This year's World Vision youth ambassadors, with Roy Wasi in the middle. Photo: Supplied: World Vision
What was once the 40-Hour Famine is now the 40-Hour Challenge, and this year World Vision is hoping to inspire young New Zealanders with a test for the modern era - to go offline for 40 hours.
The switch off can be social media, gaming, the internet - or even electricity.
This year's Challenge runs the weekend of June 13 to 15, and aims to draw attention to the impact climate change is having in the Pacific.
One in six children in the Pacific experience food poverty, with rising seas impacting on traditional fishing and farming practices and increasing food insecurity.
Joining Kathryn to talk about his country's experience of this is 19-year-old Roy Wasi.
He's from the Malaita Province in Solomon Islands and has represented his country at a number of global climate change forums.
TJ Grant, Associate National Director of World Vision New Zealand, explains how the challenge seeks to connect young Kiwis with the experiences of their Pacific neighbours.
