A breathtakingly clever engineering product that has solved an age-old problem or shifted from the ‘always done this way’ mentality.

To be envied

• An approach that shows investigation, discovery, creative problem solving and inventiveness.

• Lateral thinking and problem solving – a solution to an identified need or problem, or a new benefit or advantage over existing alternatives.

• Inspiration for future innovators – how has the innovation been made available to the public, and how does it contribute to engineering knowledge?

Criteria

• Entries are open to individuals, teams, firms or other groups

• For engineering-based new or improved products or services

• Work substantially completed in New Zealand, by engineers who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents

• May include work by non-engineers

• Work substantially completed between November 2020 and November 2022

• Do not have to be Engineering New Zealand members

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Judging criteria