Southland Chamber of Commerce

2008 Global Challenge

The 2 Southland representatives, Melissa Eade – James Hargest College and Brooke Flett – Southland Girls High School joined a total of eighty students from across the country at Massy University for a weekend filled of fun, hard work and Red Bull, all ready to take on the YES Global Challenge. They were home hosted and well looked after. Day one began with meeting group members and mentors.All teams had to wear their assigned team t-shirts which made them look very business like.
Brooke was in team ASB and	Melissa Team PKF

After the PM Helen Clark opened the event they got straight into a practice challenge. Team work was very important because they had limited time to create an idea and develop a prototype of a product that ‘gained international funds’. The teams had to consider things such as petrol prices, the environment and our natural resources.

On Sunday morning it was the real thing. The corporate hosts took the teams to their offices and looked after them as they tried to solve ‘the problem of the worlds dwindling water resources’.
Melissa Eade’s team PKF won the NZ challenge and the right to represent NZ to the Global Challenge. The challenge was broadcast to Australia with other challenges from throughout the world and judged by NASSA – The result New Zealand.

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