Welcome to Tournament of Minds - New Zealand

An educational program challenging the world to develop problem solving skills

2025 Registrations now open

Free, online workshops 'What is TOM' - come along and find out how Tournament of Minds can excite and challenge your students.

Register by clicking on the 'Workshop' tab at the top of this page

Term 1

February - 'What is TOM' workshops for facilitators- free and online

March - 'Implementing TOM in your school' - online, $50 per school (unlimited participants)

Term 2

June - Team Development workshops for students - dates and venues to be confirmed

Term 3

14 July - Challenge pack released

23 August - Regional Tournaments are held on in Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christchurch

13 September - National Tournament at Victoria, University of Wellington

Term 4

1/2 November - International Final in Sydney, Australia

Contact Jocelyn at [email protected] or Ruth at [email protected] for more information.


2024 Tournament of Minds International Final Results

Congratulations to St Mark's School Christchurch who won the Primary Language Literature Challenge at the Tournament of Minds International Final on 1 November.

Congratulations also to Papatoetoe High School for receiving Honours in the Secondary Arts Challenge.

All six teams representing New Zealand did incredibly well. We are super proud of them:

Lincoln Primary School

Lincoln High School

St Mark's School

Hadlow School

Papatoetoe High School


2025 School Registrations are now open


2024 National Tournament

Congratulations to all the schools and teams who took part in the New Zealand National Tournament held on Saturday, 21 September at Victoria University of Wellington. Teams who won first place were invited to the Tournament of Minds International Final being held in Sydney, Australia on 1/2 November. We wish you every success.

2024 New Zealand National Results

Language Literature

Primary Winners - St Mark's School (Christchurch)

Primary Honours - St Kentigern's Girls' School (Auckland)

Secondary Winners - Lincoln High School (Lincoln)

Secondary Honours - Cornerstone Christian School (Palmerston North)

Social Sciences

Primary Winners - Hadlow School (Masterton)

Primary Honours - Lincoln Primary School (Lincoln)

Secondary Winners - Lincoln High School (Lincoln)

STEM

Primary Winners - Lincoln Primary School (Lincoln)

Primary Honours - Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School

Secondary Winners - Lincoln High School (Lincoln)

Secondary Honours - Onehunga High School (Auckland)

The Arts

Primary Winners - Royal Oak Primary School (Auckland)

Primary Honours - Queenspark School (Christchurch)

Secondary Winners - Papatoetoe High School (Auckland)

Secondary Honours - Nga Tawa Diocesan School for Girls (Palmerston North)

2024 Regional Tournaments

Congratulations to all the schools and teams who took part in one of the four Regional Tournaments (Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christchurch). We had 140 teams from 47 schools across the motu. Click here for the results from the different regions.

We are looking forward to seeing all our successful teams at the National Tournament being held at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington on 21 September.

Thank-you to our TIF sponsors

Lincoln Primary School:

Papatoetoe High School:

St Mark's School

Hadlow School

Thank-you to our National sponsor

Victoria University

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