Tāmaki Makaurau · West Auckland · Active Project

Three Pillars. One Mission. Aotearoa's Youth.

Pastoral care, technology, and sport — three inseparable pillars working in concert to support rangatahi across Aotearoa. Not three separate programmes. One integrated response to a crisis that demands more than policy.

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Te Āhua o te Mate | Why This Matters

31%

of secondary students report being bullied

ERO, 2019

26% / 11%

of girls / boys experience sexual abuse before age 15

NZ Family Violence Survey, 2019

16.8 per 100k

youth suicide rate aged 15–24 — highest of any age group

Ministry of Health, 2016

Ngā Pou Toru | Three Pillars

Integrated. Replicable. Scaling.

Youth Pastoral Ministry

Youth Pastor, Northwest Anglican Church

Direct mentoring and pastoral care for 150+ young people. Support groups, sacramental ministry, trauma-informed care for young people facing bullying, sexual abuse, and mental health crises.

150+ young people weekly

Technology & Scale

Founder, Base Logic Labs

Built The Preacher — a bilingual (EN/PT) digital platform for youth mentoring, spiritual formation, and peer support. Built JFit digital fitness platform improving wellbeing in West Auckland. One pastor can now support thousands.

Thousands reached digitally

Sporting Excellence

NZ National Champion & World Champion, BJJ

NZ BJJ Federation National Champion (Dec 2024). World Champion, SJJIF (Sept 2025). Sport is pastoral technology — teaching young abuse survivors that failure is safe, recoverable, and instructive. Witnessed resilience in action.

World Champion 2025

Ā Mātou Uaratanga | Our Values

Grounded in Te Ao Māori

This work is shaped by values that Māori communities have practised for generations — woven into every mentoring session, every platform feature, every training mat.

Manaakitanga

Care & Dignity

Honouring the mana of every rangatahi — their worth is unconditional, regardless of circumstance or history.

Whanaungatanga

Relationships & Belonging

Healing begins in connection. Every programme centres on building genuine, lasting whānau bonds that outlast crisis.

Kaitiakitanga

Guardianship

We serve not just today's rangatahi — we build systems and leaders that will protect and uplift generations to come.

Ako

Reciprocal Learning

Mentors and rangatahi teach each other. Authority flows from relationship and lived experience, not hierarchy.

Ngā Hononga | Our Partnerships

Built on Reciprocal Relationships

“Kāore e taea e tētahi tangata anake — no single person can do this alone. The project operates through reciprocal relationships with the Leataata Trust, Royal Road School, and the Anglican Diocese, connecting systems that strengthen each other.”

Leataata Trust

Community navigator service supporting vulnerable whanau. Reciprocal referrals — food bank, crisis support, mentoring.

Royal Road School

On-campus mentoring and chaplaincy. Schools see youth daily; churches provide extended support.

Anglican Diocese

Institutional backing for youth mentorship network development across Auckland.

Ā Mātou Kaupapa | Our Purpose

The Work We Do

This project was built on a single premise: rangatahi in crisis need more than policy. They need adults who have lived the integration — who carry pastoral insight, technical fluency, and physical resilience not as separate credentials, but as a unified practice.

The statistics are stark. 31% of secondary students report bullying; 26% of girls and 11% of boys experience sexual abuse before age 15; 16.8 per 100,000 youth aged 15–24 die by suicide. These young people need more than policy. They need witnessed resilience: adults who have integrated psychological insight, practical skill, and genuine faith into a replicable model.

As Youth Pastor at Northwest Anglican Church, I work directly with 150+ young people, and many will face bullying, sexual abuse, mental health crises, and isolation. I hold a Master's in Leadership and a postgraduate qualification in Psychology (Family Counselling). This is not volunteer work; this is my professional commitment.

But pastoral care alone cannot scale. So I built The Preacher, a bilingual digital platform reaching thousands of people, featuring curated content, peer support networks, mentoring, and progress tracking. This technology removes the bottleneck: one pastor can now support many.

The third pillar—sport—may seem disconnected. It is not. I am the proud New Zealand BJJ Federation National Champion (December 2024) and World Champion (September 2025). In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, failure is safe, recoverable, and instructive.

Young people in our church actively learn and embody this mentality. We translate explicitly: You survived abuse. You came home in pain. But you didn't break. You got back up. You're stronger.

This is witnessed resilience. This is embodied teaching. This is pastoral work conducted through sport.

This model is collaborative — rooted in partnerships with the Leataata Trust, Royal Road School, and the Anglican Diocese. It is sustainable through institutional backing and digital infrastructure. And it is scalable: The Preacher platform is designed to be adopted by churches and organisations across Aotearoa and beyond.

Aotearoa deserves leaders who refuse to choose between care and craft, between faith and technology, between the gym and the pulpit. This project demonstrates that integration is not a compromise — it is the model.

Ngā Kōrero | Community Voices

He very quickly endeared himself to the young people and their parents and the leadership of our church community. He has a heart to teach and guide young people into healthy attitudes and behaviours that grow them into strong individuals and citizens.

Robyn Fasi

Community Deacon, Northwest Anglican Church

Under Pastor Ismael's leadership, my two teenage girls have grown spiritually, emotionally, and personally. He has been a wonderful role model—teaching them the importance of faith, respect, kindness, and integrity.

Lowata Rokowati

Parent, Northwest Anglican Church community

Ā Muri Ake | Looking Ahead to 2030

Building Systems That Outlast Any Single Person

01

Diocese Mentor Network

A trained network of youth mentors and leaders across the Anglican Diocese, rooted in trauma-informed frameworks and embodied resilience practices.

02

West Auckland Community Gym

A resilience-building training hub with youth scholarships, normalising strength-building as a pathway to healing.

03

Real, Measurable Reach

Through these integrated efforts—pastoral, technological, sporting—150+ young people are directly supported weekly. Through partnerships with Leataata Trust, Royal Road School, and other community organisations, the reach extends to hundreds more. The Preacher platform reaches thousands.