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“KIA ORA KOUTOU KATOA” WELCOME FROM FESTIVAL PRESIDENT Welcome to Dunedin – one of the world’s great small cities and proud host of the New BRIDGET IRVING & DIRECTOR DAN HENDRA Zealand International Science Festival. This year’s New Zealand International Science Festival is once again set to take over Dunedin with The genesis of this festival was in 1996, when a group of passionate people had a vision to a celebration of science, technology and innovation. The programme is packed with 220 events to inspire the next generation of science leaders by holding a unique event that would bring pique your curiosity and take you beyond your everyday. the whole community together to promote science and learning, and position Dunedin as a The Festival Executive believe that the advancement and communication of science is critically city of science and a city of education. They saw the value in a community-based festival important for our global community. We face some extraordinary challenges and we fi rmly believe of science that would bring together the city’s schools, businesses, tertiary institutions science will help us conquer them. This festival is about helping the community engage with these and individuals in a week of hands-on science activities for all ages. challenges and arm itself with the knowledge and the skills to face them. We hope to do this in a Over two decades and soon to be 11 festivals on, and the New Zealand International way that is fun, inspiring and, above all, accessible. Science Festival has grown into one of the city’s premier events. Local, national and None of this would be possible without our cornerstone supporters—University of Otago, Dunedin international scientists work with Dunedin groups to promote and celebrate science and City Council, and the Otago Community Trust. We are extremely grateful for these ongoing and innovation. long-term partnerships. We are also enormously grateful for support from the many businesses, Science is important because it infl uences nearly all aspects of everyday life – food, organisations and service-providers whose contributions allow us to do what we do. The full list of energy, climate, medicine, transport and more. Science also helps to improve human life our festival supporters is highlighted below. Please show your support for them, as they have for us. at every level – from individual comfort to global issues. Huge appreciation also goes to our international partners—the British and Australian High Dunedin, New Zealand and the world are currently experiencing an unprecedented rate of Commissions and the US Embassy. Their continued support is instrumental in allowing us to attract change, so this year’s festival theme of ‘Go Beyond, navigating new horizons’ provides a a world-class programme peppered with thought-provoking international guests. timely opportunity to examine how science will help us respond to change and infl uence Lastly, but certainly not least, a massive thank-you to our presenters, event hosts and volunteers the future. who enable us to deliver such an exciting and high-quality programme. We simply cannot do it I encourage you all to participate in some of the many events on off er and learn more without them. about the world around you. There is something for everyone, from science demonstrations On behalf of Dan Hendra, myself and all of the Festival Executive, we invite you to join us on this through to discussions on some of the major issues facing our society. So take some time journey of intellectual challenge and inspiration. Be set to expand your mind, think diff erently, and to go through the programme, and challenge yourself to “go beyond” this July. Go Beyond!

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Celebrate the wondrous world of science as we transform the city of Dunedin into science hubs, with a mammoth 220 events encompassing discussions, experiments, inspiration and discovery. TICKETING Tickets are now on sale! Book now, as most events sell out well in advance. For all ticket information, head to www.scifest.org.nz. Opening Night & Science Awards Future Energy show starring FAMILY EVENTS 1 at the University of Otago, 6 July. 2 Graham Walker at the University of Join us in an exciting, engaging and educational event calendar this July school holidays the Otago, Sat 7 & Sun 8 July. whole family can enjoy. Events are listed by date, with a number of events repeated throughout the week. It’s important that you check if you require tickets or registration to attend. If you don’t have a ticket then you might miss out! Please check the minimum age requirement for events, as most family events carry recommendations to ensure the best possible experience for our visitors. Parents, please keep this in mind when purchasing for your children.

