Genesia Girls Hackathon 2025

The Genesia Girls Hackathon was held during the 26th - 27th July, 2025, at the XEquals Office at 93 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington!

At our event, six teams of participants competed to create a Digital Technology-based solution towards a problem of their choice in our current Healthcare System in Aotearoa.

We had an amazing speaker panel from Victoria University Wellington Women in Technology.

Overall, it was an incredibly fun event, with many participants leaving with new friends, connections, and a new-founded interest in Technology!

Create-a-thon

Genesia Girls Create-a-thon 2026

The Genesia Girls Create-a-thon was held during the 24th - 25th of January, 2026, at CreativeHQ on 7 Dixon Street, Wellington!

At our event, four teams of participants competed to create a Creative Technology-based solution towards a problem of their choice in our current Healthcare System in Aotearoa.

There was a number of opportunities to learn about various Creative Technology tools throughout our event, with our amazing mentors teaching participants UX and User Planning techniques.

Overall, it was a great event, with many participants leaving with new friends, connections, and opportunities.

Workshop Day 2025

Our team at Genesia Girls ran a Workshop Day for high school aged female and gender diverse students on October 19th.

This event showcased some of the range of possibilities within Digital Technologies, including 3D Modeling and Animation, Circuits (Arduino), and Web Design!

Genesia Girls is a fully independently student-founded organisation. This event would not have been possible without the support of the people and organisations which believed in and funded us.

Thank you to the following organisations:

Our Sponsors

TechStep
CreativeHQ

Venue and Supporting Staff

XEquals
VUWWIT
TuhuraTech

Special thanks to Ryan Sumner and Marianne Malstrom for always believing in us and supporting us through whatever we do.

Finally, thank you to all our participants! You are the reason behind what we do.