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Surge After-School club for Teenagers. "Fun activities, sports, team challenges, camps and youth events."

Surge is one of the many after school clubs offered at Youth Alive Trust that has served thousands of children and young people in New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand, since it was established in 1989. Youth Alive Trust aims to support young people holistically; socially, emotionally, mentally and spiritually through our variety of programmes, in a fun and safe environment. It is our dedicated staff and our faithful & enthusiastic volunteers that make Youth Alive Trust programmes an exciting, vibrant and healthy place to be.

Come hang out tonight! We’re playing Sardines at the park. Doors open from 4:30pm for Drop-in. See yall soooooon!!
19/10/2026

Come hang out tonight! We’re playing Sardines at the park. Doors open from 4:30pm for Drop-in. See yall soooooon!!

WE’RE BACK ON TONIGHT!! Come join us for Kai and Chill Vibes. DROP IN (4:30pm-6:30pm) & SURGE (6:30pm-8:30pm)
11/10/2026

WE’RE BACK ON TONIGHT!! Come join us for Kai and Chill Vibes. DROP IN (4:30pm-6:30pm) & SURGE (6:30pm-8:30pm)

Hi everyone, hoping this is alright to post here.This Friday, we're running a free overnight hackathon for high schooler...
30/09/2026

Hi everyone, hoping this is alright to post here.

This Friday, we're running a free overnight hackathon for high schoolers in central Christchurch, and signups are still open.

My name is Niko. I'm 17, I go to Sacred Heart College in Auckland, and I run KiwiHacks, New Zealand's high school hackathon club. We're run entirely by high schoolers. I've attached a photo of our last event, and one from our recent Breakfast feature.

KiwiHacks Nova Christchurch

Friday 2 October to Saturday 3 October

Doors 6pm Friday, we kick off at 6:30pm, and we finish at 5:30pm Saturday

Partly HQ, 210 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central

Free signup: nova.kiwihacks.org/christchurch

If you haven't come across a hackathon before: high schoolers get together, get given a theme, and build something overnight. An app, a game, a website, a piece of hardware. There are mentors on hand the whole time from NZ startups alongside established companies such as Canva, there's food, and at the end everyone shows off what they made. It's much closer to a creative marathon than a competition.

The part I most want parents and high schoolers to know is that there are genuinely zero barriers to entry. It's free. High schoolers don't need to know how to code, don't need a team, and don't need any experience at all. We teach from scratch on the night. At our last event, every single person who turned up left with something they had built, and there were over 115 of them.

One of our KiwiHackers was flown to Apple Park in California after placing in the top 50 worldwide in Apple's Swift Student Challenge, the only New Zealander to have done it, and is now mentoring other students so they can do the same.

For context on why I started this: I began coding at 9, was flown out to a hackathon in Austin, Texas, and came home to find New Zealand had nothing like it for high schoolers. So I built it. Five events later we've gone from 10 attendees at the first one to 115+, and TVNZ+ Breakfast covered us in June.

We kicked off in Wellington last weekend, and Auckland is the week after, 9 to 10 October.

Happy to answer anything in the comments. If you know a teenager who's into tech, or who you reckon might be if they got one good night, please pass it on before Friday.

-Niko

Last Drop-in & Surge for term 3 Tonight!! See you soooooon
21/09/2026

Last Drop-in & Surge for term 3 Tonight!! See you soooooon

Join us on Tuesday for the final DanceFit New Brighton of 2026 at the Roy Stokes Hall! Free for teenage girls! Unfortuna...
18/09/2026

Join us on Tuesday for the final DanceFit New Brighton of 2026 at the Roy Stokes Hall! Free for teenage girls! Unfortunately funding for the free classes for Teenage Girls has been declined by our funder in this round😭 so we are working on a new funding source for 2027 💰 Follow this page for further updates and come have a boogie 🤸‍♀️with Caoimhe and Emma on Tuesday for the final time in 2026 📣🎉

On Tonight - Youth Drop-In 4:30-6:30 CV writing workshop with Beth! & Surge Real Life Cluedo 6:30pm-8:30pm! See you sooo...
14/09/2026

On Tonight - Youth Drop-In 4:30-6:30 CV writing workshop with Beth! & Surge Real Life Cluedo 6:30pm-8:30pm! See you sooooooon 🫆🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️

We had so much fun with you last week! Join us again tonight for Nailed It! Put your baking skills to the test and see i...
06/09/2026

We had so much fun with you last week! Join us again tonight for Nailed It! Put your baking skills to the test and see if you can recreate the challenge! 👀 Drop in starts at 4:30pm & Surge starts at 6:30pm. See you there!!

🚨Hanmer Springs Update! We’ve had to switch things up and change the date! Our Hanmer Springs trip is now happening Satu...
01/09/2026

🚨Hanmer Springs Update! We’ve had to switch things up and change the date! Our Hanmer Springs trip is now happening Saturday 19th September. Please sign up so we know who’s coming. If you have signed up and can no longer come please let me know ✌️ link to sign up ——> https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/dzgZceJ8Aq

Every Tuesday at the Roy Stokes Hall, 150 Seaview Road, New Brighton. No pressure, no perfect moves, just good music, go...
01/09/2026

Every Tuesday at the Roy Stokes Hall, 150 Seaview Road, New Brighton. No pressure, no perfect moves, just good music, good vibes and a great workout!

Drop-in and Surge back on Tonight! See you soon!!
31/08/2026

Drop-in and Surge back on Tonight! See you soon!!

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111 Seaview Road, New Brighton
Christchurch

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6:50pm - 9pm

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+6433881001

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