Te Tai Tokerau Climate Action Film Competition

13/10/2026

Wednesday the 21st and Thursday the 22nd! Head long and see how you can participate in shaping kai sovereignty and building resilience in Tai Tokerau!

09/10/2026

🎤 If you could interview ONE person about the future of Te Tai Tokerau, who would it be?

A kaumātua?

A farmer?

A rangatahi?

A conservation volunteer?

A local grower?

A scientist?

Your neighbour?

Your mum or dad?

There are climate stories all around us — sometimes we just need to ask the first question.

🎬 Find someone with a story and turn that kōrero into a film for the Climate Action Tai Tokerau Film Competition.

Tag someone whose story deserves to be heard 👇

07/10/2026

📱 Think you need fancy camera gear to enter?

You don’t.

Some of the most powerful films start with a phone and a good story.

Film something happening in your community.

Interview someone doing great mahi.

Tell us about something you want to protect.

Or show us what a climate-positive future for Te Tai Tokerau could look like.

🎬 Start simple. Start local. Start filming.

04/10/2026

🌱 What does climate action look like in Te Tai Tokerau?

Maybe it’s restoring a wetland.

Growing kai locally.

Planting trees along a stream.

Repairing instead of replacing.

Riding to mahi.

Protecting our moana.

Or simply a group of people deciding to do something differently.

🎬 That’s the story we want you to capture.

The Climate Action Tai Tokerau Film Competition is about telling local stories of climate action, hope and change through film.

You don’t need a film crew. You don’t need expensive gear.

You just need a story worth sharing.

📱 Your phone is enough.

07/08/2026

What's on the Line 💰

$1,000 for first prize, plus $500 for second, $200 for third, a $500 Te Reo prize, and a $500 People's Choice Award — and that's in each age category. Real recognition for rangatahi and adults putting real effort into telling Tai Tokerau's climate stories on screen.

Source: northlandclimatechange.org/filmcompetition/ (Prizes)

05/08/2026

Free Filmmaking Workshops 🙌

Got an idea but not the skills yet? Climate Action Tai Tokerau will send a filmmaking workshop straight to your school or community group, free of charge, to help you turn your climate action story into a film. Sometimes all a good story needs is a bit of help getting off the ground.

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Results: 9 to 13 Year olds First prize: Te Taitamatane class, Te Kura o ŌmanaiaSecond prize: Phoebe, Elijah, and MillieThird prize: Room 6 Whau ValleyTe Reo prize: Te Kura o ŌmanaiaPeople’s c…

03/08/2026

You Don't Need to Be a Filmmaker 🎞️

The competition's "Creating a Film" resource page breaks it right down: what's the story, who are you telling it to, and how? A good film — fiction or documentary — just needs a beginning, middle and end. If you're telling a true story, do your research, check your facts, and treat the people and places in your film with respect. That's it. That's the brief.

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Congratulations, that decision is the first big step to making it happen. What next? The first questions to ask are; What is the story you want to tell? Who are you telling this to? How are you goi…

31/07/2026

Behind the Scenes with Ohaeawai School 📹

Back in 2023, students at Ohaeawai Primary School took second place in the Climate Action Film Contest, with their film screened alongside other entries at that year's Te Taitokerau climate action conference. It's a great reminder that some of the sharpest climate storytelling in the region is coming out of primary school classrooms.

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The final version of the movie created by the "The Cool Kids in Tow...

29/07/2026

Youth Voices, Big Impact 🎥

In the 14–18 category, Susannah Hovell took out both First Prize and the People's Choice Award at the 2025 Climate Action Film Competition, with Georgie King placing second. Proof that when you hand rangatahi a camera and a real issue to explore, they rise to it every time.

Source: northlandclimatechange.org/filmcompetition/ (2025 Results)

27/07/2026

Meet the 2025 Winners 🏆

This year's top film in the 9–13 age group came from Te Taitamatane class at Te Kura o Ōmanaia, who also took home the Te Reo prize. Room 6 from Whau Valley School picked up third place and the People's Choice Award. Real rangatahi, telling real local stories of climate action — that's the whole point of this kaupapa.

Source: northlandclimatechange.org/filmcompetition/ (2025 Results)