NZ4Y - Music Challenge
🎶 THIS IS YOUR STAGE.
🌍 NZ4Y MUSIC CHALLENGE
One Music Track.
One Idea.
Your Expression.
STEP 1 🔥
Choose ONE Idea
🌍 Climate Balance
🔌 Energy & Consumption
🚶 Everyday Choices
🌱 Nature & Ecosystems
🔄 Waste Reduction, Reuse & Recycling
⏳ The Future We’re Building
STEP 2 👥
Form ONE Team per school
4–8 Students
STEP 3 🎬
Choose Your Format – DANCE or SONG?
💃 MOVE IT
“When Sound Becomes Action”
Create a choreography to the official NZ4Y music track.
Your dance must include:
• One powerful moment of stillness
• One collective movement (all together)
• A 5–10 second formation of the letters:
N – Z – 4 – Y
No props.
Body only.
Make the audience FEEL your idea.
– or –
🎤 SING IT
“When Sound Becomes a Song”
Write original lyrics to the official NZ4Y music track.
Your song must:
• Clearly express the idea you chose
• Include a strong chorus
• Include hope
• Include the words “NZ4Y” or “Net Zero for Youth”
Perform it live.
Lead singers are allowed.
🎥 RECORD IT
• Same length as the official music track
• Phone recording is fine
• Landscape orientation
• Simple filming
• No filters
• No effects
• No text on screen
This is about REAL effort — not production tricks.
📤 UPLOAD IT – BY MARCH 24
The NZ4Y Educator from each school uploads the video
Adding one sentence:
“Our dance shows…”
or
“Our song expresses…”
Done ✅
🚫 THIS IS NOT:
❌ A talent competition
❌ A professional contest
❌ About perfection
🌍 THIS IS ABOUT:
Effort
Courage
Creativity
Doing something that matters
and
FUN!!!! 🎉
🏆 Points
All students (not only those appearing in the video) from every school that uploads a dance or song video receive +200 points each.
Each school votes (“Likes”) for their 2 favourite dances and 2 favourite songs.
The teams with the highest number of “Likes” will perform at the End-of-Year Celebration Event. 🎉