Day One Shorts = Someday Stories
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After seventeen years as The Outlook for Someday, the project has been reinvented and rebranded as Day One Hāpai te Haeata – a platform and learning hub for young filmmakers across Aotearoa. The Someday Challenge and Someday Stories have become Day One Challenge and Day One Shorts and will continue to offer upskilling opportunities for young people wanting to explore impact storytelling on screen. SOMEDAY STORIES is a series of sustainability-focused short films. Each film is 8-12 minutes and made by an emerging film-maker / production team aged 18-29. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
- ChannelMaori Television
- BroadcasterMaori Television Service
- Broadcast PlatformTelevision
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Season 2025Sunday 10 May 2026A young woman caught between expectation and self-acceptance, finds herself confronting her repressed sexuality when a chance reunion with her first love stirs old feelings.
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Season 2025Sunday 3 May 2026Amid the nightlife of a new city, a young Māori trans woman reckons with safety, isolation, and the fragile bonds of old friendships outgrown — as the promise of belonging rises just beyond the horizon.
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Season 2025Sunday 19 April 2026Desperate for his big break, an aspiring musician discovers a forgotten, musical icon at a nightclub who may hold the key to his dreams—but the answers come with a heavy cost.
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Season 2025Sunday 12 April 2026One afternoon while waiting for her Mother to visit, Maysa revisits early childhood memories of coming to New Zealand which help her connect with her stoic Middle Eastern mother. (Adapted from "On Sundays" by Shadi Salehpour)
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Season 2017Sunday 28 September 2025Te Ara Whakamua: A film about the te reo Māori and the importance of its revival. New Zealand Film Commission Film-making Achievement Award winner. The Someday Challenge is for anyone up to age 24 to make a sustainability-related film, any genre, any length up to 5 minutes.
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Season 2017Friday 1 August 2025Archie: A cheeky child's-eye-view on sustainability. Villainesse Young Women Film-makers Award and NZ On Air Standout Winner. The Someday Challenge is for anyone up to age 24 to make a sustainability-related film, any genre, any length up to 5 minutes.
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Season 2017Wednesday 30 July 2025The Schoolyard Bullies: A film tackling a student's rise above bullying through friendship. Upstart Magazine Primary/Intermediate School Performance Award winner. The Someday Challenge is for anyone up to age 24 to make a sustainability-related film, any genre, any length up to 5 minutes.
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Season 2017Friday 25 July 2025Inanga: A film that brings us along for the ride with a local community working to help inanga (whitebait). The Adam & Eve Show Secondary School Film-makers Award winner. The Someday Challenge is for anyone up to age 24 to make a sustainability-related film, any genre, any length up to 5 minutes.
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Season 2017Tuesday 8 July 2025Clever Trevor: An animated documentary which tells the story of Trevor's clever decision to explore owning an electric vehicle. Rockstock Sustainable Lifestyle Award winner. The Someday Challenge is for anyone up to age 24 to make a sustainability-related film, any genre, any length up to 5 minutes.
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Season 2024 , 2024 Episode 8Sunday 6 April 2025A Korean immigrant dad, working as a construction painter, mentors a new young worker while simultaneously battling melancholia and guilt as he awaits the arrival of his family. (In Korean language with subtitles)
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Broadcast Platform
- Television
Programme Name
- Day One Shorts = Someday Stories
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Description
- After seventeen years as The Outlook for Someday, the project has been reinvented and rebranded as Day One Hāpai te Haeata – a platform and learning hub for young filmmakers across Aotearoa. The Someday Challenge and Someday Stories have become Day One Challenge and Day One Shorts and will continue to offer upskilling opportunities for young people wanting to explore impact storytelling on screen. SOMEDAY STORIES is a series of sustainability-focused short films. Each film is 8-12 minutes and made by an emerging film-maker / production team aged 18-29. Made with the support of NZ On Air.