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About Us:

Sistema Whangarei-Toi Akorangi, in the Heart of Northland, New Zealand is a community-based initiative with heart, offering an intensive, after school, in-school and holiday orchestral programme. ‘To strive and excel’ provides life purpose,

Initiated and led by volunteers from the Whangarei community, Sistema Whangarei is based on Venezuela's El Sistema movement, one of the world's most successful music and social development programmes. We reach out to children who might not normally have the opportunity to participate. All aspects of the programme are provided free of charge.

In partnership with community non-profit organization, Whangarei Youth Music, and networking with other Sistema based programmes in New Zealand, Sistema Whangarei-Toi Akorangi provides opportunities for children to experience success, and for some, completely altering their life trajectory - it changes their view of their world.


Our mission is to ensure local success and relevance by keeping the programme healthy, vibrant, alive and growing with its children as well as celebrating and embracing our global Sistema whanau (family).

The Sistema Whangarei- Toi Akorangi Trust 
Board of Trustees

Nick Grew - Chairman, Board of Trustees, HOD Music, Whangarei Girls High School
Fiona Douglas
 - Trustee, Founder of Sistema Whangarei - Toi Akorangi
Vicky Fowke
 -  Trustee, Local Business Owner, Parent of Sistema student

Sistema New Zealand
We are part of a wider New Zealand consortium of Sistema programmes.  We work together and share resources, ideas and plans to best support the children of Aotearoa.  
Click on any of the links below to visit the other Sistema programmes and see if there is one near you!
Sistema Aotearoa      Arohanui Strings, Hutt Valley        
​Some other useful contacts:
Whangarei Youth Music:   www.whangareiyouthmusic.co.nz
Sistema Global:                 'www.sistemaglobal.org
We are located in the Old Library  at 7 Rust Ave, Whangarei
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