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In less than a month, over 150 young people from across New Zealand will gather in Wellington for Youth Parliament, and Tyler Oroanu will be among them.
He will represent Labour MP Jenny Salesa at the two-day event in Parliament.
Speaking on Pacific Mornings, Oroanu shares that his passion for politics developed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
“I’ve always been like an eternal politics nerd,” Oroanu says. “There were quite a few people encouraging me to put my hand up when applications came around for Youth Parliament. I wasn’t convinced I was going to get it.”
Oroanu is driven to represent the voices of young people, particularly Pacific youth from his home community of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu. “My opinion has always been that if I’m not going to do it, I don’t know who else will.”