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2 June 2021

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 from 10am to 4pm. Visit the official STEMFest website for more information.

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About Us

Driven by the community, for the community.

STEM Wana’s purpose is to promote awareness of opportunities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to young people through community events, collaborations and meaningful partnerships. 

There is a global shortage of people entering STEM study which will ultimately result in a shortage of problem solvers we need for the next generation. We also want to ensure diversity in STEM by encouraging and cultivating talent and promoting the full inclusion of excellence across the social spectrum in Aotearoa. 

We currently focus on three core initiatives, STEM in the Community outreach, Tinkd Makerspace located in Tauranga’s CBD, and the annual award winning Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest) which was held on Sunday 2nd October 2022.

STEM Wana Trust is a Registered Charity CC56830. GST 128-053-433. All Rights reserved.

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We’ve just completed our outreach programme. Tak We’ve just completed our outreach programme. Taking #STEM directly into communities who may not necessarily have access to STEM engagement. Working closely the teachers to ensure that our content aligns with and supports their learning schedule and collaborating with other STEM providers like @coolbananasnz has been key to making it a success. With thanks to Te Puna School, Pongakawa School, and Katikati College for hosting us, the teachers and ākonga for their enthusiasm, and the Ministry of Education for funding this pilot. #KaPai Keep an eye out for more #STEMInTheCommunity events in the new year, we could be coming to a location near you! 😎
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On the 4th and 5th of August, our very own superst On the 4th and 5th of August, our very own superstar Rachael (Project Coordinator) delivered on two days of STEM in the Community activations at Te Puna School. What an awesome two days with around 100 akonga having fun and learning to make stringhaulic gauntlets with the team at Thrive/Cool Bananas. Thanks to everyone involved. 👏 STEMFest Ambassador Natalie popped into say hello on Friday and wanted to have a go herself! STEM in the Community is funded by Ministry of Education. 🙌
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The STEM Wana Trust team are proud to support #Pin The STEM Wana Trust team are proud to support #PinkShirtDay on Friday 20 May, 2022 as we Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying. #KaPai Did you know that Pink Shirt Day is celebrated annually around the globe, and it began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In Aotearoa, Pink Shirt Day works to create schools, workplaces, communities and whānau where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. #StandTogether!
We're excited to be taking part in two events next We're excited to be taking part in two events next week as part of Techweek 2022. - Monday 16th at 10am @basestationnz - Friday 20th May at 5pm @universityofwaikatotauranga In collaboration with @venturecentrenz and @techweeknz / @techweek_tga. 🙌🏽 Grab your free ticket on the techweek.co.nz website now!
STEM e te whānau, we need your help! Are you an STEM e te whānau, we need your help! Are you an organising superstar? Do you live for lists? Would you like to join a small dedicated events team? We're looking for a full time Community Liaison/Coordinator for a 12 months contract starting May 2022. It's a flexible role that allows for some remote working. You'll be helping us develop and deliver on some exciting new projects as well as on the award winning STEMFest. More details about the role check out the link in our bio… Is this you or someone you know? Please share and help us spread the word... #newrole #makeadifference #eventsorganiser #newjob #stem
#Repost @stemfestnz ・・・ #InternationalWomens #Repost @stemfestnz ・・・ #InternationalWomensDay Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. Together we can forge women's equality. Did you know that #STEMFest was inspired by a woman (Ada Lovelace) and our Project Manager is also an amazing female lead? Soraya is passionate about getting more girls into STEM and so they can be the future leaders and inspire others to #BreakTheBias. Find out more about Soraya on our blog. Link in the bio. #womeninstem #stemforall #science #technology #engineering #mathematics
Today is 22-2-22, which is not only a #palindromed Today is 22-2-22, which is not only a #palindromedate, meaning it can be read the same both forward and backward, but also has the added uniqueness of being all twos. It is also known as a palindrome date around the world, even when it's written a different format (2-22-22). #Funnumbersfact #PalindromeDay
This summer over three days we welcomed hundreds o This summer over three days we welcomed hundreds of visitors to a very special series of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics sessions in Tauranga. Visit the @stemfestnz website to see all the photos! #steminthecommunity #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #newzealand #tauranga
First day of STEM Summer Edition was amazing. Arti First day of STEM Summer Edition was amazing. Artificial Intelligence with @cucumber.nz, Science at Home with @science_with_miss_prestidge, Girls’ Night Out with @xero. ❤️🎉
We are celebrating #AdaLovelaceDay with Suw Charma We are celebrating #AdaLovelaceDay with Suw Charman-Anderson, by hosting the first official webinar with some inspirational wāhine women engineers solving real-world problems here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Huge thanks to the wonderful Renée Young, Natasha Mudaliar, Victoria Clark, and Sujata Roy. Thanks to everyone who came to our lunchtime screening at the awesome @basestationnz!
New date KLAXON! @stemfestnz will be back on Sunda New date KLAXON! @stemfestnz will be back on Sunday 5th December 2021 ・・・ The STEMFest team have been busy working with our amazing partners and sponsors and we are thrilled to announce that we have secured a new date for Tauranga STEM Festival 2021! Hoorah! Set your calendar for Sunday 5th December 2021 😆 Same time, same place. General (FREE) tickets will be released very soon... If you're on our mailing list, check your inbox (and spam folder) for some even more exciting news 😉 Stay curious STEM whānau.
Stay strong STEM Whānau. We’ve totally got this Stay strong STEM Whānau. We’ve totally got this!
We enjoyed spending time with our STEM friends las We enjoyed spending time with our STEM friends last Saturday at the Canvas Career Expo. Go #TeamSTEMFest. Read all about it on our website (link in bio) 😎
The lovely Natalie is back with another exciting a The lovely Natalie is back with another exciting announcement! Head over to @stemfestnz for the official clip 🙌 #stemforall #stemforkids #stemfestnz #stemfest2021 #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #stem
A very special message from Natalie our amazing @s A very special message from Natalie our amazing @stemfestnz Ambassador for 2021! Head over to the STEMFest account to get the latest news 😉 #Stemfestnz #stemfest #savethedate #freeevent #tauranga #bayofplenty #bop #newzealand
Last week we were excited to welcome some VIP gues Last week we were excited to welcome some VIP guests to @tinkdmakerspace for some special filming. We had so much fun with our young STEM friends which included bubbles and bunting 😎😊 #filming #promo #stemfest #stemfestnz #friends #bubbles #sponsor #makerspace #makermovement
Look at these great personalised cookies one of ou Look at these great personalised cookies one of our lovely STEM friends made for us 😍 We can report that they we 💯 delish! Big thanks also to @rangagingerbeer for the drinks, sorry we didn’t take any photos but we were too busy drinking ... 😉
Team @stemfestnz met with our friends at @yia_nz l Team @stemfestnz met with our friends at @yia_nz last week to find out more about their exciting youth programme for 2021. We also scored an awesome T-shirt! 😆 Find out more about the Young Innovator Awards and how your school and students can get involved for free by visiting the yia website. #innovation #youngpeople #awards #bayofplenty
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