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8-18 July 2021 SCIFEST.ORG.nZ #NZSCIFEST
WELCOME
Nau mai haere mai! Experience explosive stage shows, Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou
discover new lifeforms, and explore katoa, We also need to acknowledge the
On behalf of the city of Dunedin I immersive virtual reality at its best! incredible commitment and passion of
would like to welcome you all to the Since way back in the 90’s the festival our event partners, presenters and
I look forward to being involved in has been committed to inspiring volunteers. We are always amazed by
13th New Zealand International
and engaging people of all ages and how awesome they are and their passion
Science Festival. this year’s festival and I encourage
backgrounds with the role science for engaging the public in science. Thank
everyone to participate in the events plays in our daily lives and the massive you!
Now more than ever, the evolving on offer, to learn more about the contribution it makes. Now more than
nature of science is critical to our world around you. ever science needs to provide a guiding Finally, we would like to thank you, our
understanding of the world, to light during particularly challenging times. audience, our community. You are the
exploring new frontiers in search Noho ora mai, In that context, we’re proud to bring you reason why the festival is here. This
of breakthroughs which positively a captivating program with hundreds year there are more ways than ever to
impact our people and planet. of ways to discover how our world (or immerse yourself within the festival so
galaxy!) ticks. we urge you to take the first step and
read on!
Dunedin is proud to be the home
When people are presented with science
of the only science festival in the in a way that is accessible, inspiring and On behalf of the Festival Executive &
country, a perfect fit given our status enthralling, they engage with it, they love Management team, we invite you to enjoy
as a city of science, innovation it, and more importantly, it opens up the wonders of science!
and education. Aaron Hawkins an entirely new universe for them. This
Mayor of Dunedin reconnects us to our world and allows us
It is one of the city’s premier events, to experience it through a new lens. Our
embracing and celebrating the city’s theme this year is Reconnect. Through Bridget Irving, President
identity, with many attendees from this festival we want to reconnect with
around the country expected to nature, with science, and with each other.
share in the festivities.
As always, this festival would not be Dan Hendra, Festival Director
possible without supporters and
This year the festival will explore all partners who share and embrace
things science for all ages. From our vision. In particular, we thank the
the mysterious outer limits of the University of Otago, the Dunedin City
universe, to the marvellous inner Council, and the Otago Community Trust.
workings of robotics, with all the We also extend a big thank you to our
weird, weighty and wonderful stuff other supporters who allow us to craft
in between. a programme full of so many amazing
events that will ignite imaginations.
Partners
Major Partners Major FUNDER
GOLD Sponsors SILVER Sponsors
BRONZE Sponsors
EMBASSY OF
THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
BUSINESS Partners
SUPPORTING FUNDERS
Creative
Communities
Funding
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OUR MOON
THEN, NOW ANd BEYOND
13 - 18 July • HANOVER HALL, 65 hanover street • 10AM-4PM • $5/$3
p.18
tiny ruins solo
Explore the Moon’s On display beneath the
past, present, Moon exhibit will be a large
photographic exhibition,
and future in Our
Space Frontiers, focussing
Moon: Then, Now on NASA’s science
and Beyond. experiments in space; the
past, present and future
p.18 p.18 This is an out-of-this-world of space exploration; and a
SPACE FRONTIERS YOGA under the moon experience where you
can enter the orbit of our
feature display focussing on
traditional Māori practices
p. 23 spectacular moon. of navigating by the stars,
and harnessing knowledge
Get up close and personal of the night’s sky to
with the earth’s moon in predict the changing of the
this very special exhibition. seasons, and signify when
to plant and harvest crops.
Bathe in the glow of Moon by
British artist Luke Jerram, a Presented by the Nelson Museum in
STORY TIME Quantum cryptography 4-metre replica moon printed
with high-resolution NASA
partnership with the Rātā Foundation,
Cawthron Institute and the Embassy of
the USA.
imagery, hosted in
Hanover Hall. Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere
a Puaka Matariki Festival me NZISF
– a Puaka Matariki Festival/NZISF
collaboration.
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CODE Virtual reality &
gaming centre
VIRTUAL Reality & GAMING CENTRE
12 - 18 July • Old aotea gift shop • 10AM-4.30PM • $12/$10
Come immerse yourself no other with the latest headsets new creatures. Unlock journal virtual reality simulator experience.
on offer to play, engage and entries by documenting species Land on the red planet. Walk the
at the Virtual Reality & discover new worlds! and uncovering hidden secrets! surface of Mars and interact with
Gaming Centre Pop-Up Photograph each new find and full-scale, realistic NASA Landers
and be amazed by some of To accompany the virtual reality immerse yourself in the wondrous and Rovers.
experiences we have partnered world of the rainforest!
the latest virtual reality with CODE, Centre of Digital Learn about the Red Planet, its
experiences from around Excellence and the local gaming From Dunedin’s own Gfactor history, and its geography in this
industry to showcase the incredible Technologies, experience the interactive experience.
the world! work being done right here in CoDriVR simulators, developed
Dunedin. for Worksafe NZ to support driver
Back by popular demand, we
training in side-by-side vehicles,
have levelled up our virtual reality
Explore the beauty of the and Go-Rentals to induct tourists
experiences for you for a limited
rainforest with a virtual reality to New Zealand roads.
time as part of this year’s festival.
experience from Dunedin game
studio Runaway. Discover real The Orders of Magnitude is an
Walk on the moon, kayak the
life butterfly species and meet educational and relaxing virtual
Grand Canyon or run amongst
animal friends in this relaxing reality experience which will show
dinosaurs!
game. See the environment change you our Universe at many different
from day to night and rain to scales.
This is an immersive experience like
sunshine as you meet and discover Mars Odyssey is a single player
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VR at your house!
BIG SCIENCE! SHOW! with amadeo
10 & 11 July • tCOL auditorium • 2pm (sat), 11am & 2pm (sun)• 60min • $14/$12/$40
Dunedin’s favourite mad Maybe arts and science aren’t so
scientist Amadeo returns different after all?
with a brand new science
This show is written by award
show, full of explosive winning comedian and playwright
science to jump start your Abby Howells and directed by
2021 Science Festival. Arcade Theatre Company’s
Alex Wilson.
