Collective Film Festival: Fight for the Wild

Join Waiheke Collective for its second Film Festival, a captivating showcase of thought-provoking and impactful films dedicated to raising awareness about environmental and social issues.

Doors open 6:30 PM | Film Starts at 7:00 PM

Host: Te Korowai o Waiheke

About the Film: Fight for the Wild

Fight for the Wild takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa and documents the desperate battle to protect it. It explores the notion of a Predator-Free 2050 and asks whether this big, bold initiative is achievable and if so, how?

The film walks with the kaitiaki, ecologists, inventors, and community trappers desperately defending our taonga species. It follows the fortunes of kea, kiwi, kākāriki, and other native species and discovers the fascinating initiatives underway as we come to their rescue. And examines the tough choices our nation needs to make as we navigate the challenges of protecting our wildlife. Among the hard decisions and desperate losses, it discovers bold visions, hard-won victories, and hope

Come on a journey into the wild heart of Aotearoa, alongside the people that dedicate their lives to protect it. The last two episodes of the series will be shown - 'Battle' and 'Hope'.

Episode Three: Battle
While bird song is receding across New Zealand’s mainland, hundreds of community-led projects are leading the charge to turn things around. On the North Island’s East Cape, the government answers the call from iwi for help to save the decimated Raukūmara Forest, and in Wellington, a dedicated group of urban trappers are taking on Miramar Peninsular with the vision of achieving the world’s first predator-free capital city.

Episode Four: Hope
Episode Four travels to predator-free Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island to see what the vision of a predator-free Aotearoa could look like. This episode covers breakthrough technologies and innovations taking us towards that goal

In Taranaki we see how the partnership between community and iwi is restoring Kiwi to the slopes of Mt Taranaki and meet a younger generation taking up the challenge. Could Aotearoa’s `moon shot mission’ one day become a reality?

Special guest speakers:

There will also be a panel session to discuss topics raised in the film, the panel will include:-

• John Dowding, John is an ornithologist, and conservation specialist who has undertaken research on New Zealand wildlife, and used the results of this to provide science-based advice.
• Dr. Monica Peters, a renowned author who has worked for over 2 decades in restoration and sustainable land management as a researcher, project coordinator, and illustrator.
• Jenny Holmes, Project Director at Te Korowai o Waiheke