Nikita is off to the Olympics! News report from Seven Sharp
On the eve of the departure of the New Zealand Biology Olympiad team to Aarhus, Denmark, Seven Sharp ran this lovely story about Nikita Lyons one of this years team. Take the time to watch the interview here
Top biology student off to Denmark Olympiad
A nice little article from Waikato University about Nikita, member of this year’s team. Link to the Waikato University article
Newsflash – Biology Olympiad camp is on
The practical training and selection camp is in full swing. A great three days in the labs at Waikato University hosted by Dr Alison Campbell was followed by a challenging practical exam. Then it was up to Auckland and a day studying bird behaviour at Tawharanui with Prof. Dianne Brunton from the Institute of Natural […]
Congrats to Olivia Tidswell
Olivia Tidswell, a former Tauranga Girls’ College student, participated in the 2009 – 2010 NZIBO programme. NZIBO is incredibly proud of her as she has won one of the five Wellcome Trust doctorate scholarships to Cambridge University in Britain. This is an incredibly prestigious scholarship, worth nearly $300,000 and will allow Olivia to complete her […]
Top of the World!
Congratulations to Ethan Sorrell, for his most recent Cambridge International Examination (CIE) results. Finishing Top in the World in Biology, Top in the World in Psychology, Top in New Zealand in Chemistry and Top in New Zealand in Physics, Ethan was awarded the Premium Award for the highest grade across 3 A Level subjects. Ethan is […]
Training Camp 2014
The 24 students that met at Auckland Airport on Easter Monday, 2014, had travelled from all over NZ and few students knew anyone at all. The hour long wait for late arriving flights was boring enough to be quite an icebreaker and it was not long before students were sitting cross-legged on the carpet in […]
2014 IBO – Bali, Indonesia
The 2014 New Zealand International Biology Olympiad Team Selection process started in August of 2013. 344 students from across New Zealand participated in the thinking skills examination designed to select participants for the summer Mastering Biology tutorial programme. A total of 123 participants worked through twelve modules designed to guide their learning of essential content […]
Kate Duggan 2005
Inaugural team member 2005, Douglas Robb award recipient and top Senior Scholar in medicine and surgery 2011, University of Auckland My name is Kate Duggan, and I was lucky enough to have travelled to Beijing, China in 2005 as part of the inaugural New Zealand contingent to the International Biology Olympiad. It was an utter […]
Bronze all round in Switzerland 2013
The NZ International Biology Olympiad team of David Chou (MacLeans College), Stuart Curran (Lindisfarne College), Gillian McNaughton (Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu) and Evelyn Qian (Diocesan School for Girls) journeyed from Auckland to Bern via Dubai in early July. To allow the team to acclimatise and prepare for the competition, the group visited Zurich […]
23rd IBO, Singapore 2012 – A report from Evelyn Qian
The IBO 2012 was a magical experience. Despite the dizzying heat and the sleep depriving hours, the Biology Olympiad is an experience I’ll never forget. While everyone was there for a competition, there was great cooperation as we discussed biology and gave moral support to each other, across borders, across skin colours and across oceans. […]