Competitions

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The Get2Go Challenge is run by OPC and sponsored by SPARC. It is a team adventure challenge for Year 9 and 10 students, designed to encourage them to get active in New Zealand’s great outdoors.

[] A national event that rewards and celebrates students who have demonstrated excellence in research and technological practice A national event that rewards and celebrates students who have demonstrated excellence in research and technological practice

Regional Science & Technology Fairs [] ETITO Bright Sparks Competition www.brightsparks.org.nz Yr13 Geography Competition www.nzgs.co.nz Young Historian Competition www.nzhta.org.nz Creativity Science & Technology CREST www.crest.org.nz Beacon Practicewww.techlink.org.nz Young Enterprise Scheme www.enzt.co.nz @http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/TeachersStudents/Programmes/bp_chall/ @http://www.footprints.otago.ac.nz/ @http://www.dgdesignnetwork.com.au/aderg/dg-student-design-competition-2008/ @http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/687734 @http://www.learnz.org.nz/index.php Transpower Neighbourhood Engineers Awards

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 * NZBoGT run competitions:**
 * Maatangi Whenua (Year 11)
 * Photographic Competition (Year 12)
 * Transit New Zealand Year 13 Geography Competition
 * Other Competitions:**
 * GIS in Schools Competition

NZBoGT Competition Details
 * Maatangi Whenua: Year 11 Geography Competition **

Open to Year 11 students from NZGS member schools, this annual competition involves a regional round in held in weeks 7, 8 or 9 of term 2, followed by a finals round to be held in Wellington on the 19th and 20th of September. Entries for this year's competition closed on Friday May 8th. The winners of the regional rounds are:
 * Whangarei Boys High School
 * Hamilton Boys High School
 * Palmerston North Boys High School
 * Hutt Valley High School
 * Shirley Boys High School
 * Central Southland College

The coordinator for 2009 is Hugh Williams Hugh.Williams@hvhs.school.nz. We are very appreciative of his willingness to take on this major role.


 * Year 12 Photographic Competition **

This competition is open to all Year 12 Geography students enrolled at a NZGS member school. Students submit up to three photographs on a theme. In 2009 the theme is "Accessing Our World". Photographs illustrate any aspect of students conducting field studies as long as it fits the theme. First prize is $250 followed by 4 runner up prizes of $50 each. [|Further details and the entry form].
 * NZ Transport Agency Year 13 Geography Competition (formerly Planning and Decision Making)**

This competition is run by the New Zealand Board of Geography Teachers in association with generous sponsors NZ Transport Agency. It is open to any Year 13 Geography student whose school is an NZGS member. This year the expectation of the competition is to encourage and foster excellent pieces of geographic research involving land use undertaken by Year 13 Geography students. Prizes for the top work presented include $1,000 for the winning entry, three runner-up prizes of $200 each, with a separate roading prize of $500. Schools should, therefore, submit their quality student work for this prestigious award. The NZBOGT is delighted to be associated with the N. Z, Transport Agency and reminds teachers than this agency is able to supply information on a huge variety of planning issues. Ideally the entry should be original research on a contemporary issue illustrating the following:
 * the nature of the issue outlining aims
 * methodology used in the research
 * viewpoints held by the stakeholders
 * results of the research
 * recommendations


 * evaluation of methodology and results