Aims of the Competition

We want to give our young people a voice

They’re the ones who will most be affected by the environmental breakdown caused by ongoing climate change. We want them to help us move forwards with finding solutions to make Aotearoa (NZ) a better place for them and their children to live.

• Spread hope and positivity that there are other ways of doing things and its not too late to fix the broken systems and move forwards together as part of nature, rather than seeing ourselves as somehow separate.

• Promote the idea of ‘re-wilding’ – meaning planting large areas in native trees etc and trying to leave around a third of the land as a place for nature to flourish without human interference.

• Encourage both personal responsibility to produce less pollution and emissions but also encourage the idea that major system changes are necessary above and beyond individual sacrifices.

• Support the visual arts in New Zealand with winning artists being profiled nationally. At least one previous winner (from the first competition) has gone on to become a successful professional artist.

• Promote and celebrate the posters and the craft of poster-making as a viable and persuasive way of presenting important information and ideas in the 21rst Century.

• Celebrate the ideas of globalism, multiculturalism and kaitiakitanga (natural stewardship).