Posts by Gina Rembe

Five more awesome ideas pitched @lifehackhq. If this is an example of NZs problem solving potential we need more events like this!

This tweet from one of our judges, Chris Clay, couldn’t really sum …

Things have been hectic here in Christchurch this week, with the end of the week and the close of registrations drawing nearer!

Big thanks to the Ministry of Awesome, IITP, and CPIT, for putting the word out!, and we’re looking …

Fresh off the back of an inspiring time in Auckland to attend the inaugral Lifehack event (read more about it here), I am pumped and rocking through the final touches for Wellington THIS FRIDAY!!

Final touches have been made with …

No blog post can do justice to the incredible work that was put in by each team over the weekend, but we’ll do our best to summarise all of the heart and creativity that was put in:

Springboard

This team …

Our first weekend is now done and dusted, but we’re still basking in the glow of all of the amazingness that the Auckland Lifehackers brought to the weekend.

Right from Friday night the beautiful new WG Building at AUT became …

We’re sprinting towards our first LIFEHACK weekend, with Auckland proceedings kicking off in just over a day!

And of course the most important part of a LIFEHACK Weekend is the LIFEHACKERS themselves, so we were pretty excited to lock down …

Back once again, this time writing from a Christchurch cafe.

This week I’m on the road, ending with a trip up north to be at the inaugural LIFEHACK event in Auckland. The time is almost here.

If you didn’t see …

Hi Everyone!

I realised last week that I never properly introduced myself! So here we go:

Hi! I’m Tom and I’m a 20 year old 3rd year Student at Otago Uni studying towards a BSc in Neuroscience. I’m also a …

Hey everyone! 

We’re excited to announce that the University of Canterbury College of Arts Digital Humanities Programme will be hosting our Christchurch LIFEHACK Weekend on campus at The Undercroft in the James Hight Building!  It’s a awesome space!  

The University …

I’m back again with a whole bundle of awesome news from Wellington!

What a week! I’m so hugely grateful to a couple of individuals – Anna Brown from Massey Uni, and Philippa Bowron at Wellington City Council for all their …

Hi folks,

I’m back, this time with a little Pep Talk, courtesy of Kid President…

Right, so, in the wise words of Kid President – “Create something that will make the world awesome”.

Want to be that person? The one …

I’m not going to lie to you – the last seven days have been emotionally draining! Feeling the pressure to keep LIFEHACK progressing is hard when you’re tank’s running empty. From receiving the resignation letter from our Auckland Regional Coordinator …

Dunedin has one of the highest populations of students and of young people in the country – and it makes sense! Home to the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic and a myriad of high schools Dunedin can be a great …

Here at LIFEHACK Christchurch we truly believe that young people are the best people to find the solutions for the challenges young people face. So, I’ve got my right hand lady Olivia Taylor (16), our student event coordinator helping out …

Exciting times!

Wellington registrations are starting to roll in, but we’d love to see more of them – so please do feel free to share the word about Lifehack and mention it to your friends!

Off the back of the …

The last few months have been crazy! LIFEHACK has taken shape faster than any project I’ve ever been involved in.

The roadmap of my life over the last few months has looked something like this: funding-idea-branding-signoff-planning-hire-do-do-do-hire-do-do-do-hire-hire-launch-do-even more…. all in just …

And so it all begins. LIFEHACK launched last night!!

Official media release is here for your reading.

Date: 28 February 2013

LIFEHACK CALLS FOR HIPSTERS, HACKERS & HUSTLERS

TO HELP COMBAT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

LIFEHACK, a new initiative aimed …

We’re counting down now until our official project launch. Only a couple to go!

We’ll share the details of what we’re up to here soon… watch this space!

For now though, all you need to know is that we’re calling …