By Rachel Tiffen
Over the years the Lower Hutt suburb of Pomare has made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Violence, gang intimidation, police raids on gang houses and as a result of the unrest, a major block of state houses was demolished.
Now with a little bit of help from some grown-ups the suburb's children, many who grew up in those bulldozed state homes are calling for change for a safer community.
And they're taking to initiative and doing it through a documentary.
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