Competitions

International olympiads, entered from New Zealand.

Vertex Academy is the New Zealand point of contact for a small number of international academic competitions. Each has its own age range, subjects, calendar and way in: some you enter on the organiser’s own site, some we submit for you.

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NextGen Olympiad

A global academic competition for ages 6 to 17, with online rounds in Maths and Science and a supervised sitting in Auckland. You register on the organiser’s own site; the practice papers, the grade-band check and the Avondale seat are free from us.

Ages 6 to 17 Maths and Science Entries close 23 October

Dates, format and how to enter

Infomatrix

An international computer-project competition across AI, robotics and software. Students build a project here and present it internationally, with the Asia-Pacific qualifier sat in Sydney and the world finals in Bucharest.

Ages 6 to 18 AI, robotics, software Project based

What counts as a project, and how to enter

Not running this year

GENIUS Olympiad

An environmental project competition across nine disciplines, with global finals in New York. It is not running in 2026-27: the organisers cancelled the Australasian regional round. The page is kept because the competition continues elsewhere and may return.

Paused for 2026-27 9 disciplines

What GENIUS is, and what changed

Not sure which one?

An olympiad is a poor first step for a student still consolidating the basics

Age, year level and how far ahead a student already is all matter. A free assessment is the honest place to start, and it costs nothing to find out. If the answer is that your child is not ready for one of these, we will say so.

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