Changes to FIRST LEGO League

Written By FIRST NZ

Kia ora koutou

We are very pleased to announce that FIRST® and LEGO® Education have come together to re-imagine the FIRST LEGO League programme.

For the upcoming season we will be offering the programme - FIRST® LEGO® League Future Edition with the newly designed LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI hardware. For more information follow this link to  the FIRST LEGO League Announcement Blog Post and a video.

This does not mean you will not be able to use SPIKE™Prime - FIRST® LEGO® League Founders Edition as we will be running both models for the 2026 and the 2027 seasons. However after that we will only be supporting the FIRST® LEGO® League Future Edition using LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI hardware. SPIKE™Prime - FIRST® LEGO® League Founders Edition will only be supported for those two years. Please read the official retirement announcement here for further information.


For the 2026 and 2027 FIRST LEGO League seasons, teams participating in either the Founders Edition or Future Edition events will have the opportunity to be invited to either World Festival at FIRST Championship or an Open Invitational event. These events will continue to showcase top teams globally.


MTA will be selling the new LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI hardware. We will be meeting with MTA to work through pricing . The new hardware becomes available in New Zealand from April onwards. FIRST® New Zealand will be running monthly competitions from April for teams to win LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI hardware so keep an eye on our website. FIRST® New Zealand will also be offering grants to existing teams to also help each team to make the change. You will continue to register your teams and order your mats for both the Founders and Futures editions through FIRST® New Zealand.

Over the next few weeks you will notice our website changing as we incorporate the FIRST® LEGO® League Future Edition. LEGO and FIRST, have posted a FAQ you can read. As our community provides feedback and asks questions we will also develop our own NZ specific FAQ so do not hesitate to contact us directly on transition@firstnz.org.

We are very excited to be part of this and we know our teams enjoy a new challenge that provides greater involvement, opportunities and fun.


Ngā mihi nui

FIRST NZ
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