Amadeo has a new assistant this
time... and they don’t always see Thanks to DCC Arts funding for
eye to eye. helping to fund this production.
Bonnie is an artist, who has no
time for science. Equally, Amadeo
has no space in his science
dominated world for the likes of
the arts.
But fate has thrown them
together and the pair will
have to set aside their
differences in order to
harness the power
of both Science and
Art - enjoying heaps of
experiments, videos,
crashes, bangs and a
whole lot of other fun
along the way.
BANG! Science show! 17 & 18 July • 2pm (sat), 11am & 2pm (sun) • 60min TCOL auditorium • $14/$12/$40
Frankenstein has finally Frankenstein and Igor Join the Festival for this brand Abby Howells and directed by
decided what she wants to experiment with fire, ice and new science show! In close Arcade Theatre Company’s
smoke all in the name of trying collaboration with the University Alex Wilson.
be when she grows up...a
to find the coolest villain of Otago Chemistry outreach
Super Villian! superpowers. team, this show is set to make Thanks to the University of Otago
your mind boggle, as real life Chemistry Department and DCC
Together with her faithful There will be crashes, there will chemistry experiences are set Arts funding for helping to fund
sidekick, Igor, Frankenstein be bangs, there will be many off before your very eyes! this production.
uses chemical experiments to terrible puns!
come up with the perfect villain This show is written by award
powers. But in the end is a super villain winning comedian and playwright
still Frankenstein’s dream, or
does being a scientist sound a
little more exciting?
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DUNEDIN MATHS CRAFT DAY
18 July • Dunedin town hall• 10Am - 4pm • Drop-in
Discover the maths behind knot, crochet a Möbius strip,
craft and the craft behind fold an origami octahedron,
and flex a hexahexaflexagon.
maths at the Dunedin
Volunteers with backgrounds in
Maths Craft Day. mathematics and crafting will be
on hand at all times to answer
Enjoy craft? Then you probably questions and assist people
enjoy mathematics too – you just with their creations. Our guest
may not know it yet. This is the speakers will present a series
idea behind Maths Craft New of maths and craft themed talks
Zealand, an initiative co-founded throughout the day, ranging in
and run by mathematicians Dr topics from folding and fractals
Jeanette McLeod and Dr Phil to crochet and chaos.
Wilson, and is dedicated to
bringing maths to the masses,
through craft. Over the past
five years, Maths Craft have run
festivals and workshops all over
the country, and now, armed
with crochet hooks and origami
paper, Maths Craft are coming
to the New Zealand International
Science Festival.
Featuring a range of craft
creation stations and public talks The Dunedin Maths Craft Day
by mathematician crafters, the is open to everyone: experts
day-long celebration of maths and amateurs, maths-fans and
promises to engage people of maths-phobes, the crafty and
all ages. Knit a mathematical the curious.
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imagination playgRound
10 - 25 July • municipAL chambers • 10Am - 4pm • drop-in • $3
Imagination Playground is Playground contains a wide
an innovative playground variety of loose parts, including
cubes, bricks, cogs, curves, and
equipment system that
cylinders. But the parts are not
transforms any space into simply loose. They have holes
a playground - encouraging and shapes that fit together in
learning, social ways that allow the continuation
development, movement, of a child’s idea. A pair of blocks
and above all fun. becomes a wall. A wall becomes a
room. A room becomes a house.
Using Imagination Playground The pieces connect together to
blocks, kids build a new world make immersive play last a long
every day. They make objects like time.
animals, rocket ships, and robots.
They make imaginary places like Imagination Playground blocks
houses, factories, and cities. They combine all of the benefits of
make new dramatic scenarios, block play on a larger-than-life-
settings, and games to play. size scale to encourage kids to
Most importantly, they make the play together in groups and have
rules. Imagination Playground is more fun.
child-directed and open-ended,
it encourages self-expression With Imagination Playground,
through deep, joyful play. kids literally make their own fun.
There’s no right or wrong way
Traditional playgrounds consist to play.
primarily of fixed equipment,
such as slides, monkey bars Tickets are limited so bookings
and teeter-totters, all of which are essential.
focus on developing children’s
gross motor skills. Imagination
Our climate future
exhibition
8-18 July • meridian mall • 9Am - 6pm • drop-in
The Ministry for the You can also find out your
Environment’s ‘Our Climate personal carbon footprint and
ways to reduce it with FutureFit,
Future’ exhibition shares
then make a pledge to take action.
information on how climate
change is impacting us ‘Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi,
today and how we can engari he toa takitini.
create a better climate
future together. My strength is not that of a single
warrior but that of many.’
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far from frozen Exhibition
10 - 18 July • Old scottish shop • 10AM - 4pm • drop-in
Climate change is the Take a deep dive beneath the ice Discover how exciting new Presented by Otago Museum in
greatest challenge of our of Antarctica using virtual reality technologies can potentially association with Curious Minds,
to discover the beauty and make a difference, and help Antarctica NZ, University of
time. Far from Frozen is a
splendor of life in our southern decide what we should invest in. Otago, NZ Antarctic Research
hands-on science showcase oceans and see how it’s already Institute, The MacDiarmid
that brings climate change being affected. Each of us can make a difference! Institute and NIWA.
to life and to your doorstep. Learn why there’s no better time
Explore interactive displays than now to help create a better,
Learn how climate change to see what impacts our safer, world.
is impacting Antarctica and generation, and what those that
Aotearoa New Zealand. follow will face.
Dunedin Study to Canterbury Museum, MOTAT
in Auckland and Nelson Provincial
Museum with over 300,000
hands-on interactive exhibits.
During the Science Festival
visitors can also get a tiny taste
On now • Old smith city, south dunedin • 10am - 4pm, 7 days visitors taking a walk through of the Dunedin Study by trying
1,000 lives. for themselves some of the
Slice of Life: The World age 45. It has been acclaimed many tests the Study members
Famous Dunedin Study internationally as one of the most The exhibition follows the Study’s experience when they come for
significant projects of its kind and members as they start school, an assessment day.
provides an overview of the
its findings have influenced health learn to drive, experiment with
Dunedin Study, its methods and social policy around the world. sex, drugs and alcohol, find careers The University of Otago is hugely
and its major findings and and start families of their own. grateful to Martin Dippie who has
celebrates the lives of the Slice of Life was originally provided a temporary venue for
Study Members. developed by the University of Visitors can look into rooms the exhibition and the whole team
Otago Te Whare Wānanga o recreated in the styles of the at Mitre 10 Mega who have
The ongoing Study has followed Otāgo and Toitū Otago Settlers 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s, and worked to create this pop-up
1,037 babies born in Dunedin in Museum. This updated travelling learn about links between lifestyle museum space.
