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Silvia’s Lifehack Journey So Far

Lifehack has been a great discovery journey for me so far and my trip to Christchurch and meeting Lifehackers in Wellington has been a highlight! In Christchurch I met up with teams – but was also able to connect with…

Touching Base in Auckland and Dunedin

I had an amazing trip to Auckland and Dunedin. I met up with members of each top 10 team in those cities, as well as the wider community of Lifehack supporters. Thanks to everyone who took the time to come …

Hello, Nice To Meet You – We’re Coming to Visit!

There is much news from LIFEHACK HQ! By now you should have heard about some of the changes to the team, but the best news yet is that a couple of our newbies, Alanna & Silvia from the Enspiral Network …

A FAREWELL, AND A WELCOME

We’re nearing the end of the first series of LIFEHACK. So, we’re making time to reflect on all of the amazing things that have happened so far, and how we can keep sharing, and growing all of the energy and …

It’s been awesome

What a year it’s been so far. LIFEHACK has been the most amazing ride, and I’m so proud of everything that’s come out of it.

LIFEHACK has shown me that there are so many awesome people who all believe in …

Top Idea Videos LIVE!

The time has come. After months and months of preparation, they’re finally ready – the 10 top ideas of LIFEHACK 2013.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce these to you in no particular order.

Judging begins today (Friday …

Dunedin Wrap Up – saving the best ’til last!

Our final LIFEHACK Weekend for 2013 went down in Dunedin, and once again we were blown away by the ingenuity and talent on display.

The weekend kicked off at The Hunter Center, located at The University of Otago’s health sciences …

LIFEHACKING in Christchurch!

Wow, what a weekend! Here in Christchurch, we’ve turned community spirit into an art form, and this was evident during our LIFEHACK Weekend.  Everyone pitched in to make sure the event was a memorable one.

Olivia and I knew we …

The Creative Capital has been lifehacked!

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

— chris clay(@chrisclaynz) April 14, 2013

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

Counting down to Christchurch – Registrations close on Friday!

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 …

3 DAYS TO GO!!!

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 …

AUCKLAND LIFEHACKERS – Dreams, Schemes and Creations

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 …

AUCKLAND HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN LIFEHACKED!

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 …

Auckland Lifehackers Assemble!

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 …

Wellington – Reports from on the Road

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 …

Dunedin – A hectic but productive week!

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 …

Christchurch – It’s All Coming Together!

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 …

Location, Location, Location, Grateful

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 …

The Speech That Started It All

For today’s post I thought I’d share the speech I gave at the launch of LIFEHACK. (Sadly I wasn’t able to get it recorded, but I think this does the trick…)

If you told me that I’d be sharing the …

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 …