THE Ripple EFFECT

alk up to the second floor of a nondescript building on New Plymouth’s Brougham Street and you’ll be greeted by a space with such an exquisite aesthetic, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve stepped into a magazine shoot. Pretty pastels are juxtaposed with plush velvet textures, all within bright and airy white walls. On Tuesdays that space is filled with young women, ranging from 12-24, many still in their scratchy tartan school uniforms. They’re there for their weekly meeting at the headquarters for Girls Minds Matter—an organisation designed to support young women with tools of empowerment around mental wellbeing and leadership. And that