ADULT EVENTS NAO the robot (v6) Australasian Hāhakaranga and the Creative 3 launch, at 123 Vogel Street, Mon 9 4 Process at Toitū Otago Settlers Our programme has an incredibly rich selection of events for adults, including debates, July. Museum, Sun 15 July. discussions, workshops and ﬁ lm screenings. We have our largest-ever cohort of international guests ready to engage our city. Look for the red highlighted adult events throughout the programme. FOLLOW US ONLINE Find out the latest about the festival, including photos, behind-the-scenes information and festival insights on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. @nzscifest. Our Environment: Meet the scientists Women in Tech at 123 Vogel Street, 5 at South Dunedin Community Pop-up, 6 10 July. FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY 9July. Filming and photography will take place at Science Festival events and may be used for future promotional purposes. If you have any concerns, please speak to a member of staﬀ at the event or contact us via Facebook. 3D INTERACTIVE GAME! Download the free Peekavu app to your mobile device to make our cover image come alive in 3D! You can use this anywhere you see our brand image The Sweet Science of Chocolate, talk Going Beyond Our World, —on the street, online and even at events! 7 and taste at OCHO, 13 July. 8 photography panel at Otago NEED HELP? Museum, Sat 14 July. Need help? Contact us via our Facebook page! Please note: events are subject to change, check our website www.scifest.org.nz for latest event listings.

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Built in 1889, 123 Vogel Street is now home to OBSERVATORY ART GALLERY some of Dunedin’s brightest businesses and a hub The Beverly-Begg Observatory was established in 1922 The gallery was founded in 1884 and was the ﬁ rst for innovation and tech training. and is home to the Dunedin Astronomical Society. public art gallery in New Zealand. It is home to the main public art collection in Dunedin. innov8hq.com www.facebook.com/dunedin. signal.ac.nz astronomy/ dunedin.art.museum gallawaycookallan.co.nz 1a City Road, Robin Hood Park 30 The Octagon

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Enjoy a ‘Precinct Food three-course feast’ FAKE NEWS while hearing from award-winning REAL FOOD ԭOPPDNHU.ULVWLQ3LFKDVNH Conspiracy theories and “fake news” are a rising epidemic, with serious consequences for democracy around the globe. Kristin will discuss her forthcoming documentary series Pulling the Thread, which unravels some of America’s most popular conspiracy theories to reveal the emotional, cognitive and social forces that lead rational people to believe irrational things. 6-8PM, FRIDAY JULY 13 Bookings essential. $75 PER PERSON Book today at 125 VOGEL ST www.scifest.org.nz 146 TUESDAYSPECIAL | GUESTSJULY 10 | INTERNATIONAL www.scifest.org.nzwww.scifest.org.nz

NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: Simon McCallum Ally Watson Dr Graham Walker Prof. Karen Willcox Prof. Malcolm A. MacIver COUNTRY: COUNTRY: COUNTRY: COUNTRY: Norway/NZ Australia/Scotland Australia USA/NZ COUNTRY: USA

As Professor of Aeronautics and Simon McCallum has worked in The Sydney Morning Herald named Dr Graham Walker has been Malcolm is a director of the performing science shows for the Astronautics and Co-Director of Neuroscience and Robotics both New Zealand and Norway, Ally Watson one of Australia’s nine most inﬂ uential female entrepreneurs past 16 years and is one of two the Center for Computational Laboratory at Northwestern lecturing in Computer Science, Game of 2017. After spending seven years people in the world with a PhD in Engineering, MIT, Karen is a University, where he is a Professor Development and Virtual Reality. He working as a .NET developer across science show performance. His leader in the development of with joint appointments between has a PhD on the functional purpose the UK and Australia, her insights unique brand of high-energy delivery computational methods for Mechanical Engineering and of REM sleep and has worked into the life of a female in a male- and amazing science regularly thrills designing engineering systems. Biomedical Engineering, and an At MIT, Karen leads two large commercially as a Game Developer. dominated industry led her to co- audiences around the world, from additional appointment in the Africa to Asia to the Middle East. research projects for the U.S. Air Department of Neurobiology. Simon’s research interests include: found the highly acclaimed ‘Code Like a Girl’ in 2015. Code Like a Girl is an From solar-powered drag-racers to Force to develop methods for His work focuses on ways that • Serious Games Australian organisation that sets out rockets made with kitchen chemicals, the design of future aircraft and complex animal behaviour can • Virtual and Augmented Reality to inspire a new generation of girls his shows are jammed with intriguing drones. She also works closely be applied to making advanced • Neural Networks to acquire coding as a skill through and interactive science aimed to with Boeing on the design of the biorobotic systems. • Asking better questions workshops and events. inspire audiences to laugh, learn, Blended Wing Body, a concept for a future passenger aircraft. • Medieval Siege Weapons With her charming Scottish accent, wonder, and see how science is part disarming wit and colourfully of our everyday lives. tattooed skin, no-one deﬁ es the computer programmer stereotype quite like Ally Watson.