1972 and 1973 right through to version of the exhibition has been choices and health through
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University of Otago
Science Expo
University of Otago Business School, corner of Clyde Street and Union Street (East).
Saturday 10 July, 10am—4pm | Sunday 11 July, 10am—2pm | Free entry
Anatomy and discover how 3D printing and scanning are changing Microbiology and Immunology
dentistry.
Come to our interactive display and discover how fascinating Have you ever wondered how something as small as a virus
and unique you are! You will get to see the dissection of Food Science can have such a profound effect on human, animal and
an animal heart or brain, have the opportunity to paint Investigate the latest food trends including plant-based, bacterial life? We will showcase the complex and beautiful
your “insides” onto a t-shirt (which you can take home with wellness and sustainability. Explore why these concepts are world of virus structures. Represented in stunning 3D shapes
you), and learn how your bones, muscles and organs all fit becoming important issues for many consumers. and colours, discover what the smallest organisms on earth
together. look like.
Botany Geology Ngāi Tāhu Māori Health Research Unit
The Earth below us contains a record of how climates and
Plant biology is crucial to the health of the planet. Through environments have changed over the past 4.6 billion years. Join us on a hands-on investigative mission into the world of
photosynthesis, plants have changed the Earth’s atmosphere, Find out how knowing our past helps us step into the future. bug-busting medicines. Discover mould juice and exploding
transforming the planet and enabling life as we know it bacteria, learn how to care for antibiotics so that they can
to evolve. Plants now have numerous roles in mitigating He Kaupapa Hononga: Otago’s Climate Change care for us, and test your petri dish powers by staying one
the effects of climate change. Understanding the biology Research Network step ahead of the SuperBugs! Protect yourself and your
of plants is crucial in addressing many of the challenges whānau in a game of COVID Kerplunk, and imagine what’s
Come along to hear from researchers from across the
involved with climate change and many different approaches next in nature’s medicine chest.
University about the many ways scientists are probing
are being used. Come and learn more about the research
projects undertaken by staff and students in the Department
climate change. Learn how to make a carbon footprint, and Orokonui Ecosanctuary
come to see what is happening in our oceans, how scientists
of Botany. Come and join the Orokonui Ecosanctuary Dream Team
do research in Antarctica, and some of the new technologies
Supreme to celebrate the last 15 years of conservation,
Brain Health Research Centre being used to decarbonise our world.
education and research with hands-on activities and take
The Brain Health Research Centre is a group of almost 50 Human Nutrition home resources focusing on our precious native species.
research groups from around the University of Otago focused
on understanding how the brain works and what goes
What we eat affects the health, wellbeing and performance Psychology
of individuals, communities and populations. Find out how
wrong in diseases of the brain. Come and meet some of our In times of uncertainty, what is it that drives human
our diet affects health and performance, and whether we
best researchers and visit our giant inflatable brain. behaviour? What can we do to change people’s thoughts,
need to spend our money on special sports drinks or can we
attitudes and behaviour? The Department of Psychology
Computer Science make our own?
is here to give you some insights into the science of brain
AR spectator Information Science and behaviour, and how it applies to current real-world
See the future for sports spectators. Experience prototypes situations.
We will showcase a number of interactive demonstrations
that in the future will provide visualisations and statistics to
you in your seat at live events.
on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, telepresence, and Geography
ubiquitous and visual computing.
Interactive sculpture Explore how future climate change may affect where you
Ātea presence live. Come along to our interactive mapping display to
Work with others to create a colourful virtual sculpture. Four
Be virtually present at a marae and experience Māori predict where the current climate in your home town will
computers work together on one piece. This shows a highly
storytelling in 3D! shift to over the next 30 years. What will happen to the
intuitive interface: you need almost no instruction to make
complex 3D shapes in a virtual space. Computational glasses climate in Aotearoa’s mountains? In 2050, will the same
See the world through the eyes of a colourblind person or, if areas as today still have suitable climates for our agricultural
Are you in tune? products? Share your experiences about your place: how do
you are colourblind, see colours compensated. This is also a
Come and play your own musical instrument, or borrow one we feel about the climate where we live? Hear about some
great opportunity to test whether you are colourblind!
of ours. Our software will help you play better. examples of the complex interactions between humans and
Virtual Albany St studio
Mind controlled drone the natural and physical environment.
Dunedin was one of the places in the world where musicians
Launch our drone with the power of your mind. Science
fiction becomes fact: you can control a machine just by
could record in a BBC “Abbey Road”-style studio at Albany Pharmacy
Street. Unfortunately the building had to go, but we captured
thinking. Come along and learn how medicines are created, the
it in 3D and you can experience the studio with virtual reality
different ways we can administer medicines to people and
Department of Biochemistry and Genetics googles!
what’s in store for the future!
Biochemistry and Genetics are types of biology that explore Digital tissue slicer
the origins and mechanics of life. They discover causes of Explore pixel-level segmentation of digitised human body The Centre for Science Communication
disease and their cures, and also solve problems facing our slices and label the bones, muscles and even tiny blood What does it take to catch an elusive species going about
agriculture and natural heritage. vessles. its astonishing everyday business in the wild? Learn
Explore some of the hands-on techniques that are used by tricks of the trade from our wildlife and natural history
scientists to investigate the molecular details of life.
