Fresh Air Challenge - Te Wero Hauhau is on for Ngāmotu district schools from 2-13 September 2024.

Primary and intermediate schools in our district will 'spring into action' this September, embracing better weather and choosing a more active and sustainable way to travel to and from school.

This year the Fresh Air Challenge focuses on schools only, encouraging students to walk, ride, bus-share, or park and walk, instead of getting a ride in the car.

There are loads of benefits for school communities increasing sustainable school travel, such as:

• Improves student health and wellbeing by getting moving and fostering independence
• Reduces congestion and improves environmental health by reducing emissions
• Improves road safety at the school gates
• Helps students get ready to learn for the day
• It's social and fun!

During the two weeks, participating schools and kura will record all walk, ride, bus, ride-share, 'park and walk' trips taken and log them on this page. Each trip earns points for their class and their school overall.

At the end of the Wero, the classes who have logged the most trips for their syndicate or house, win for their class passes to the local pool.

The overall winning primary (year 0-6) and intermediate schools’ (years 7 & 8) will win a Fresh Air Challenge trophy, plus prizes.

There are prizes too for the primary schools who win our special categories:

Wicked Wheels - most riding

Golden Foot - most walking

Clean Air - most shared travel

The reigning Fresh Air Challenge champs are Westown School and Highlands Intermediate. Will your school take out the title this year?

Get in touch on our Contact page to find out more!