Young Innovator Awards creates tomorrow’s innovators by offering a hands-on, learn-by-doing experience. We challenge students to come up with a unique innovation that'll make the world a better place. The best entries, as judged by top innovators in NZ and abroad, win internships at leading innovative businesses in the Bay plus cash prizes up to $2,000.
Examine the world around you, you'll soon start to see there are problems everywhere in our world waiting to be solved.
Research your target customer or user and develop an original solution that specifically solves the problem you've identified.
Communicate your ideas to the judges by submitting your entry online, using our template worksheets and video. Be creative!
The finalists are selected and the awards evening is held. Join your fellow innovators and be inspired by our world-class keynote speakers!
Our young innovators win valuable internship experiences with some of the Bay's top innovative businesses plus their share of thousands in cash prizes.
Stevie Shaw
Aquinas College
To make seedling planter pots from a bi product that comes from pulp and paper mills
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Aquinas College
To make a scratch off sticker & mobile app telling people when to take their antibiotics during a course
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Otumoetai College
A wristband for cyclists which vibrate when cars are passing
See morePlay VideoPhoebe Watson
Aquinas College
Paper straps that the supermarket butchery or deli put around your own containers and seal with their stickers
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