Monday, 22 December 2008
Te Wharekura o Wairārapa wins a film award in the second The Outlook for Someday sustainability film challenge for young New Zealanders.
Te Wharekura o Wairārapa wins the Te Reo and Tikanga Māori Award for their comedy exploring an alternative way of travelling to school, Te Kume Pahikara (Bike Pooling). The Te Reo and Tikanga Māori Award supported by Te Puni Kōkiri was for a film making use of te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
Te Puni Kōkiri Chief Executive Leith Comer says, "we are thrilled to be supporting a project that encourages our tamariki and rangatahi to consider the critical issue of environmental sustainability. We also congratulate all the winners and in particular Te Wharekura o Wairārapa.”
“The Outlook for Someday provides an excellent opportunity for our tamariki and rangatahi to enhance their skills in film and a range of media, and use that knowledge to express their views on how best to protect the environment," he says.
Keisha Castle Hughes and the Minister of Youth Affairs the Hon Paula Bennett, presented awards for the winning films at The Outlook for Someday Awards at TVNZ on December 4.
The 20 winning films are by film-makers aged 6 to 20. They range from an animated fable and a big picture post-apocalyptic drama to stories of young people looking after their own backyards – protecting blue ducks, shopping consciously and bike pooling.
Of the 20 winning films there were four special awards including the Te Reo and Tikanga Māori Award, Sustainable Future Award, Film-making Achievement Award and the Youth Participation Award.
To view Te Wharekura o Wairārapa’s winning film Te Kume Pahikara click here.
The Sustainable Future Award – for a film which advances the conversation on sustainability through a new perspective and/or critical thinking – went to Team Waiheke of Waiheke High School for their film documenting a school hangi, Matariki 2008.
The Film-making Achievement Award – for a film with outstanding creative / technical quality – went to 14-year-old Calvin Sang of Auckland for Mr Box, his simple and effective animated fable showing the impact of cities on our mental health.
The Youth Participation Award – in recognition of participation by young people among themselves and/or at a community level – went to the Green Dream team of Raphael House School in Wellington for Sustainability, in which the young film-makers take to the streets for their cause and sing a song they created for their film on a crowded train.
For more information or to view all the winning entries click here
