Flight of the Fantail

* Steph was a recipient of one of the mentorships on Te Papa Tupu programme, where she worked on Flight of the Fantail. * Her writing has been published in the School Journal, Annual edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris, in Playmarket's New Zealand Play Series and Kiwiparent magazine. * Steph won best script at the Taranaki regional finals for the 48-hour short film awards in 2016 and was selected for the national finals. Her story A Story of Rona won an award in the 8-12 year category in Playmarket's Plays for the Young competition in 2013 and was published in Playmarket's New Zealand Play Series. * Flight of the Fantail has an Aotearoa New Zealand setting and the main characters are diverse and recognisable contemporary young people.

A busload of high school students crash in a remote part of Aotearoa New Zealand. Only a few survive; their phones are not working and there's no food. There is also something strange happening here. To make it out, they have to discover what's really going on and who or what is behind it all.A busload of high school students crashes in bush in a remote part of Aotearoa New Zealand. Only a few of the teenagers survive; they find their phones don't work, there's no food, and they've only got their wits to keep them alive. There's also something strange happening here. Why are the teenagers having nosebleeds and behaving erratically, and why is the rescue effort slow to arrive? To make it out, they have to discover what's really going on and who or what is behind it all.