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Events

Events on the Horizon

The following is a list of events coming up. Listed in Date order.
As they get close we will add in a sign up link if needed (which will also have more information)

• SpaceBase Visit May 25th (Thursday 5:30pm)
  This will be a talk about NZ’s Space Industry (the sort of jobs you could get into) as well as climate change. Importantly they will be talking to us about the Space for Planet Earth Challenge 2023 This challenge is about using satellite data, in combination with other data sources to identify locations of methane emissions on Earth. There is a category in this challenge for high school aged teams (along with University teams and professional teams). Spacebase.co
  
  

• Armageddon Expo - 3/4/5 of June
  Lets again go down to this event as a swarm. Armageddon is a weird and interesting cultural experience. It is also an opportunity to dress up in cosplay. It is a long weekend and we will probably go down on Sunday - but plans are still to be made. We can either hire a bus (worked well last time) or as a collection of parents with cars.
  Armageddon Expo
  
  

• Terrible Ideas Hackathon July 6th and 7th (Thursday/Friday)
  This Northland High School TWO DAY team challenge in the first week of the holidays. It’s about creativity, inventiveness, silliness and cleverness. And excessive use of duct tape and hot glue. Start dreaming up great terrible ideas now. More info to come.
  
  

• Climate Action Film Competition - Deadline 8th July This is about creating a five to seven-minute film that shares a story of people working to adapt to, or mitigate climate change. This can be started now. 8th July is the deadline.
  More info here
  
  

• KiwiJam - 21-23 July
  A 48hr game making event. This for physical as well as digital games. There will likely be a Whangarei site this year so we will be able to have younger people involved. Fast and frenzied game making - it is amazing what can be achieved by teams in a weekend.
  Our Signup List
  https://kiwijam.org/
  
  

• 48hours NZ Short Film Competition - Early Aug
  The date is yet to be confirmed. But yes, let’s enter again this year. Each year we get better and better.
  
  

• Govhack - 18—20 August GovHack is an annual open government data competition held all over Australia and New Zealand. Last year our team won several prizes (cash and a trip to Melbourne red carpet awards). What will happen this year?
  https://govhack.org/
  
  

• Space for Planet Earth Challenge - 31 August
  This is the deadline for submitting initial proposals of what you might do. After this there is support to help you with creating a full project idea for presenting early next year. Serious prizes.
  https://spacebase.co/challenges/space-challenge-2023/