A Whangarei teenager is travelling to Fiji to investigate what New Zealanders can do to stop bullying.
Brad Olsen, 17, a Unicef Youth Ambassador, is flying out to Suva today where he will spend six days talking to Pacific Islands Unicef ambassadors, the Fijian Ministries of Youth and Social Welfare and young people who have been affected by bullying.
Brad became passionate about finding solutions to bullying after seeing the toll it takes on young people around him.
His own experience with being bullied happened when he was in primary school. He said he was picked on on a couple of occasions, but found a teacher to support him through it.
"A teacher saw it happen and checked on me, and it didn't happen again after that."