Two Hāwera High School students have secured their place in the second stage of an international competition.
Year 10 student Liesa Hofstadler, 14, and Year 11 Emilia Scott, 15, are part of the school's social justice group and participated in the international Global Innovation in sustainability Summit (GISS).
GISS is a global competition to allow students to pitch their solutions on how to help the community with a focus on one of the UN sustainable development goals.
Liesa and Emilia submitted their project ideas to the GISS committee and a highly qualified team of educators and environmental sustainability experts evaluated the projects.
Liesa says the pair could choose from responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, and life on land for the challenge.