Live a 3D life. This is the challenge that inspiring New Zealand leaders set for the over 2,000 students who participated in the National Young Leaders Day (NYLD) held at the Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau earlier in the day.
Students heard from Silver Fern and Northern Mystics player Laura Langman, athlete and Carabiner Mentoring Programme founder Cam Calkoen Adventurer and presenter of TV One's First Crossings series Jamie Fitzgerald the chief executive of The Mind Lab Frances Valintine, and Attitude Programmes for Schools presenter Charlie Laumatia.
NYLD events this year push students to live a life in 3D by dreaming, daring and developing their leadership potential.
"Just like the way a 3D movie bursts off the screen and explodes onto the screen, the experience of a 3D life is so much more exciting than a dull flat one," NYLD manager Annette Fale declares.
"Dream what your future life could be... then go after that dream. Do the bold and terrifying things that make life exciting. Discover your strengths. There is more within you that is waiting to be discovered. No one gets a brilliant life without guts, vision and work," students were taught.
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Frances Valintine was a driving force behind Media Design School. She founded The Mind Lab in Newmarket in 2013 as a facility that offers robotics and filmmaking, electronics programming and science technology to kids aged 4-15 years old.
Frances dared the young leaders to be prepared for a constantly changing future.
"To prepare for the future, you must to be open in your thinking - curiosity will be your biggest strength not technology, and not how well you can play Minecraft, but curiosity and discovery," Frances said, as students wrote notes in their notebooks.
"Wake up in the morning and consider what I can do to make things better or make things better?"
The day was both inspirational and entertaining. Highlights of the day included performances by the Laughing Samoans, interactive gaming and 3D video clips.
Over 90,000 students from New Zealand have attended a National Young Leaders Day since 2001. Events are held annually in Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Christchurch and Dunedin.
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