Health Challenge
Te wero a te roopu tiaki hauora
Future of Health Disrupt Challenge
Each year Te Papa Hauora partners with the University of Canterbury Centre for Entrepreneurship (UCE) to provide local tertiary students with the opportunity to tackle some key issues facing the health sector.
Students get to connect with others across different disciplines, network with mentors and health experts, and apply their studies to real world challenges.
Students develop creativity, innovation, teamwork, problem-solving skills, and gain presentation experience over a weekend with peers.
Why take part?
He aha te kaupapa e hipokina ana
About the Challenge
- Students are placed in multi-disciplinary teams to work on challenge question set by Te Papa Hauora.
- Assisted by mentors from the Waitaha health system, students develop ideas and solutions over the course of a weekend.
- Teams finish with a pitch presentation of their concept to a panel of judges and health experts.
Our 2026 Challenge has completed.
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Health Challenge FAQs
Here are a few of the most common questions we get asked about the Health Challenge.
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My background isn't in health, but I'm interested in joining this challenge. Can I still apply?
Yes, this course is designed for all students, regardless of their background, who are interested in creating solutions to real world challenges in health today.
I'd like to submit a whole team, can we do the challenge together?
Yes, you can register as a team (3 to 5 people max.). Single registrations will be placed in a team.
I'm not sure I can commit to the whole weekend, is this ok?
We ask that you make yourself available for the full weekend. We run this over the weekend so it doesn’t conflict with your regular studies.