Mō Āpōpō Future-Makers
Abstract
Mō Āpōpō Future-Makers is a project that empowers young people to imagine and shape more hopeful, inclusive futures. Blending futures thinking, Māori perspectives and stories, and Te Tiriti partnership principles, the kaupapa includes designing and testing a toolkit that helps rangatahi explore challenges they care about and envision better futures. This session will share insights from our first year of prototyping and give you a chance to try out one of our new futures tools.
Keywords
Māiru futures, futures toolkit, Te Tiriti, Futures
Author Biography
Alice Dimmond
Alice Dimond (Kāi Tahu) is a social innovator, passionate about creating fairer and more just futures. At Tokona te Raki, she leads Mō Āpōpō Future-Makers, a project that equips young people to use Māori perspectives and stories to imagine and create better futures. A Fellow with Next Generation Foresight Practitioners and NZ Lead for the Futures Methods from Around the World project, Alice works at the
intersection of Indigenous knowledge and futures thinking.
Amy Knudsen
Amy Knudsen (Kāi Tahu, She/Her) – Social Innovator & Advocate for Rangatahi. Amy is a passionate advocate for rangatahi, driven by her daughter and a vision for future generations to thrive. Through her work at Tokona Te Raki and past roles with Rerenga Awa and the Christchurch Youth Council, she champions systems change, identity, and youth-led innovation—creating spaces where young people are
empowered to lead, belong, and dream without limits.