Welcome to Tournament of Minds - NT
An International educational program challenging the world to develop problem solving skills
TOM Update | 2026
Registrations are now open for our 2026 TOM NT Tounament. This year is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever.
We are also holding TIF 2026 up here in Darwin and looking forward to welcoming all the teams from across the Australian states and territories, as well as New Zealand, the UAE, Hong Kong and Indonesia. If you would like to help us by becoming a volunteer either before the event or during the event, please let us know as soon as possible so we can add you to our lkist. We estimate needing approximately 100 volunteers all up.
The Table below advises the Winners and Highly commended Teams from our NT 2025 tournament. The winning teams all represented the NT proudly at the International Final in Sydney and while everyone did their very best and enjoyed their time, The 7 Great Shaun Tannians from The Essington Secondary Language Literate Team came away with a First Place in their Discipline. Well done everyone.
Timeline | 2026
| Term 1 | School Registrations are open NOW | | |
Term 1 | Workshops - What is TOM? - Katherine - Online
- Tennant Creek - Online
- Alice Springs - Online
- Nhulunbuy- Online
- Darwin and Palmerston - Online
- Rural & Remote - Online
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Term 2 | Workshops - Student Workshops and Facilitator Workshops- Katherine - Online- Venue and eate TBC
- Tennant Creek- Online - Venue and date TBC
- Alice Springs - Online - Venue and date TBC
- Nhulunbuy - Online - Venue and date TBC
- Darwin and Palmerston - Online - Venue and dates TBC
- Rural & Remote - Online - on request
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| Term 2 (June) | Team Nominations Open - 1st June 2026 | | |
| Term 3 (July) | Challenges Released - 11th July 2025 | | |
| Term 3 (August)| Judges Workshop - Online - 13th August 2026 | | | |
| Term 3 (August) | Team Nominations Closed - 3rd August 2026 | | |
| Term 3 (August)| Northern Territory Final - 22nd August 2026 | | |
| Term 4 (November) | International Final in Darwin - 30th -31st October 2026 | | |
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Workshops | 2026
Based on the TOM principles of creative thinking and cooperative learning, TOM NT has developed workshops that will support you to implement TOM at your school.
Our workshops are revised each year to ensure that you update challenge information is made avaiable to team faciliators. Please contact the NT Director to customise a workshop that will suit your team's requirements.
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