Awards: Lyn Parlane (left), Stacey Jones (YIA), YIA internship winners Louis Donovan, Sam Sheaff, Holly Sheaff, Sasha Van-Beek, and Lydia Gilmour, Nigel Tutt and Josh Saunders (YIA). Photo/Supplied
The Tauranga business and education community has had an opportunity to see the fruits of its support for the Young Innovator Awards (YIA) internships, which took place last month.
The internships were an opportunity for last year's YIA winners to have a follow-on opportunity to develop their ideas with leading
local innovators.
The eight local students presented the results of their work late last week to a group which included Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless and Priority One chief executive Nigel Tutt.
"The Young Innovator Awards internship is a unique, hands-on opportunity for our winners to experience innovation first-hand," said Mr Tutt.
"Seeing how far the students' ideas have developed with the help of the Bay's top businesses is a testament to what you can achieve when you bring the business and education communities together."
Locus Research and Woods Creative provided senior winner Lydia Gilmour with a two-week internship to develop her idea, Swiftwrap, a mini-cling wrap dispenser offering fast first aid relief to burns victims.
