Summer Technology Interns

2025 inaugural programme

Seven summer tech internships across three local iconic Queenstown businesses

  • Skyline Enterprises

  • RealNZ

  • AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand

“One of the most defining experiences of the past year was being selected for Technology Queenstown’s Summer Tech Internship Programme with Skyline Enterprises.”

— Samantha Sison

2025 Interns from Wakatipu High School and Liger Leadership Academy.

Photo credit: Queenstown's Mountain Scene

“Before this internship I always figured that getting into a job that I truly enjoyed was practically impossible.”

— Makam Adams

What the students said

Code, confidence and career clarity : finding a future a technology

Samantha Sison, Year 12 Wakatipu High School (2025) and Skyline Enterprises summer intern

This was my first real exposure to the world of technology beyond the classroom, and it completely changed the way I saw both the industry and my own potential within it.

I worked alongside Skyline’s ICT team, with 3 other interns, developing a sentiment analysis web application from the ground up. Our project used AI, API-based agents, and automated response generation to analyse and interpret customer sentiment.

Being trusted with meaningful project work in a professional environment challenged me technically, but also pushed me to grow in confidence, communication, and leadership.

What made this internship especially impactful was the exposure to the wider business and leadership side of technology.

Through meetings with professionals across ICT, cybersecurity, and Skyline’s senior leadership, I gained a much deeper understanding of how technology, innovation, and strategic decision-making intersect in the real world and how it can be used to solve real problems.

Being surrounded by people who were willing to mentor, encourage, and genuinely invest in young people interested in technology was something I’ll never take for granted.

This experience confirmed that technology is the space where I want to continue learning, contributing, and growing.

What school didn’t teach: lessons from a summer at EpicShot

Makam Adams, Year 12 Wakatipu High School (2025) and AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand summer intern

For my project I developed a new camera mounting system for EpicShot. I learned how to integrate my 3D design skills into rapid prototyping, where tolerances, mechanical loads, and safety were all much more of a consideration than normal.

Coming into this internship my expectations were that I would be following someone around half the time, and then for the other half I would be asked to completely rebuild a system from scratch. My initial thoughts were completely wrong. I learned so much more than I expected.

Throughout my project I collaborated with team members from marketing, engineering and product design who all helped. The internship introduced deadlines, feedback loops and testing in a real world environment where specifications mattered.

The experience for me was less about building technical skills but learning how the skills I already have can be utilised in real world markets, how to be a part of a team and how to communicate ideas.

I've always been a student with ambition, but direction is something I've struggled to find. Before this internship I spent my time building up what I thought were random unrelated skills. Now I know what skills are worth pursuing and how they intertwine in a professional environment.

This internship has given me a pathway by putting my foot in the door and showing me what is valuable to companies.

Before this internship I always figured that getting into a job that I truly enjoyed was practically impossible.

Now I know that finding a job that I enjoy is less about how well I do in school or university, or whatever my pathway might be, but more a mentality. You don't need to have perfect technical capabilities to have a good time, you just need to be aligned with the company's ambitions and willing to adapt.