Marine Science documentary filmmaking crew, including the Centre of
Discover the connectivity between land and sea through Science Communication’s own Robert Brown, cameraman
Physics interactive activities and “hands-on” encounters with local for acclaimed BBC broadcaster and natural historian David
Hands-on activities show how physics helps us explain marine species and the Aquavan. From the mountains to Attenborough.
things from planet formation to modern communications the sea, learn how environmental impacts on land can affect
technology, and from the sun and climate to sustainable river catchments and, ultimately, our ocean. Build a river Zoology
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energy. catchment model to share your learning with others. What kinds of animals live in and around Dunedin? What
Mathematics & Statistics animals lived here in the past, and what animals might live
Faculty of Dentistry here in the future? Come and see what animals are around
Have a first-hand experience of what it is like to be a Warp your point of view by travelling near the speed of light. us, and how and why scientists in the Department of Zoology
dentist and understand some of the key challenges and See how gravitational waves bend spacetime. Fall into a are studying them.
concepts. Investigate the impact of sugar on our oral health fractal. Wrap your head around some curly probabilities. Try
your hand at some tricky puzzles in our chill-out zone.
For further information and an
expo map, go to:
scifest.org.nz/programme/expo
Image: Trevor Cokley
10 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVALOUTSIDE INSIDE FOREST
12 - 18 July • Meridian mall • 11am-3pm • drop-in
We’re bringing the outside The Outside Inside Forest will
in! Pay a visit to our indoor offer a different experience each
day so drop in a couple of times
forest at the Meridian
across the week to see it all.
Mall and learn about the
wonderful natural world The Outside Inside Forest is
through hands-on science brought to you by the Science
activities. Festival in cooperation with
the Meridian Mall, Orokonui
Each day, different organisations Ecosanctuary, the Dunedin
will be on hand to share their City Council and Ribbonwood
science with you. Nurseries.
Plant a tree, solve a kiwi mystery,
become a micro-investigator and
learn about bugs, birds, water,
healthy homes, transportation,
marine ecosystems and more!
meridian & GOLDEN CENTRE MALL activities
Pop-up Science in the Malls Meet a Scientist Tūhura Taster Mission to Mars
11:30am-12:30pm 12 July • 1pm • 6omin • $2 14 & 15 July • 11am-2pm • drop-in 17 & 18 July • 10am & 2pm • 60min
Golden Centre: 19* & 20+ June What is it like to be a scientist? Get a taste of the new Science In this workshop you will code
Meridian Mall: 26* & 27+ June, 3* & 4+ July What do scientists actually do? Show at Otago Museum during rovers to navigate simple
*Otago Museum, +Department of Chemistry Come along to this interactive this pop-up event! obstacles to complete their
Come along for some pre-festival workshop and find out! mission.
fun at the Meridian and Golden Fight like a Physicist
Centre malls! The Secret Science of 16 July • 10am • 60min Meet the Mars Rover
Balloonology Channel your inner physics ninja 17 & 18 July • 12PM • 60min
Let the Otago Museum and the in this fun interactive workshop. What does a scaled down version
University of Otago’s Department 14 & 15 July • 10am • 6omin • $5 Learn how to use classical of a Mars rover look like? What
of Chemistry get your science Discover the science of how
balloons are made and how they mechanics principles to vanquish sensors are needed to make it
senses tingling during these pop- your opponent. work? How do you build your
up shows. can be used in balloon modeling
to make anything you want! own? Come and find out!
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Opening night: Science in
the spotlight
8 July • Otago business school • 5.30pm • 2hrs • $15
What does the future hold? And Dame Juliet Gerard is a
why should science be at the Professor at the University of
heart of the challenges we face? Auckland and serves as the
Prime Minister’s Chief Science
To kick off this year’s Science Advisor, a role she has held
Festival we are hosting a special since 2018. Earlier this year, she
opening night talk: Science in the became a Dame Companion of
Spotlight. Join us for a fireside the New Zealand Order of Merit
chat between Festival patron for her services to science.
Helen Anderson, the Prime
Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Rod Carr is the Chairperson of
Dame Juliet Gerrard, and the the Climate Change Commission.
chair of the Climate Change He has previously served as
Commission Rod Chair of the Reserve Bank of
Carr. New Zealand and Vice Chancellor
of the University of Canterbury.
We will discuss the challenges
faced, as well as the massive Helen Anderson served as the
leaps forward that science is Chief Executive of the Ministry
currently making and those that of Research, Science and
science will need to make, in Technology from 2003-2010.
order to tackle our future. She is a companion of the Royal
Society of New Zealand and
A drink and refreshments are a Companion of the Queen’s
included in the price of your Service Order for services to the
ticket. Ministry of Research, Science
and Technology.
PLASTIC unwrapped: THE politics of change
9 July • Petridish • 5:30pm • 2hrs • $15 Steve Anderson Dr. Gillian Worth
Anderson has spent the last 20 Dr. Worth is the research and
Plastics have played an SPEAKERS years as the CEO of Foodstuffs development manager for eco-
important role in our world for Dame Juliet Gerrard South Island Ltd, as well as friendly homecare company
over a century, however with Dame Gerrard is a New Zealand time with Shell Chemicals Earthwise.
growing awareness of the impact biochemistry academic, a International and Mainland
plastics make, the industry is professor at the University of products. Modertor
facing disruption. But is plastic Auckland and the New Zealand Dr. Helen Anderson
as bad as we think? Prime Minister’s Chief Science Rachel Barker Dr. Anderson currently chairs
Advisor. Barker is the CEO of Plastics the boards of BRANZ, Scion and
Our panel will discuss the NZ, the Industry Association Studio Pacific Architecture. She
science, the challenges, and the Dr. Florian Graichen representing plastics companies is also a director of DairyNZ,
opportunities, and how we need Dr. Gerrard is the general across the country. Antarctica NZ and ClearPoint
to adjust our own mindset to manager of Forests to Biobased Ltd. She is a festival patron.
achieve the results. products at biomaterials innovator
Scion Research.
