Bluelight JAM · South Auckland
Physical and mental youth leadership programmes that bring rangatahi and police together — building resilience, confidence, and community.
The objectives of the JAM programme are to address the issues we face in our high schools every day, such as fighting and bullying.
JAM puts young people and police officers side by side — on the ropes course, in the raft, on the field. Once the uniform comes off, the barriers come down, and trust gets built where it matters: in our own community.
“Once we remove the buildings and the uniforms, we’re all from the same community”
We run physical and mental youth leadership programmes that push our students to be resilient, keep working, and never give up on their dreams. Camps, challenges, and student leaders from local high schools supporting every cohort.
The archive
See more from past years — JAM 2018 through today — on our Facebook page.
Eighth year of JAM
Every Wednesday, 36 Manurewa students are up before school for a 6am training session — and what follows matters just as much. Mentorship. Real conversations, real guidance, and real investment in who these young people are becoming.
Now in its eighth year, JAM isn’t just building fitter young people. It’s building more confident, more connected, more resilient members of our community.
“The mind controls the body. If the mind is strong and you’re willing to attack those challenges, the body will keep moving to them”
Every JAM year ends with a Graduation and Prizegiving night, where students and their families come together to celebrate everything they’ve achieved. Local businesses donate prizes and vouchers, and the community shows up for its young people — the way Manurewa always has.
JAM runs with the support of Auckland Council, the Manurewa Business Association, Love Somebody Charitable Trust, and our local high schools — Manurewa High School, Alfriston College, and Te Haikura a Kiwa Junior College.
