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Connecting through Kōrero

How can we use data so that everyone can feel the power of connection through kōrero?

Go to Challenge | 2 teams have entered this challenge.

Day Tripper

How can we encourage visits to your favourite part of our paradise?

Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.

Getting Around

How can we move towards being a more accessible country?

Go to Challenge | 2 teams have entered this challenge.

Keep it Out, Stamp it Out, Manage it, or Recover from it

How might we create a hack that could help New Zealand Keep It Out, Stamp It Out, Manage It, or Recover From a pandemic?

Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.

Learn to be Green

Because of the lockdowns the world became a cleaner place - moving forward how do we work towards keeping it like this?

Go to Challenge | 1 team has entered this challenge.

Making the most of your KiwiSaver

How can we make Financial Literacy fun whilst learning about making the most of your KiwiSaver?

Go to Challenge | 1 team has entered this challenge.

Rail vs Roading

Rail vs Roading: which is more beneficial to communities and how do you prove it?

Go to Challenge | 0 teams have entered this challenge.

Responding to the next regional, country or world emergency

How can we better respond to the next regional, country or world emergency by leveraging emerging technologies and the plethora of government datasets available?

Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.

Thinking Outside the Box

This challenge is about showing your artistic side. Use data to create something artistic which fits into any of the 2020 GovHack Themes

Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.

International Challenges

Awareness, understanding and respect – How can Open Data help the #BLM movement?

The Black Lives Matter (#BLM) movement is not new, neither are racial injustices. However, in 2020 a series of racially motivated deaths, brutality and profiling in the US sent shockwaves around the world. Over 15 Million people took to the streets around the world to protest, and demand change. What can Open Government Data do to help the movement?

Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.

Caring for the Aged in COVID Times

How can we reimagine the aged care experience

Go to Challenge | 18 teams have entered this challenge.

Identifying government investment for enhancing community safety

How can governments apply resources so as to proactively address social issues before they escalate and require reactive interventions (e.g. social work, law enforcement etc.)?

Go to Challenge | 16 teams have entered this challenge.

Markets for recycled organic products made from food and garden organics

Food waste occurs from the farm to restaurants to households. When nutrients and carbon are buried in landfill, there is significant impact on the environment and public health through greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, biodiversity loss and resource depletion. How might we support the case for processing food waste into recycled organic products?

Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.

Science Tasker

How might we harness the power of the everyday citizen to conduct ongoing scientific research which has been hindered by constraints on travel due to COVID-19

Go to Challenge | 11 teams have entered this challenge.

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