The annual New Zealand Engineering Science competition is a problem solving event for teams of senior secondary students organised by the University of Auckland's Department of Engineering Science, and sponsored by Orion Health and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. This fun and challenging competition is for teams of three or four Year 12 or 13 students who are interested in Mathematics and Science.

This year’s competition was held on 1st August from 10am to 6pm. An open ended question was posted online at 10am and students had to research and submit their report before 6pm.

This year’s question was:

“ How many satellites can be launched into orbit before astronomers on earth can no longer observe the night sky without interruption?”