We are delighted to partner with Wellington NZ to help deliver our first Satellite in the Wairarapa in 2026. ​We are excited in our 10th year to be piloting a one day STEMM event in the Wairarapa. This event is open to year 11 and 12 female students from the Wellington region. The event is on Thursday 8th October 2026 9.15am - 3pm at Wairarapa Events Centre (Carterton) as part of Carterton Space Week. This IYM Satellite event offers a hands-on opportunity to explore careers

Our biggest fundraiser of the year is back this October. Co-hosted with Rotary Hutt City, IYM’s Quiz Night brings together supporters, families and friends for a fun evening of trivia, all in aid of getting more young women into STEMM. Put a team together and join us with every dollar raised goes straight back into our programmes reaching students across the Wellington region and New Zealand. We need your prizes This is where you come in. We’re on the hunt for auction and raf

She signed up for IYM to escape tunnel vision. Six years later, she spent 45 days camping in the Taylor Valley chasing greenhouse gases out of melting permafrost. Caitlin Berquist grew up in Ōhope, a small town near Whakatane, a long way from Wellington. She did IYM in Year 12 in 2019 and remembers being locked onto one path at the time. “I was very much like, I’m going to be a doctor or a vet, kind of my whole life,” she says. “And then when it came to applying for universit