Vertex Academy is the New Zealand entry route for a small number of international academic competitions. Each has its own age range, subjects and calendar.
A global academic competition for ages 6 to 17, with online rounds in Maths and Science and a supervised sitting in Auckland. Dates, format and how to enter.
An international computer-project competition across AI, robotics and software. Students build a project here and present it internationally. What counts as a project, and how to enter.
An environmental project competition. 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. What GENIUS is, and what changed.
Age, year level and how far ahead a student already is all matter, and an olympiad is a poor first step for someone still consolidating the basics. A free assessment is the honest place to start, and it costs nothing to find out.