14 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVALCentre for Science Communication 10 July • regent theatre • 7pm
3hrs • $16/$12/$10
Student Film Premiere
A fantastic evening of sensational films produced by
Tokoeka kiwi through his first
year of life. A Forest’s Dream by
Upamanyu Das tells a beautifully
to this iconic river and those on
a mission to protect it. Winds
of Change by Janic Gorman
science and nature films current and former Master’s cinematic tale of Fiordland from is an inspiring cross-cultural
students of the University of the perspective of its residents adventure with future leaders
produced by Master’s
Otago’s Centre for Science – a wise old tree, the bedrock of climate action. And Tegan
students of the University Communication, home of the that forms its foundation, and Good’s award-winning Nest 38
of Otago’s Centre for world’s leading postgraduate the water that shapes it. The tells the story of a pair of banded
Science Communication. programme for Science and hilarious mockumentary, Kiwis dotterels attempting to defy the
Natural History Filmmaking. Against Birds by Peter Naik odds to raise their chicks on a
From kiwis to climate change, delivers a laugh-out-loud, yet surprisingly hostile New Zealand
farmland to Fiordland, July Growing Up Kiwi by Madeleine potent message of conservation. beach. It’s a night not to
10th is a red carpet evening Brennan follows the story of Imy Mahon’s Protecting the be missed!
at the Regent! Join us for six “Almer,” a feisty little Haast Pomahaka introduces viewers
SCIENCE TELLER: Imagine a
sustainable society
8 & 9 July • otago museum • day 1: 2pm - 4pm • day 2: 9am - 5pm
Imagine living in a So join us over the two days,
sustainable society. What starting with a keynote from
the Chair of the Climate
would that look like and
Commission, Rod Carr, followed
what would it take to get by a panel discussion on the
us there? first afternoon. The second day
starts with a morning of talks on
We’re bringing together some of sustainable food, better housing
the best thinkers and doers on and managing waste followed
sustainability together to think, by an afternoon of workshops
discuss and imagine a better and demos, from ebikes to
future. composting to fabric recycling.
From dealing with climate change This is about more than just
to engineering our way into a imagining; it’s about creating a
sustainable future, we’re inviting real, more sustainable future for
you to be part of the discussion. us all.
NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 15edible insects:
past, present and future
10 July • 5pm • 2hrs
Dunedin public library • $2
Ever considered crickets
Who owns you (and your data) for dinner? Beetles for
dessert? What about
13 July • Petridish • 5.30pm • 90min • $15 some spicy ants? No?
Let’s get down to the science and technology journalist In fact, insects are
dirty, business end of Peter Griffin, and Richard White, healthy, economical, and
the manager for copyright and
digital privacy. sustainable future This event will cover the
open access at the University of
Otago. The panel will be MC’d by food source.
historical development of edible
Your data might be about you, insects around the world,
Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere of the
but is it yours? To sort this out the current research and
Univeristy of Otago’s Law Faculty. They are good for people, our
once and for all, we’ll bring a pockets, and the planet - yet why development landscape on edible
bunch of great minds together to are we not eating them? insects, and what the future may
Oh, and once we’ve got that
debate and discuss the question: hold for the use of insects as
sorted, there will be VR games
Who owns you (and your data)? Insects are already considered food.
to help us jump further into the
digital world. a valuable source of nutrients
The panel is made up of John in many countries around the Who knows, maybe you’ll find
Edwards, New Zealand’s Privacy world, including Thailand, China, yourself a yummy new source of
Commissioner since 2014; Brazil and The Netherlands. valuable protein. Tasting available.
A betteR future for aotearoa Editing them out Gene editing and pest
control in Aotearoa
17 July • 6pm • 2hrs • petridish • $12 15 July • Petridish • 5.30pm • 90min • $10/$8
Join us for a discussion about who has written extensively Current methods for Hosted by Professor Peter
creative solutions to the climate on energy, economic, and controlling introduced Dearden (University of Otago),
crisis, the biodiversity crisis ecological issues, including oil our team of expert speakers
pests can be difficult
and other problems caused by depletion; ecological economist from New Zealand’s Biological
economic growth. Dr. Marjan van den Belt, who and expensive to use at Heritage National Science
is a strategic partner at a landscape scale. With Challenge will discuss the future
Audience questions will be invited sustainability consultancy Terra Aotearoa’s goal of being of gene editing in Aotearoa, its
before and during the session. Moana; freshwater ecologist and Predator Free by 2050, potential for use in pest control,
science communicator Mike Joy novel techniques to and how we can partner with
The evening’s speakers will and environmental activist Jett mātauranga Māori experts.
eradicate these species
include American journalist and Gannaway.
educator Richard Heinberg, need to be considered. Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere a Puaka
Matariki Festival me NZISF – a Puaka Matariki
Festival/NZISF collaboration.
16 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVALdr. Siouxsie Wiles
10 July • petridish • 2pm • 60min • $12
Join us for a fireside chat with for her science communication.
New Zealander of the Year, In 2017 she published her first
Dr. Siouxsie Wiles! book, ‘Antibiotic resistance: the
end of modern medicine?’ and in
Over the past year, Dr. Wiles 2019 was appointed a member of
has become a household name the New Zealand Order of Merit
thanks to her public science for services to microbiology and
communication efforts during science communication.
the COVID-19 pandemic. An
Associate Professor at the During COVID-19, Dr. Wiles
University of Auckland, Dr. Wiles joined forces with Spinoff
has studied medical microbiology cartoonist Toby Morris to make
at the University of Edinburgh, the science of the pandemic
the Centre for Ecology and clear and understandable. Their
Hydrology in Oxford and graphics have been translated
Edinburgh Napier University. into multiple languages and
have been adapted by various
Dr. Wiles spent almost a governments and organisations.
decade at Imperial College
London, before relocating Dr. Wiles will be interviewed by
to New Zealand. She has Assoc. Prof Jesse Bering,
won awards for both her Director of the University of
commitment to the ethical Otago’s Centre for
use of animals in research and Science Communication.
upcycled food
dining experience
16 July • petridish • 5.30pm & 7.30pm • 1.5hr • $10 booking, Pay what you can
While enjoying a three by KiwiHarvest, a food rescue
course meal, you will organisation that originated in
Dunedin.
learn the science
behind upcycled foods Due to limited space, we are
from experts from the requesting a $10 reservation fee
University of Otago in advance; then you pay-as-you-
Food Waste Innovation’s feel for the meal on the night.
Upcycled Food Lab.
All proceeds from the evening
Upcycled foods are made from will go to Everybody Eats and
ingredients that would usually KiwiHarvest to help them in their
be thrown out. This unique meal mahi to feed the hungry and re-
will be prepared by chefs from duce food waste.
Everybody Eats, a pay-as-you-
feel dining experience available
in Auckland and Wellington that
serves delicious, nutritious meals
“that feed bellies, not bins”.
