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DNA Drive

Discover how simple car rides can lead to important scientific discoveries. The DNA Drive (DNADRV) project seeks to explore the ...

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Kia Pākiki – Bug of the Year and science communication

Bug of the Year is a yearly event held by the New Zealand Entomological Society. As the Entomological Society’s Morgane ...

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New Zealand runner, Sam Ruthe aged 16 sitting on an indoor running track putting shoes on.

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Breaking running records

What is the impact of new technologies and research on sport and how much is innate talent? Explore the running ...

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Determining Auckland’s volcanic risk

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Determining Auckland’s volcanic risk

New Zealand’s biggest city is built on a potentially active volcanic field. What risks does this mean for the inhabitants, ...

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Countering false information

How do we know what information we can trust and what we can’t? We live in a world where it ...

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Two people listening to seals on a hydrophone (an underwater microphone) in Antarctica.

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Antarctica and Aotearoa: connected by science

Carol Brieseman and Dianne Christenson are educators with a passion for science – both received The Prime Minister’s Science Teacher ...

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Snow Hill Island Antarctic sea ice.

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Antarctica

Coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 virus - structure.

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Microorganisms

Rauparaha’s copper (Lycaena rauparaha) butterfly.

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Butterflies and moths

Close up of a microscope viewing lens.

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Microscopes and telescopes

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Diagram illustrating heat and change of state.

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Properties of matter

Fish underwater in the Goat Island Marine Reserve, NZ.

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Ecosystem

View looking down from Earth's atmosphere at clouds.

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Atmosphere

Diagram of the lines of magnetic force around a bar magnet.

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Magnetism

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Citizen science

DNA Drive

Discover how simple car rides can lead to important scientific discoveries. The DNA Drive (DNADRV) project seeks to explore the distribution and biodiversity of insects found ...

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Article

Kia Pākiki – Bug of the Year and science communication

Bug of the Year is a yearly event held by the New Zealand Entomological Society. As the Entomological Society’s Morgane ...

Read more
New Zealand runner, Sam Ruthe aged 16 sitting on an indoor running track putting shoes on.

Article

Breaking running records

What is the impact of new technologies and research on sport and how much is innate talent? Explore the running journey of young athletes breaking records, ...

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Determining Auckland’s volcanic risk

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Determining Auckland’s volcanic risk

New Zealand’s biggest city is built on a potentially active volcanic field. What risks does this mean for the inhabitants, ...

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Eclipse 101

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Eclipse 101

An eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs when something obscures something else – it eclipses it! This may sound ...

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Inhibiting nitrification

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Inhibiting nitrification

Dr Ross Monaghan, a prinicpal scientist with Bioeconomy Science Institute (formerly AgResearch) at Invermay, is concerned about nutrients from the ...

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Ben Miller: Volcano

06 Mar 2026 - 07 Feb 2026

What happens when a comedian walks into a volcano?

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A career in ruins

09 Mar 2026 - 09 Feb 2026

Following his popular talk Stonehenge: Old Rocks, New Theories at Te Papa in 2025, UK based Archaeologist and BBC broadcaster ...

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waikato

Next Generation Vision Measurement Systems

10 Mar 2026

Next Generation Vision Measurement Systems, professorial lecture with Professor Melanie Po-Leen Ooi. Can AI control light to improve what it sees? Discover how frontend machine learning ...

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