TENZ: Design competition gets political to test creativity

Design competition gets political to test creativity

The votes have been counted and the results are in for this year’s TENZ Design Competition. The challenge for students was to come up with a new three-story building for Ministers and MPs. It had to also accommodate a new press gallery offices, have a Green Star rating of 6, complement the existing Executive wing, and link to Parliament House.

“The judges were amazed at the outstanding efforts that all students made,” said TENZ’s Sarah Washbrooke. “A wide range of design ideas were presented in lots of different formats, including annotated sketches, 3D modelling and videos in TinkerCAD, Roblox, Minecraft, and CoSpaces. The winning entries showed creativity, innovation, sustainable design links to Te Ao Mãori and New Zealand culture, as well as fulfilling the brief.” Competition results

ECE to Year 2

1st Myra Shanaya, Fruitvale School 2nd Nia Matoe-Naufahu, Fruitvale School 3rd Te Auhaere Shelford-Fleming, Fruitvale School

Years 3 to 5

1st Ibrahim Sheikh and Pumanawa Limbrick-Euera, Fruitvale School 2nd Sophia Anwarzada, Fruitvale School = 3rd: Mishika Chawla, Papatoetoe Central School = 3rd: Maanvir Chawla, Papatoetoe Central School

Years 6 to 8

1st Kiwi Amohanga, Ronak Varma, Chase Tautae and Denzel Toloa, Fruitvale School = 2nd: Daniel Drury and Liam Homan, Kirkwood Intermediate School = 2nd: Finn Butchers and Will MacIntyre, Kirkwood Intermediate School 3rd Mikayla Liang, Kenakena School Highly Commended Ethan Runganaikaloo, Kenakena School

Years 9 and 10

1st Ashlee Jackson, Howick College 2nd Callum Edwards, Howick College = 3rd Seraphiel, Howick College = 3rd Susannah Chamley, Howick College Technology Education New Zealand (TENZ) is a professional, collaborative network for supporting teachers of technology education. For more go to tenz.org.nz and

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