Food for the meal will be supplied
NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 17WHat’s On at
THE MOON Tiny Ruins solo
10 years of ‘Some were
meant for sea’
15 July • HANOVER HALL • 9.00pm
yoga under the 60min • $40/35/30
matariki moon Join us as we
celebrate the 10th
Celebrate Matariki and 14-16 July • 7am • 1hr anniversary of
your new year with this Hanover hall • $20 acclaimed New Zealand
blissful nourishing yoga songwriter Hollie
Completely new to
under the Full Moon at yoga? This is the perfect Fullbrook’s debut album
Hanover Hall. time to start. Set your flow ‘Some Were Meant for
of grace for the day and for a Sea’, with this very special
Led by Jessica Latton from the sparkling New Year. All levels solo performance under
Dunedin Yoga Studio. Explore welcome.
the divination of Matariki in Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere a Puaka
Luke Jerram’s
movement and meditation. Matariki Festival me NZISF – a Puaka Moon sculpture.
Matariki Festival/NZISF collaboration.
Space Frontiers Late Night
Exhibition 17 July • 6pm-9pm • drop-in
hanover hall • $5/$3 • R18
13-18 July • 11am-4pm • drop-in
Hanover hall • $5/$3 Enjoy a very special late night
opening while you take in the
In association with the US Embassy, spectacle of Luke Jerram’s
the Festival is proud to present Moon sculpture in this late
Space Frontiers, a photographic night session.
exhibition exploring the history of
space exploration, the mythology Enjoy a cocktail while you gaze
behind the nights sky and the ways upon the wonder of Te Marama,
Māori used it navigate the oceans, peruse our Space Frontiers
and a look at what the future holds exhibit and take in
for space exploration. the atmosphere.
Organic farming
for the future
9 July • 5.30pm • 90min
Otago University • $5/$4
beef farmer who ‘walks the
talk’ as a regenerative farming
This event will include informed practitioner based in South
discussion on regenerative Otago; Assoc. Professor Aladin
agriculture, health and the Bekhit, a meat scientist whose
nutritional aspects of organically research focuses on waste
farmed meats - from a local and
global perspective. Also included
is an opportunity to ‘taste test’
reduction and the biochemical
factors that control meat quality
and it’s nutritional value; and
Not for the Faint-HEARTed
a new ‘flexitarian’ organic meat Mrs. Fiona Nyhof, a food product 12 Jul,11AM & 2pm 14 Jul, 7pm the heart works by examining
and vegetable patty, made from development specialist at the Otago University • 60min its anatomy.
locally sourced ingredients. University of Otago.
Faint-HEARTed? Then this workshop Attendees will each perform a fully
Join us to hear from a farmer, a The session should help to is not for you! Come and learn how guided dissection of a sheep heart.
scientist and a food technologist. clear some of the negative the heart works by dissecting one. Participants must be comfortable
There will be short talks misconceptions associated with handling animal tissue which will be
from Mr. Allan Richardson, a animal farming. Join us for his 1-hour workshop, sourced through the normal
passionate organic sheep and during which we will explore how food chain.
18 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVALUnleash Your Inner Detective: inhalers and artificial lungs:
Forensic Based CSI Workshop fighting lung disease
13 & 15,16-17 Jul, See website for timetable• Gasworks museum • 2hrs • $16/$12 17 July • 10AM & 12PM • 60min • Otago University
The Science of Crime using real forensic tools you will New methods for fighting using an ‘artificial lung’ to develop
complete practical activities to help lung diseases are under more effective lung treatments.
offers immersive forensic
science-based events that solve the crime. In these Teens and research at the University
Adults sessions, the event contains You will learn how the artificial
explore real life crime scene of Otago’s School of lung works, what happens in
more mature themes, as we offer Pharmacy.
investigation techniques. you an opportunity to examine a your lungs when you take a puff
Working in small teams, your murder mystery crime scene and from an inhaler, how inhalers
Powder inhalers are the future can be used to treat COVID-19
job is to find the evidence, uncover the clues to help solve the of treating diseases like asthma
crime. Workshops last between and other lung diseases, and
solve the clues and catch the and COVID-19. what the future holds for this
60 and 150 minutes. So grab your
criminal! innovative research.
teens, whānau, friends or colleagues In this workshop, you will visit
and book today! the laboratory of Associate
Our uniquely themed workshops
are written and hosted by an Professor Shyamal Das at the
For kids and tweens events see School of Pharmacy and learn
experienced forensic expert.
page 29. about how his research team is
Wearing your special CSI suits and
our ocean: bringing climate Museum after dark
data to life 16 July • Otago MusEUm • 7PM-10pm • drop-in • $25/$20 • R18
15 July • 2pm & 6pm • Central Library • 2hrs After Dark is when Otago Science Festival we offer
Museum opens at night for more active fun science, there
The oceans are at the heart of of climate impacts on these are hands-on interactives
our warming planet, with long- species. drinks, dancing, singing,
in Tūhura, science explorations
term changes underway that desserts, and a DJ. and demos, karaoke under the
are radically altering the marine Together, we will explore some planetarium stars and more.
environment, and threatening of the latest ocean climate data Forgetting the winter outside, we
species that we treasure locally. collected in New Zealand. This host this event in (and around)
We invite you to join us for the event will be interactive, guided the warmth of our three-storey
first of a two-part workshop by climate scientist and science Tropical Forest.
to create stories and artworks communicator Dr. Cathy Cole
celebrating our local marine life, from the University of Otago. To kick off the final few days of
whilst also raising awareness Ages 16+. the New Zealand International
NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 19Association for Women in the
Sciences conference
8 & 9 July • 10AM - 6pm • 2-days
Castle st lecture theatre
The Association for Women
in the Sciences (AWIS)
triennial conference
provides an opportunity
for women working in or
supporting the sciences
to develop their skills to
the heart of a woman
support their professional 12 July • Petridish • 5.30pm • 90min • $12
advancement, and Through AWIS 2021, women Heart disease is a Please come and join Manaaki
opportunities to learn from in the sciences will have the leading killer of women in Mānawa: The Centre for
and network with other opportunity to learn skills to Aotearoa, however it is Heart Research as we hear
women working in the support their professional from a range of world-
often thought of as a man’s leading researchers in heart
sciences. careers – such as facing
unconscious bias and identifying health problem. health about how we study
mentors – as well as gain more cardiovascular health from
Women are still under- Too often, women can think
understanding about issues bench to bedside and what
represented in many areas of their symptoms don’t match
facing women in STEM and how makes Aotearoa a leader in
STEM (Science, Technology, what is perceived as “typical”.
these may be addressed. cardiovascular science and
Engineering and Maths), Women may also not be aware research.
particularly at leadership levels. of the symptoms of heart
AWIS is dedicated to bettering disease, or think “it is an older We’ll also hear from patients
the position of all women working person’s problem”. This means about their experience and
in the sciences, to create a New half the population may not be share what we can do to ensure
Zealand where women are fairly getting the adequate care and healthy hearts for all.
represented throughout the treatment they need.
science system.
