Author: Tia Lush
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Ada Lovelace Day x STEM Wana Trust presents Engineering – Solving Problems for Real People
STEM Wana Trust is proud to collaborate on this official Ada Lovelace Day 2021 event designed especially for Aotearoa- New Zealand. Featuring some amazing wāhine toa women working in Engineering and STEM. Join us for a fascinating discussion about engineering challenges and opportunities About this event Ada Lovelace Day and STEM Wana Trust invite you…
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STEM Wana Trust celebrates Sharp Tudhope 125th Anniversary
To celebrate their 125th birthday, Sharp Tudhope Lawyers have decided to very generously donate $10,000 each to two local charities! This donation is part of their 125th Anniversary celebrating their contribution to the Bay of Plenty community. The Board of STEM Wana Trust would like to extend our gratitude to our long term sponsor, supporter,…
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STEM Wana at Tauranga Canvas Careers Expo 2021
On Saturday 31st July 2021, our team attended the Tauranga Canvas Careers Expo at Trustpower Arena. During the day we met with so many lovely young people and their whānau as they came to our brightly displayed (and lit up) space to have a go at some engineering with our Da Vinci bridge building, and…
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Tinkd Makerspace
A flexible environment where creativity and learning-by-doing is made possible by applying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) principles to design, make, and to solve problems. Tinkd Makerspace will create opportunities to stimulate entrepreneurial thoughts and enhance education. This community resource will be a shared creative space, providing tools, equipment, and resources to enable various forms…
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STEM in the Community
Delivering STEM outreach and activities to inspire and create new opportunities for everyone. Taking STEM directly into the community.
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STEMFest
Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest) is held in early October during the school holidays and in celebration of Ada Lovelace Day. This year, STEMFest will be held in early October 2023. Visit the official STEMFest website for more information. Sign up to the mailing list to be the first to get the latest news and ticket…
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Science Spinners x STEM Wana
On Monday 29th April 2021, we were invited to go along to support our good friends The Kudos Trust at their annual Science Spinners: Creative Hub event. Our programmes run over 4 days for our Waikato Year 9-13 students and giving them a taste of what science really is; how it applies to their everyday…
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How to organise large scale public events during a global pandemic
2020 STEM Initiatives Review At the start of 2020, like many organisations we started our planning for an ambitious year ahead. Our focus was going to be the delivery of a bigger and better STEMFest. And then a global pandemic stuck and everything ground to a literal halt. March saw our team, led by Tia…
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Local Focus: STEM Curiosity Day building future scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians
It was a day out of the classroom for more than 700 Bay of Plenty students from 12 schools around the region. The aim of STEM Curiosity Day is to participate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics challenges. “Our STEM Curiosity Day is the first of its kind to be done in New Zealand,” organiser…
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STEM HQ hosts final month of hands-on science fun
Don’t miss the final month of science fun at STEM HQ. New Zealand’s budding scientists are being encouraged not to miss out on free, festive, family-friendly STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activity, with the STEM HQ Discovery Centre in Tauranga set to finish its season this month. STEM Wana Trust is hoping to get…
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STEM Wana Trust AGM 2020
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meetings of STEM Wana Trust will be held at: 2:15pm, Tuesday 17th November 2020 at Basestation, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga 3110, Bay of Plenty, NZ. Any interested parties or individuals wishing to attend are requested to RSVP via our contact form. The Board of Trustees.
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STEM “Discovery” HQ sells out all sessions during first week of opening
Here is our update following the first two weeks of STEM HQ opening to the public. Demand for tickets Much to our delight, tickets to both morning and afternoon sessions ‘sold out’ for all the dates during the school holidays. Visitor numbers have been on average 92 people per day since our opening on the…