And the Winner is

 

From Auckland Council:

Youth celebrate liveable city in video challenge

 

Public transport, housing, the environment and social initiatives were the themes of the winning submissions in the Auckland Council’s Youth Video Challenge presented at the Youth Advisory Panel meeting on Monday night.

The competition challenged young people to make a one minute video answering the question: “What should Auckland spend money on to become the world’s most liveable city?” The aim of the competition was to encourage younger Aucklanders to engage with the early work on Long-term Plan 2015-2025 which sets the budget for the next ten years.

Twenty-three year old Michelle Vergel de Dios from Totara Vale on the North Shore took out first place for her video titled ‘What is a city?’ which generated over 12,000 YouTube views. Second place was awarded to Lolesio Kata of Te Atatu (23), third place to Jacinta Talia’uli (19) of Manurewa and fourth place to Louis Addock (14) of St Heliers.

Youth Advisory Panel Councillor Representative, Linda Cooper says, “The innovative and wonderfully perceptive videos are an important insight into what matters most in the minds of our young Aucklanders. The competition gave this group a chance to be heard and I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all of the entrants and those involved in making this competition happen.”

Finalists were shortlisted by the Youth Advisory Panel and the winners were chosen based on the number of views that were generated on YouTube.

The winning videos can be seen on the Auckland Council’s YouTube channel.

The videos will be used by Auckland Council over the coming months to help encourage other Aucklanders to get engaged in discussion and choices around Auckland’s Long-term Plan.

 

For more information visit: http://www.shapeauckland.co.nz/

 

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