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Below are some of the press releases related to the NZIBO.

 

(19 July 2010) A team of New Zealand secondary school science students have bagged two silver and two bronze medals at the International Biology Olympiad in Korea. Read the full article here.

(21 Dec 2009) Mentoring our young scientists. An article from the Association for Women in the Sciences Newsletter that focuses on the contributions of Dr Heather Meikle to science in New Zealand. Heather is Secretary of the NZIBO. The full article can be viewed here.

Why don’t we give trophies to our high academic achievers? The question was posed by a mother whose son had just been selected to attend the Chemistry Olympiad in Taipei in July. Why, she continued, do they get presented with a book or a book voucher?....
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10126234

When it comes to the science of biology, Sophia Frentz has her own experimentations on how to retain the information. The Year 13 Tauranga Girls' College student sings her notes _ literally _ and it works everytime.....
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/singing-sophia-secures
-spot-in-biology-olympiad/3900007/

15 outstanding students from throughout New Zealand recently participated in a selection camp for the New Zealand team to attend the International Biology Olympiad...
http://www.stcuthberts.school.nz/files/news-detail.asp?NewsID=1438

The Allan Wilson Centre recognises the importance of developing an interest in biology right from the school years and for this reason was actively involved in the 2005 International Biology Olympiad....
http://www.allanwilsoncentre.ac.nz/documents/newsletters/
AWC_newsletter_3_2005_09.pdf

Dr Angela Sharples is a teacher (Rotorua Girls’ High School) and the Chair of the New Zealand International Biology Olympiad Organising Committee (NZIBO) who aims to challenge and extend our top young secondary school biologists.
http://www.awis.org.nz/AWISNewsletterarchives/AWISSept2008
newslettercontents.pdf

This is a busy week for me - as well as all the 'normal' stuff, we're hosting the NZ Biology Olympiad training camp. An Olympiad - what's that, you ask?...
http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog/2008/04/