The GovHack movement in the Northern Territory is strong, vibrant and going into the 2025 event, the biggest in the nation, according to GovHack Northern Territory Lead, Harsh Rastogi.
With some 70+ attendees at the Darwin GovHack connections event on Friday August 22, it was the largest of all the connections events in Australia and New Zealand by a long margin.
With the official launch on Friday August 29, it means that the NT brand of GovHack will be very busy organising teams and allocating challenges for the largest all-ages national hackathon event.
GovHack was first run at the Australian National University in 2009, funded by the Australian “Gov 2.0 Taskforce”. Participants at GovHack 2014 in Sydney. In 2012, GovHack became an annual event and was run in two locations.
Today’s it’s run across al capital cities and many regional centres including Darwin and now, New Zealand.
Attendees were encouraged to get excited by data and it’s many possibilities by ACS NT Chair, Damien Charles. Former NT Winner, Mit Dinh, highlighted the role of teamwork and enthusiasm for success. Darwin Innovation Hub’s, Dante St James asked entrants to seek out the greatest data of all, that which verifies whether the solutions they are building are helpful and desired by the market.
GovHack takes place at the Charles Darwin University Danala campus on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August 2025 after the official launch event on Friday 29th August at Darwin Innovation Hub.
Photos: Krish Nayyar
