Participation
Being Involved
The Next project aims to support current work being done in the community. If you have projects, examples, web sites or images etc that you would like to share with others please email us with an overview of your work, etc. We will then discuss where it best fits into the Next.
Feedback
The Next project strives to make the resource and support material relevant to youth workers and educators. Please let us know what you think of the site and resource, and ways that we can improve things.
The Next Youth Participation Guide
The Next project worked with young people/rangatahi to develop a Youth Participation Guide (PDF 1MB) designed to offer a practical working framework for involving young people/rangatahi in projects based on methods that have been identified by youth as being effective and appropriate for them.
Links to Relevant Sites
- Māori
- Young People on Global Issues
- Hip Hop
- Aotearoa (New Zealand) Hip Hop
- Hip Hop and Politics
- Hip Hop Info
- Hip Hop Industry
- Local and Global Hip Hop Events/Jams/Comps
- Writing: (Also known as Graffiti/Aerosol Art/Graffiti Art.
- B Boying/B Girling
- Dance forms: (related someway to Hip Hop culture)
- Hip-Hop Artists and interesting Sites
- Sampling Info
- Specialists Hip Hop Gear
- The Treaty of Waitangi
- The concise story of how New Zealand's founding document was born - and how it lives on
- English to Maori/Maori to English translator
- Supplied by Learning Media.
- Maori.org
- This site tries to cover all aspects of our culture, through either our own pages, or through our huge links section that links to many Maori sites.
- Maori dictionary
- This dictionary complements the series of four textbooks and related resources in the Te Whanake series for learning the Maori language
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- Just Focus
- Just Focus is a network for young people, by young people, to engage with issues that affect us in Aotearoa New Zealand and globally. The overarching goals of the network are responsible global citizenship and change for a just world.
The Just Focus network connects a community of young people and provides an avenue to:- Be active in becoming informed about issues facing the world today.
- Discuss these topics with other like-minded young people.
- Provide inspiration and tools to take action.
Hip Hop |
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Hip Hop Network.com
- The main goal of The Network is to represent the four main elements of hip-hop equally and everyday life in the hip-hop community. We are not a "rap" web-site. We are a hip-hop web-site
- The Universal Zulu Nation is the world's oldest, largest and most respected grass roots Hip Hop organization. It's members and supporters are Hip Hop's most famous and legendary artists.
- Australian Hip Hop
- Australia's hip hop central
- The Temple of Hip Hop
- The Temple Of Hip Hop is Hiphop's preservation society and international ministry; it is not a place! It is a society, a community, a family of people that grew up in a movement called Hip hop
- Hip Hop.com
- Your Source for all things HIPHOP!
Aotearoa (New Zealand) Hip Hop |
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Now merged with Back2basics web site as their forums, HHNZ is one of Aotearoa's largest hip hop forums in the country. Interesting facts and information...check it out
- New Zealand/Aotearoa cutting edge Hip Hop/Urban magazine, intended to provide inspiration and correct knowledge about real Hip Hop.
Flavaful Hip Hop and RnB rocking outta Auckland NZ
Scribe is undoubtedly the shining star of New Zealand's much celebrated young hip-hop scene.
Sir-Vere is a hip hop pioneer, he's always been at the forefront of the movement, learning the secrets and tricks of people like Grandmaster Flash, Jam Master Jay and DJ Premier from their records, accumulating knowledge of what makes a good and popular sound.
One of Aotearoa's leading record labels featuring 4 of the countries top artists of Scribe, P Money, Frontlne and PNC
Dawn Raid Entertainment's vision was to record undiscovered artists from home area of South Auckland, and to expose the artists to the public and building them into local and International stars.They have gone on to become one of the leading recording companies in Aotearoa's hip hip music industry.
Hip Hop and Politics |
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- For the body of Thinkers in the Hip Hop Community.
Urban Think Tank Institute is a nonpartisan, community-based home for a body of thinkers in the Hip Hop generation. It is the first organization that analyzes and frames political, economic and cultural issues, particularly those of concern to people of color, from the perspective of the Hip Hop generation. - Rap Coalition
- A website run by artists for artists ONLY.
