Category: Events
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STEM Wana x NDY Ada Lovelace Day 2024
On Wednesday 9th October the STEM Wana team went to Auckland to host a very special #AdaLovelaceDay2024 live-stream and NZ panel event in partnership with our friends NDY. We joined the start of the official Ada Lovelace Day Live! from London with a breakfast watch party and got a shout-out from London Eurovision style which was super…
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STEM in the Community 2024 at Schools in Western Bay of Plenty
By Rachael Pratt The 2024 edition of STEM in the Community has seen us partner with content providers Bay Conservation Alliance and Predator Free Bay of Plenty. Together we have visited three schools in the Bay of Plenty for our STEM in the Community activation; Te Puke Primary, Kaimai School, and Pyes Pa School. Each…
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Charity cites insufficient funding as reason for postponement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TAURANGA, NZ, 15 JULY 2024 — The inaugural Maker Festival (MakerFest) planned for October 2024 has been postponed due to insufficient sponsorship support. Since the beginning of the year, STEM Wana has been working hard to put together a world-class event that would inform, engage, and inspire the community in celebration of…
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New Zealand’s Inaugural Maker Festival Calls for Support
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Zealand’s Inaugural Maker Festival Calls for Support Tauranaga, New Zealand, May 1, 2024 — The heart of innovation beats louder than ever as Aoteara New Zealand gears up for its most anticipated celebration of creativity, technology, and ingenuity – the Maker Festival (MakerFest)! Organisers, STEM Wana are thrilled to announce the…
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Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest) 2024 Announcement
After careful consideration and evaluation of various factors with key partners, we would like to inform the community that the Tauranga STEM Festival will not be taking place in 2024. We understand that this news may be disappointing to many. However, we are excited to announce that the Tauranga STEM Festival will return in 2025…
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Robotic and AI – Summer Tour 2024 – Event Recap
Over one week from January 15th to 18th, during the summer school holidays, our team travelled across three regions in the North Island offering opportunities to places outside of the usual big city-hubs. We visited Hastings, Tūrangi, Cambridge, culminating in a main event in Tauranga. The FREE Summer Robot and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tour around…
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Robotic and AI – Summer Tour 2024
STEM Wana is excited to announce our STEM in the Community Summer Tour for January 2024! A FREE Summer Robot and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tour around New Zealand’s North Island showcasing and promoting robotics and AI and all its career possibilities for adults to children as young as 8 years old. We will be at…
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STEMFest returns to Tauranga for the third edition with thousands of visitors
Sunday the 1st of October saw Durham Street in Tauranga shut down for the annual celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics with the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest (and best) STEM Festival. The organising team had spent six months planning and organising and it was a relief when the big day finally arrived. The weather was…
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Tidal Creek to Ocean Deep: Mysteries of Tauranga Moana
Delving into the coastal waters of the Tauranga region, what mysteries are awaiting us? Natalie Prinz a PhD candidate in Marine science, and a science communicator (and STEMFest Ambassador 2022) who has a background in tropical marine ecology will help us to explore some of the mysteries in the waters around Tauranga. Natalie is dedicated to working for the Ocean and…
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On the paths of the Wheke – with Celestial Navigator Jack Thatcher – Event Recap
By Rachael Pratt Close to 200 people braved a chilly July evening to join the STEM Wana crew in hearing Jack Thatcher speak about his life as a Celestial Navigator. We had transformed the Cargo Shed, a new event space on Tauranga’s waterfront, into a space ready to hold all a large crowd, lit up…
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On the paths of the Wheke – Navigating by the stars
Come with us as we embark on a journey following the stars Jack Thatcher – Master Navigator will share with us tales from his journeys crossing oceans using only the stars to guide him, through his initiation into the Order of Pwo, he’s been recognised as an accomplished oceanic wayfinder. Master navigator Jack Thatcher is…
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An Evening with a Palaeontologist – Event Recap
By Rachael Pratt A fine, crisp Tuesday evening saw over 100 people join the STEM Wana crew at the Wesley Methodist Church to listen to our amazing guest speaker Professor James Crampton. Hailing from Victoria University, James travelled to Tauranga to share with us stories of his life as a Palaeontologist. From teaching Geology at…