VR at your house!
Ideal for birthdays
Easy to setup
2 MinUTE TALKS 11 July • 5.30pm • 2hrs • Petridish • $5
From $89 for
One picture, one prop, Presenters are given the
two minutes. challenge of turning their 3 nights, plus
complex ideas into a two-
2 Minute Talks: Young Women minute talk that everyone can courier & bond
in Science is a community understand.
celebration of the talented young
female scientists working and It is sure to be an interesting, Beat Saber,
Sabe
inspiring and fun-filled evening.
studying in Dunedin.
There will be an opportunity Minecraa VR,
Now in its fourth year, this event after the talks for drinks, nibbles
was specifically created for and networking with like-minded Half-Life: Alyx
the New Zealand International
Science Festival, to give young
people.
and more!
women a platform to talk about Thanks to the Association for
their science. Women in Science and Graduate
Women NZ.
VirtualRealityRental.co.nz
20 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVALCOLOUR ME IN!!!
Harness your inner artist, colour in this page and post it on an Instagram account with the
hashtag #nzscifestcolour by the 1st of July and go in the draw to win one of 4 family passes
to the Big Science Show!Dunedin LIBRARies
Join Dunedin Libraries for a range of fun events!
Dunedin City Library Rubik Rumble Challenge
Wednesday 14 July, 11am, drop-in
Science Drama at the Library
Get in the Pit and Rubik! Bring your
Sunday 11 July, 4pm, 30min
Rubik skills (and cube) and beat
The Library is home to many
the clock. Fastest time wins Rubik-
amazing science books. Come
related prize.
and see how the Taieri Dramatic
Society brings some of these books Build-a-Bot
to life! Wednesday 14 July, 2pm, 2hrs
Come and work with Captain Lego
Science Storytime Special dogs and science working together Aquavan adventures
to build a robot out of Lego.
Monday 12 July, 10.30am, 30min
Bring the family and have a blast at Dogs and Science Working
our Science-themed Storytime. Together
Wednesday 14 July, 5.30pm, 1hr
Shark Spy Community Talk
An outline of the ground-breaking
Monday 12 July, 5.30pm, 1hr
work of K9 Medical Detection
Join shark expert Rob Lewis as he
New Zealand using the enormous
takes you into the amazing world of
potential of canine sensory abilities.
our local sharks!
Lego Parkour
About the Heart
Friday 16 July, 1pm, 2hr
Tuesday 13 July, 10am & 1pm, 1hr
Do some Lego mini-figure parkour
What happens to your heart when
with Captain Lego! Create an
you exercise? Learn how it works,
obstacle course challenge for fight like a physicist shark spy community talk
why it sometimes beats slow and
your mini-figure, then film them
sometimes feels like it is going to
completing it with our new stop- Branch Libraries About the Heart
burst!
animation studio. Wednesday 14 July, 1hr
Lines & Wines: A Scientific Aquavan Adventures: Coastal
available anytime: Mosgiel: 10am, Port Chalmers: 12pm
Playreading Connections
Waikouaiti: 3pm
Tuesday 13 July, 6pm, 2hrs Creative Connections South Dunedin: 13 & 14 July, 11am, 90min
What happens to your heart
Join us to hear (or choose to 10-16 July, Library opening hours, drop-in Mosgiel: 15 & 16 July, 11am, 90min
when you exercise? Learn how it
participate in reading) a science- Reconnect with your creativity at Connect to your coast with the
works, why it sometimes beats
themed play. This is a play reading, our science-themed craft table. Aquavan and staff from the NZ
slow and sometimes feels like it is
rather than a stage performance, Offered Daily throughout the NZ Marine Studies Centre!
going to burst!
and audience participation is International Science Festival. Aquavan Adventures: Amazing
very much encouraged. Light Fight Like a Physicist
Science on the Cube Adaptatons
refreshments provided. Mosgiel: Thur 15 July, 10am
8-18 July, Library opening hours, drop-in South Dunedin: 13 & 14 July, 1.30pm, 60min
Waitati Hall: Sat 17 July, 10am
Lego Creations Enjoy a variety of short Science and Mosgiel: 15 & 16 July, 11am, 90min
Channel your inner physics ninja
13 & 15 July, 2pm, 2hr Natural History films produced by Get hands on with the Aquavan!
in this fun interactive workshop.
Join Captain Lego and get some students, alumni and faculty of the Learn about crab feeding and
Learn how to use classical
inspiration to create your next University of Otago’s Centre for defensive strategies, then meet
mechanics principles to vanquish
amazing Lego creation. Science Communication. some marine critters at our mobile
your opponent.
touch tank.
MITRE10 MEGA Backyard Rat Trapping Tunnels
Tuesday 13 July, 10am and 1pm
own bird feeder and learn how
to attract our incredible native
builders
New Zealand has the highest birds to your garden. All tools and
13 - 15 July • mitre10 mega • 10Am & 1pm • 60min rate of threatened species in materials supplied.
the world. Are you keen to do
your part towards pest control
and help our native species out? Insect Hotels
In this workshop, you can! The Thursday 15 July, 10am and 1pm
Mitre 10 team will give you all Want to provide a habitat for
the tools and materials you need the awesome creepy crawlies
and help you make your own that live in your garden? The
backyard trapping tunnel. Plus, Mitre 10 team will give you all the
City Sanctuary will be on hand to tools and materials you need and
teach you all about how (and why) help you make your own insect
to use them. hotel! In this workshop, you’ll
learn all about creating bug-
friendly habitats and meet some
Bird Feeders incredible insects up close…
Wednesday 14 July, 10am and 1pm
Join the Mitre 10 team and Note: caregivers will be expected to
Orokonui Ecosanctuary’s nature supervise and assist children throughout the
educator extraordinaire Tahu workshop.
