May 2025 EC round-up
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Here are May's extracurricular opportunities, events, competitions and grants for NZ intermediate and high-school students.
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NEW OPPORTUNITIES
OnScreen National Short Filmmaking Challenge Years 7 - 13 Free Individual or Group| Tags: filmmaking, screenwriting, creative arts
Commonwealth Youth - Heads of Government Meeting 2025 Years 11 - 13 Individual | Tags: global politics, international law
Hokonui Fashion Design Awards 2025 All students Free Individual or Group| Tags: fashion
Robocup Jr Ages 8 - 18 Group| Tags: robotics, coding, competition
Girlboss: We the Women Hackfest Years 12 - 13 girls Free Individual| Tags: leadership, young women
NEW ACADEMIC/WRITING COMPETITIONS
NZ Engineering Science Competition Years 12 - 13 Free Individual| Tags: academic competitions, Economics
New Zealand Maths Olympiad Years 11 - 13 Free Individual| Tags: academic competitions, Mathematics
NZ Physics and Mathematics Competition 2025 Years 9 - 13 Free Individual| Tags: academic competitions, Economics
FROM LAST MONTH'S NEWSLETTER
Play it Strange Junior Songwriting Competition 2025 Years 9 - 11 Free Individual | Tags: songwriting
New Zealand Secondary Schools Case Competition Years 10 - 13 Free Group | Tags: team-based, business, problem-solving
NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition Ages 17 and under Individual | Tags: poetry-writing
Sargeson Prize (Short story competition) Ages 16-18 Free Individual | Tags: short story writing, competitions
CAM Kiwi Competitions 2025 (English, Mathematics, Science, and Spelling Bee) Years 5 - 10 Individual | Tags: academic competitions
NZ Economics Competition Years 11 - 13 Free Individual| Tags: academic competitions, Economics
The purpose of this EC newsletter is to connect students with the many, and often free, EC opportunities which might touch upon a student's areas of interest. If you have any queries, please contact us at jacob@trajectory.co.nz.