Science & Technology Fair

Fair Information

2023 NIWA Wellington Regional
Science and Technology Fair

Wed 30 August – Sat 2 September 2023

@ Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Te Herenga—Waka Victoria University of Wellington
(Google Map)

Calendar

2023 Fair

31

July

The closing date for Project Registration

Monday 31 July 2023 @ 11:59 pm.

Each school can register up to 20 projects.

30

August

Setup Day

Between 12:30 pm and 4:30 pm. All Poster or Display boards should be placed in their pre-allocated positions. All Students should Register.

Venue

Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus (Map)
Te Herenga—Waka Victoria University of Wellington

31

August

Judging Day- (No public viewing)

Current Proposals are:-
9 am - 12 noon: Classes 1 and 2 (Yr 7 and 8).
1 - 3 pm: Classes 3, 4, 5 (Yrs 9-13). Students should be available at these times to meet the judges, and discuss their work. After judging, students are encouraged to explore the rest of the fair, but please do not get in the way of the judges.

1

September

Public Viewing

9:00 am - 3:00 pm public viewing

Results Announcement

The announcement of results on this site at 12:00 Noon.

2

September

Public Viewing

9:00 am - 12 noon public viewing

Project Collection

Collect your exhibits between 3pm & 6 pm.

We do not have any storage facility, so whatever is left behind after 3 pm will be discarded.

2

September

Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Venue

Rutherford House, Lecture Theatre 2, Pipitea Campus, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington (Map)

All prize winners, families, friends, teachers and exhibitors are welcome to attend.

Competition Rules

Find complete set of Rules, Regulations and Guidelines for physical science fair or virtual fair.

Challenges

Think big, ask questions, find science in daily life and work on targeted inquiry-based projects.

Prizes

Students in the Wellington region compete for nearly $20,000 in awards, prizes and scholarships. Click to see the complete list.

Previous Prize Winners

Find all the previous results for NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology fair.