The Soho Film and Original Composition Competition, which was run as a collaboration between Queen Elizabeth II National Trust and Victoria University, was organised to celebrate the Mahu Whenua covenants which were formally opened in the weekend by the National Trust and Soho Property Ltd. The covenants are New Zealand’s largest ever private land protection agreement, protecting 53,000 hectares of high country landscape near Arrowtown.
In 2014, Ruby Judson completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in film and international business. Steffan Paton gained a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in composition at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) last year and is now undertaking a Master of Musical Arts.