Science Communication | Te Pūnaha Matatini

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...

Maths Craft Festival

21 Dec 2016 | Our stories

Enjoy craft? Then you probably enjoy mathematics too, you just may not know it. This was the idea behind the recent Maths Craft Festival, a weekend-long festival held at the Auckland Museum, celebrating the many links between mathematics and craft. The Festival was...

Bad Science and Beyond

6 Oct 2016 | Our stories

“I just don’t care!” the doctor said, in response to a query on a personal health-related issue during a recent New Zealand television interview. I certainly had never heard a doctor speak in this way – and it made me curious to hear more in his live talk. I was not...

Royal Society of New Zealand Honours Dinner

10 Nov 2015 | Our stories

by Kate Hannah “Without those conversations, we couldn’t have done this research.” Amidst the sparkle and reflection of a Langham ballroom bedecked for a research honours dinner that celebrated International Year of Light, Professor Edwin Mitchell, reflecting on...

We’re at SCANZ

3 Nov 2015 | Our stories

In November, at the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ). Three of our people are presenting. They are: Kate Hannah (Te Pūnaha Matatini) Presenting: Using Emily Dickinson to upskill the new Michelle Rhian Salmon – Plenary...