Hector Day Geobake 2025
It's time to get baking again
Open for entries from 14 -22 March 2025
Win a year's membership to the GSNZ and spot prizes
Every year the GSNZ recognises 16 March as Hector Day--New Zealand’s annual national geosciences day held to honour pioneering Aotearoa NZ geoscientist, James Hector. We at GSNZ like to celebrate by holding an online geoscience-themed baking competition!
How to enter
Design and bake something tasty that has a geoscience theme.
Take a photo of your finished creation and email your photo(s) to events@gsnz.org.nz by Saturday, 22 March 2025, 11:59pm.
Be sure to include:
• The baker’s name
• A geoscientific explanation of the baked item (50 word max.)
• The baker’s contact details (email address & phone number)
Anonymised entries will be judged by the GSNZ National Committee the following week.
Winners will be announced in a GSNZ Newsflash.