Protesters fight against the riot squad in a scene from Saving Trees, a movie created by a team of students at Pongakawa School.
A young movie crew from Pongakawa School has been named among the winners crowned in a sustainability film challenge.
The concept of filming a news crew as they witness the cutting down of the last tree, and the civil unrest that ensues in the fight to save it, was enough
for the school to be named The Someday Challenge 2014 winners.
The movie was named Saving Trees and was created by Lachlan Robinson, 10, Joshua Purdie, 11, Hailey Reid, 11, Elysse Samson, 11, Trea Clarke, 10 and Meghan Mackay, 10, who were up against individuals and teams aged from 7 to 24 years old.
A judging team of people from media, education, government and business selected the 20 winners out of 130 entries from all over New Zealand.
Now in its eigth year, the Someday Challenge asks young people aged up to 24 to make short sustainability-related films of any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes.
