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Te Kāhui o Matariki – introduction

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Te Kāhui o Matariki – introduction

Winter brings opportunities to view the night sky and the opportunity to incorporate authentic cross-curricular science learning.

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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – a context for learning

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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – a context for learning

Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its quirky native birds. Ngā manu, their unique adaptations and the threats they face ...

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How Deep Is Your Snow?

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How deep is your snow?

Large snow events in most parts of New Zealand are uncommon. However, if you are in the South Island or ...

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Kia Pākiki Canterbury – pest control and Predator Free

Hear an interview with Lincoln University’s James Ross about the mahi of studying and eradicating pest and predator animals in ...

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A simple rain gauge outside in a garden.

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Making a rain gauge

Rain gauges are one of the most ancient weather instruments. The ancient Greeks and people in India were the first ...

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Using our glossary

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Using our glossary

Science has its own language. Some words – like ‘gene’ – are completely new. Other words – like ‘energy’ – ...

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Popular topics

Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011 from a NASA’s Terra satellite,

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Climate change

Close up of A typical melanoma showing ABCDE features.

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Disease

ethics and science

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Ethics and science

Sun’s ecliptic path and the 12 zodiac constellations.

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Navigation

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Popular concepts

2 sharks underwater, insert of possible toxin bioaccumulation

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Bioaccumulation

Oven Gas burner with purple/blue flames.

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Energy

Fern koru in wild in New Zealand

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Māramatanga Māori

Diagram showing Earth's three types of plate boundaries

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Tectonic plates

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Latest resources

Infographic with text and diagrams about sediment cores, how they are drilled and how ash layers inform about past eruptions.

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The search for Auckland’s volcanic past

This article and infographic delve into the layers of volcanic history across the city and what ash layers can tell us.

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Closeup of black-backed gull standing on dark ground.

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Kia Pākiki Canterbury – black-backed gulls

Hear an interview with Lincoln University’s Wendy Fox, who is studying karoro, the southern black-backed gull.

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Creating collections

Teacher PLD

Creating collections

The Hub has a very useful collections tool. Hub users who are signed in can access the tool to create ...

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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – a context for learning

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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – a context for learning

Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its quirky native birds. Ngā manu, their unique adaptations and the threats they face ...

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Cows on a very dry pasture impacted by drought.

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Droughts in Aotearoa

Discover more about the risks of increasing serve droughts in Aotearoa.

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Picturebooks for Matariki

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Picturebooks for Matariki

In this recorded professional learning session picturebook expert Associate Professor Nicola Daly (co-director of the Waikato Picturebook Research Unit at ...

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Upcoming events

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Café Scientifique – How nature inspires modern medicine

17 Jun 2026

Drawing on Pacific Island knowledge and western scientific approaches, a chemist and a biologist share insight about the potential of marine organisms for the development of ...

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Roots of Resilience

21 Jun 2026

While climate anxiety is becoming increasingly common, this thoughtful kōrero with Dr Ivan Lin explores how we can navigate uncertainty without becoming consumed by fear, helplessness ...

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canterbury

Science Communicator's Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) 2026 conference

24 Jun 2026 - 26 Jun 2026

The Science Communicator's Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) is holding their 2026 conference in Ōtautahi Christchurch. The SCANZ conference is Aotearoa’s only dedicated event for science ...

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