Tāmaki Makaurau · West Auckland · Active ProjectThree 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.
Discover Our Kaupapa →Te Āhua o te Mate | Why This Matters
of secondary students report being bullied
ERO, 2019
of girls / boys experience sexual abuse before age 15
NZ Family Violence Survey, 2019
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.
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.
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.
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
Diocese Mentor Network
A trained network of youth mentors and leaders across the Anglican Diocese, rooted in trauma-informed frameworks and embodied resilience practices.
West Auckland Community Gym
A resilience-building training hub with youth scholarships, normalising strength-building as a pathway to healing.
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.