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REGIONAL CHALLENGES

This year’s event is being held in our three regions – Northern, Central, Southern - across New Zealand.

Regional challenges for July 2023 are in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Regional challenges are a way for an apprentice to pitch themself against others in their region to find the top two finishers.

Auckland – ACSL Group, 1st July

Wellington – BDT Black Diamond Technologies, 15th July

Christchurch – TBC, 29th July

Final competition. The two top finishers from each regional challenge go into the final competition with 6 competitors battling it out for top honours to be awarded the “Wallie Askew Memorial Cup”. Palmerston North – Steelfort, 27-28th October

RULES AND ELIGIBILITY

With the recent announcement of the MOU from IRHACE with WorldSkills NZ the content of the competition has been updated to include different facets of the industry. These changes are so that we can work towards our ultimate goal for a New Zealand apprentice to represent us on the world stage at WorldSkills.

Eligibility rules have been updated to allow for more competitors at an earlier time in their career to enter the competition i.e., 1st and 2nd year apprentices, whilst maintaining their enrolment in an apprenticeship.

• Competitors must have served at least 6 months of their apprenticeship and must still be enrolled as an apprentice at the time of the finals competition.

• Entrants can enter the competition a maximum of 5 times.

• Maximum age of 25 years at the time of finals competition.

ENTRANTS AND FINALISTS

The price to enter the competition remains FREE, with all regional challenge entrants paying for their own travel and accommodation (if needed).

Finalists who finish in the top two (2) in their region qualify for the final competition. Costs for travel and accommodation are the responsibility of the finalist or finalist’s company to, from and the duration of the final competition.

All entrants are expected to wear their company attire for both regional challenges and final competitions for the duration of the competition.