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Leadership Festival 2024

Canteen’s Leadership Festival 2024 was a dynamic three-day event that united over 70 rangatahi aged 16-25 who have been touched by cancer.
Canteen runners ready for the Auckland Marathon 2024

Get Involved: Auckland Marathon 2024

Join team Canteen at the Auckland Marathon this year running for rangatahi impacted by cancer on 3rd November 2024.
Canteen staff and rangatahi members fundraising for Bandanna Day 2024

Bandanna Day 2024

June was an exceptional month for Canteen as the Bandanna Day 2024 appeal took center stage, delivering a series of fundraising triumphs across Aotearoa.
Canteen member Melanie, smiling with her mum

Rangatahi Development Grant provides support to member, Melanie

Rangatahi member Melanie shares her story on how the Rangatahi Development Grant provided her with support.
Rangatahi at the Canteen X-Shot Battle Arena

Canteen hosts the X-Shot Battle Arena at Armageddon Expo

Canteen made a significant impact at the Armageddon Expo in Tāmaki Makaurau by hosting the exhilarating X-Shot Battle Arena, drawing over 900 enthusiastic participants.
Rangatahi at Te Haerenga i Te Waipounamu

Te Haerenga i Te Waipounamu: Adventure Therapy Programme

Canteen Aotearoa, in collaboration with Waipuna, successfully held the Te Haerenga i Te Waipounamu adventure therapy programme in April 2024. This immersive four-day canoe journey on Lake Brunner in Aotearoa's beautiful South Island offered a unique and healing experience for young people impacted by cancer.
Rangatahi leaders at leadership camp 2024

Leadership Camp 2024

​Rangatahi from across Aotearoa came together in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in May for Leadership Camp.
Canteen x Drax Project school challenge graphic

Bandanna Day School Challenge with Drax Project

This year, we're challenging schools across Aotearoa to help us continue to support rangatahi impacted by cancer. This could be a fellow student, a teammate, friend, or even a teachers child who is impacted by cancer.