If you take your music business seriously, we’re here for you. This is the place to go if you need advice from people in the hip hop music industry!
Rap Coalition is an artist advocacy group dedicated to the support, education, protection and unification of hip hop artist.
- Planet Hip Hop
- Conscious Hip Hop talk and information and downloads around the world
- Hip Hop Summit Action
- Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) is dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of Hip-Hop music to serve as a catalyst for education advocacy and other societal concerns fundamental to the empowerment of youth.
- Poor Magazine
- PNN is a multi-media access project of POOR Magazine, dedicated to re framing the news, issues and solutions from low and no income communities, as well as providing society with a perspective usually not heard or seen within the mainstream media.
Hip Hop Info |
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- AllHipHop.com
- American news, views and reviews all focused on the Hip Hop flavor! Includes rumors, editorials, information board and some of the lasted sounds to emerge from Hip Hop artists.
- Hiphop-Directory.com
- Just that. A global guide to Hip Hop! All you ever wanted and needed.
- The World Famous Wake Up Show
- A site dedicated to The World Famous Wake up Show (Radio that is!) Promotes Hip Hop. Definite American flavour, based in Hollywood.
- SOHH.com - The Hip-Hop SWAT
- Daily American Hip Hop news and fresh Hip Hop articles. Displays a feature artist weekly.
- DaveyD’s Hip hop corner
- Davey D a hip-hop expert, puts his spin on the world of HIP HOP culture. He has been in the scene since 1977, so knows his stuff! Site contains heaps from article, photos, reviews about artists, to commentaries and serious topics that voice and challenge things that you would not hear in main stream media. Good source of information that may not be found anywhere else.
Hip Hop Biz
Hip Hop Industry |
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Start your own label, Release your own music, Turn your Passion for Hip Hop into profit
Battlecry NZ
Local and Global Hip Hop Events/Jams/Comps |
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An Aotearoa event run by B Girl Sheeq with international performances and performances from some of NZ's finest B Boy's and B Girls and Funkstylists. Repping all the elements of hip hop culture
Bodyrock is officially a B Boy/B Girl event run by Footwork Productions, husband and wife team B Girl Tweek and B Boy Swerv. This event been running out of Wellington, NZ for the past 8 years and is currently one of the longest all Hip Hop representing event.
New Zealand Hip Hop Dance Competition
Street Dance NZ (SDNZ) is a national organization created to promote and develop NZ's rising dance arena. The organization endorses various events NZ wide including the NZ HIPHOP CHAMPSIONSHIPS and Desire to Dream
B-Girl Be is an annual summit and series of events, workshops, exhibits, and performances that celebrate women in hip-hop.The mission of B-Girl Be is to influence and inspire leadership to change the perceptions and roles of women in hip-hop for current and future generations.
Battle of the Year, commonly referred to as BOTY, is an annual international B boy competition. Regional elimination events are held worldwide culminating in World Finals which are held at the Volkswagenhalle in Branunschweig, Germany.
An international B boy/B girl Crew event run by Cros1. Freestyle Sessions 8 was known as the largest international event in the history of b boying, hosting over 62 crews in the course of 2 days.This site also advertises other B boy/B girl events throughout the year in their forum section
International DJ battle.
Scribble Jam, touted as "America's Largest Hip Hop Festival", has come to be seen as just that. It is the largest public display of underground hip hop that is available in the United States.
Write4Gold is one of the main operations organizing international graffiti competitions and is committed to expose the world to the words “Graffiti” and "Aerosol Art" and at the same time it demands to let them be accepted in the dictionary.
- TC 5 crew
- New York, during the mid 1980’s was an amazing time for graffiti writers. Trains were crushed, styles were poppin, and TC-5 was one of the main crews at the forefront of the thriving graffiti scene
- 12oz Prophets
- Writers and Graffiti from all around the world with a pretty dope and informative forums.
