and concern.
Thanks to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for funding the research that created these resources (MAUX2006). This work by J. Sanders, R. Munford, J. Webster, J. Mercier, D. Abbott & L. Liebenberg is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
Passionate kaimahi:
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"Passion" orientated rangatahi voices
Ashley's voice
Ashley recalls a kaimahi who saw the best in her.
Evan's voice
Evan describes a passionate social worker.
Pete's voice
Pete reflects on the difference between the 'real' people and the 'fakes'.
Ata's voice
Ata talks about a teacher who shows he understands.
Mele's voice
Mele talks about a second chance.
Tere's story is about igniting passions by creating new experiences for rangatahi.
Being a passionate kaimahi is also about commitment to creating opportunities for new, positive experiences.
For example, supporting a rangatahi to experience something new, such as getting out of their own neighbourhoods and exploring other neighbourhoods, patting a horse, seeing the snow, kickboxing, walking along the beach, going out for lunch at a cafe.
These may seem small experiences but for rangatahi they can be exceptional in impact because new experiences can ignite passion.
Supporting passion for life is my quote ‘to live a life worth living’ and trying to work out what that means for the rangatahi I support. Some will have huge grand dreams and some will have smaller ones. All are important and relevant.
I feel my role is to give rangatahi experiences that show them that there are different ways to live and experience life and then, whatever choice they make, at least it has been a choice, their choice.
Ani's story is about finding what rangatahi are passionate about.
Passion is also about finding what rangatahi are passionate about.
In this example the kaimahi knew of an overseas opportunity that had only two places available. The kaimahi believed this opportunity would really ignite the passion she could see inthe rangatahi and advocated for her to attend. The opportunity aligned with what she was working towards at university.
The kaimahi advocated to the lecturers that this opportunity would help with her studies and that placement hours, accrued through participation on the programme, could be cross-credited by the university.
This advocacy recognised passion in the rangatahi for this area of work and a commitment to ensuring she had the practical resources and the support of her university to attend.
Passion indicators
You know you are showing passion when you:
- Go the extra mile; do one small thing you didn’t have to.
- Show creativity; think about different ideas and solutions.
- Give rangatahi your presence and 100% of your attention.
- This may include eye contact if culturally appropriate.
- Engage with whānau and find opportunities for them too.
- Have a positive attitude, including voice and facial expressions.
- Have open body language or mirror rangatahi body language to show you are listening.
- Match the mood and tone of the rangatahi, for example, don’t be excited if they are down.
Passion reflection cards
Starter resources
