Students from an Auckland primary school are fed up they're missing out on the bountiful and unspoilt North Shore beaches enjoyed by locals just one generation ago.
With the help of teachers, year six students from Long Bay Primary School have gathered over 3500 signatures on a petition calling for their beach to become a marine reserve.
The campaign has been so successful that MPs from the Environment Select Committee held court in the school hall.
RNZ's Matthew Theunissen went along to hear 10 and 11-year-olds grill the politicians about why they've been left with polluted beaches robbed of marine life.