Mackenzie to build your very
22 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVALSPACE LASERS!
13-18 July • hanover hall • 11am-4pm • drop-in • $5/$3
Lasers, the moon, telescopes and
jelly lenses – come explore how
Quantum cryptography optics makes space science better!
via satellite Can you tell how far away the Moon is by
shining a laser at it? NASA did just that as
part of the Apollo moon programme!
zobots revolution
13-18 July • hanover hall • 11am-4pm • drop-in • $5/$3 12 July, 5.30pm, ADInstruments • 13 July, 4.30pm,
Come learn about lasers and optics and Gasworks museum • 2hrs • $10
As privacy concerns mount in the modern
how we can use the unique nature of light to
era, quantum physics leads the way in new ZoBots are animal-like robots
advance our understanding of the sun, the
encryption methods. Learn how quantum
key distribution works, compare it to other
moon, the stars - including understanding designed by University of Otago
the size of the whole universe and how far neuroscientist and former NASA
types of key-based encryption methods,
away everything within it is from us. robotics engineer Mike Paulin.
and find out what happens when someone
tries to “eavesdrop” on photon-based
communication. On Monday we’ll demonstrate and explain
how understanding the materials, mechanics
and brains of animals helps engineers to
design new kinds of robots, and how new
manufacturing and digital technologies make
it possible to design and build them in your
basement.
Then we’ll help you to build your own simple
ZoBot and decorate it to give it a unique
personality.
There will be demonstrations of ADI
technology and refreshments available.
On Tuesday afternoon you are invited to
Chartistic bring your ZoBot to the Engine Room at the
Gasworks Museum, where the steam-based
technology of the industrial revolution and
15-18 July • meridian mall •11am-3pm • drop-in
the Victorian age is preserved in working
Come to Chartistic and have a go at average eye colour? How does your drawing order.
charting your creativity. Participate style compare to others? What changes
in how we draw as we age? How far do we As darkness falls we will release our robots
in a series of fun drawing & craft and follow them into the Museum.
travel to our favourite beaches?
activities and make some art.
Artist or analyst, Chartistic has something Did I mention that they glow in the dark?
We will combine the art onto a chart for everyone.
that tells us something interesting about How did we get from steam engines to
ourselves and our community. What is the robots, and what’s next?
Otago Regional Council is a proud sponsor of
the New Zealand International Science Festival
For educational activities to keep you busy these school holidays,
head to www.orc.govt.nz and search ‘Kea Crew’
NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 23LITTLE CREATURES
10 & 11 July • 2pm & 4pm • 60min • TCOL auditorium • $25/$20
What little creatures can you own and see how it evolves in
PYJAMARAMA! dream up? Flex your creative
muscles and take part in a
the hands of others. There is a
different ‘creature’ theme at each
unique, three-step artistic location, so be sure to visit all
9 July • OTAGO MUSEUM • 6pm • 2hrs • $2 process to create little creatures. three!
There’s a new moon rising in our Hands-on activities, storytelling, One person writes a creature
southern skies and the nights and science shows about description, the next person Thanks to DCC Arts and Creative
are long, so bring your torches the night sky and nocturnal draws the creature based on its Communities Scheme for funding
and teddy bears on down nature will astonish and description, and a third will sculpt this event.
to Otago Museum’s pyjama party delight the whole family. it out of modeling clay! All three
to kick off the school holidays steps of the process will be on Meridian Mall - bugs & forest
and the NZ International display as they are developed, Golden Centre Mall - underwater
Science Festival! drawn and sculpted. Write up creatures
a creature description of your Hanover Hall - space
OTAGO MUSEUM
Join Otago Museum for a range of fun events!
Pyjamarama! After Dark: A Night in
9 July, 6pm, 2hrs, $2 the Tropics
Get your jammies on and head 16 July, 7-10pm, drop-in, $25/20
to Otago Museum for an evening Otago Museum opens at night
of family-friendly, after-hours fun! for the hottest attraction in
Quantum Shorts Film town: music, fun and cold drinks
Festival Screening in the warmth of our three-
12 July, 5.30pm, 2hrs storey Tropical Forest.
Otago Museum and the Dodd- Secrets, Ciphers, and Codes
Walls Centre are bringing you the 12, 14, 16 July, 12pm, drop-in
weird, wonderful, and stranger- At this regular pop-
than-fiction side of science with up just outside Otago
this screening of the finalists in Museum, try out some old-
about the life cycle and biology of Light Cycles
the global Quantum Shorts Film fashioned Earth-based methods
these beautiful creatures. 12-18 July, 2pm, 30min
Competition. for keeping secrets secret, like
SciFest Tūhura Treat Hands-on science and centuries-
These “quantum-inspired disappearing ink and Ancient
10-18 July, 11.30am - 12pm, drop-in, $12/10 old stories illuminate the
stories” are no more than Greek scytale ciphers, then learn
Join one of our Science cycles that connect the universe!
five minutes in length and what the future holds for space-
based cryptography! Decide for Communicators for a surprise Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons
range from live-action to
yourself which is the best way to activity, which could be anything 10-18 July, 11.30am, 60min, $7/$12
puppeteering, from dad-jokes
keep a secret message safe from from any field of science! What are moons and why are
to emotionally dramatic. There
prying eyes! Giants of the Forest they so extreme? During this
will be nibbles, a cash bar, and
10-18 July, 2.30pm, 30min, $12/10 show, we will explore weird and
physicists on-hand to help First Flight Butterfly Release
wonderful moons in our solar
unpack the science and help you 10-18 July, 11am & 1.30pm, 30min, $12/$10 Tūhura is home to more than
butterflies! Get up close and system and beyond, learn why
decide what is science and what The Tūhura Tropical Forest is
they might hold life, and how we
is fiction. home to butterflies from Central personal with the newest
might be able to explore them.
Offered in partnership with the America and Southeast Asia. Join residents of the Tropical Forest!
Dodd-Walls Centre. us daily and help a communicator
release the recently emerged
butterflies, while also learning
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