- The Streets are saying things
- A worldwide graffiti/writer forum
- Art Crime
- The world of Writing. Anything and everything
- Seen
- This site your about to view will take you through years of Seen's life he most treasures. Going back in time to 1970's & the 1980's when youth was on his side and without a worry in the world.
WELCOME TO THE BENCH
If you missed the New York movement or just want to relive some memories, then this is the place. Hope you enjoy cyber benching.
Inspired by such artists as Dondi White, this is a respected and long standing graffiti organization.
Welcome to the Freestyle Session Hip Hop Shop... We at Freestyle Session will be bringing you the best products on the internet for all your B Boy / B Girl information and needs
The goals of Breaklife are to continue in the preservation and education of Hip Hop Culture, while embracing the idea of having fun and enjoying these art forms. Breaklife realizes the true importance of positive creativity through expression and carries the tradition of positive competition within the elements of Hip Hop Culture.
No Easy Props was established in 1997 as a movement to set standards of excellence within Hip-Hop. Asia One unleashed No Easy Props with a call out to anyone faking the funk, especially those individuals who never paid their dues, so to speak. The name significance means earning your respect through your skills.
For all information about B Boy's and B Girl information in Australia
A natural born leader for Hip Hop and B Girls around the world. A natural spokesperson for all females and males alike.
- B Girls worldwide
- A website dedicated to present strong, smart, independent B-Girlz and other Hip Hop females as role models for upcoming generations to show everyone that there is a significant place for women in this worldwide culture.
- Dancers Delight
- Heaps of up to date and earth moving new dance styles!! Info about all the styles and forms that are breaking out all over the world. From house styles to street dancing.
- Battle of the Year
- Giving you the low down for the international B Boy competition from past, present and up and coming events. Programs of this year’s event are online, includes the venue, accommodation and transport guides.
- B Boy World
- Images, Videos, Merchandising and all you might want and to know or buy about B boy Culture
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The group responsible for the creation of the dance styles known worldwide as popping and boogaloo style.
Information about the dance style called Locking
Popping & Locking Videos, Events, & Community
Mr Wiggles is a South Bronx Puerto Rican born raised on Hip Hop since the early 70's. Learned all his HIP HOP crafts in the harsh streets of the Bronx.
Krump Kings Inc is a company dedicated to helping promote the actual Krump Kings and share their talent and art form with the world.
- A dope hip hop website for hip hop information and dope music
- Quannum Projects
- Profiles new releases! Pick your own artists to profile. News, Discography, gallery, message boards, artists, tour dates, contacts! Lots of big names in the business.
- All Natural Inc.
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This Site features some of the phattest artist! It’s the evolution of a crew in the hip hop scene, that just keeps on getting bigger and better
- What does it take to create something timeless? How do you make art that speaks to the human experience? How do you make music that crosses boundaries of gender, class, ethnicity and geography? You speak truth from your heart, filter it through your mind and put your soul into all you do. This is the process of finding forever; and COMMON’s approach to music.
- Common Ground Foundation
- Founded by Grammy Award winner Common, Common Ground Foundations Inc. believes that Hip-Hop music must be proactively used as an agent for positive social change. We are therefore dedicated to utilizing the cultural relevance of Hip-Hop to serve as an advocate for justice, education, to fight poverty and increase health awareness among youth in undeserved communities throughout the United States.
Dead Prez is comprised of Emcees and Activists M-1 and stic.man.
Nomadic Wax is a mobile "guerilla-style" production company and record label dedicated to recording, producing, and distributing hip-hop talent from Africa. It was conceived by Benny Herson who stumbled upon a thriving underground hip-hop scene during a trip to Senegal in the summer of 1999.
The Wake Up show is the most listened to Hip Hop radio show on the planet. Heard in over 19 markets and three countries, the show reaches out to Hip Hop listeners across the world.
Hip-Hop Matters is a Washington DC based non-profit serving the youth of America. Hip-Hop Matters has three core operating areas: Youth Advocacy, Urban Youth Outreach, and Education.
