Maths Craft Festival arrives in Auckland

4 Sep 2017 | Our stories

Do you enjoy craft? Then you probably enjoy mathematics too – you just may not know it yet. Don’t miss out on Maths Craft Festival 2017 being held this coming Saturday and Sunday, September 9-10, at the Auckland Museum. Discover the maths behind craft and the craft...

#WaiNZ – Let’s talk about our water

4 Sep 2017 | Our stories

New Zealanders have heard a lot about the state of our waterways and water in recent months. With the 2017 General Election just around the corner, politicians, industry insiders, communities and researchers have clamoured to get their views and policy ideas into the...

Sexism and the gender pay gap – data that can’t be ignored

30 Aug 2017 | Our stories

A recent study by researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research provides strong, definitive evidence that sexism is mostly to blame for the gender pay gap in New Zealand. The study found that, on average, women in New Zealand’s workforce are paid 84 cents...

Te Pūnaha Matatini supporting NZ science journalism

21 Aug 2017 | Our stories

Te Pūnaha Matatini is a major contributor to the Aotearoa-New Zealand Science Journalism Fund, which recently awarded $20,000 in funding to several New Zealand science journalists to cover stories ranging from genomics to driverless vehicles to climate change. This...

Dr Rebecca Priestley wins Prime Minister’s Prize – fourth for Te Pūnaha Matatini

21 Mar 2017 | Our stories

Te Pūnaha Matatini investigator Dr Rebecca Priestley has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize.  Dr Priestley is a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in the Science in Society Group. She has been an...

Taking a stand for science and society

3 Feb 2017 | Our stories

The world has taken a horrible turn for the worse in the last few weeks. Following a rather bizarre inauguration weekend that featured a running dispute over the size of Trump’s crowd and then the inspiring Women’s March, the Trump Administration unsettled the world...