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NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: Dr Ken Silburn Siân Cleaver Kristin Pichaske Chadd Paishon Dr Oleg Abramov COUNTRY: COUNTRY: COUNTRY: COUNTRY: COUNTRY: Australia UK USA USA (Hawaii) New Zealand/USA

Ken is passionate about teaching Siân’s childhood ambitions of Kristin Pichaske is an Emmy Chadd serves as Captain of Makali’i Dr. Oleg Abramov is a Senior 21st-century skills and increasing becoming an astronaut led her to Award-winning fi lmmaker with on Hawai’i Island. Scientist at the Planetary Science the educational opportunities of pursue a degree in Physics and more than 25 years of professional Chadd joined the Polynesian Institute. His projects include students on a global scale. He Astronomy at Durham University experience shooting, producing Voyaging Society (PVS) in the modeling of environmental eff ects is internationally renowned in in the UK, and then a career in and directing documentaries apprentice navigator program in of comet and asteroid impacts, science education, especially in the the space industry. Six years in a broad range of styles and 1990, as PVS was preparing to assessment of resources on Mars, area of Environmental and Space later, Siân is a Principal Mission formats – from working as a voyage to Rarotonga in 1992 to train and instrument development for Science. He is a recognised Global Systems Engineer at Airbus at one-man-band in rural Africa, to a new generation of crew members Europa Clipper, a robotic spacecraft Teacher Ambassador, having been Stevenage in the UK. She works shooting VR video for the New York and navigators. After many years of mission to an icy satellite of acknowledged as one of the top predominantly on the design and Times, and producing large-scale voyaging and learning navigation, Jupiter. In 2013, he served as a ten teachers in the world (from development of future European documentaries for Lucasfi lm, Ltd. Chadd was one of 5 PVS navigators crew member on a NASA-funded over 23,000 nominations) through Space Agency exploration missions, and Paramount Pictures. inducted into Pwo, the degree of the simulated Mars mission. Dr. Abramov the Varkey Global Teacher Prize. such as Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft Weriyeng School of Navigation of is also an FAA-licensed commercial He is also the recipient of the that will fl y close to the Sun to Micronesia, by Mau Piailug in 2007. pilot and fl ight instructor. prestigious Dr Paul Brock Medal carry out observations and take from the Australian College of measurements relating to solar and Educators. Heliospheric physics.

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NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: Nigel Latta Dr Rangi Matamua Louise Potiki Bryant Hoturoa Kerr Ian Taylor

Nigel has had a varied and Dr Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) is an Louise Potiki Bryant is a Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr (Tainui) is Ian holds a Bachelor of Laws from colourful career which spans all associate professor at the University choreographer, dancer, and video the captain of the oceangoing the University of Otago and is a the way from a brief episode as of Waikato, and his research fi elds artist of Māori (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti waka Haunui and has been sailing businessman and former television a busker in the eighties, to over are Māori astronomy and star lore, Mamoe, and Waitaha) descent who around the Pacifi c for more than 35 presenter, based in Dunedin. two decades working as a clinical Māori culture, and Māori language has choreographed for companies years. He paddles waka, sails waka, Ian’s many accolades include psychologist, and more recently as development, research and such as Atamira Dance Company, teaches waka. induction into the New Zealand an author and documentary-maker. revitalisation. He travels extensively Black Grace Dance Company and He has a BA from the University Hi-Tech Hall of Fame 2009, North & Nigel has written books about throughout the country giving public The New Zealand Dance Company. of Auckland, and a Masters from South magazine’s New Zealander of parenting and his work as a lectures about Matariki and Māori Louise has a strong body of solo Waikato University. His Master’s the Year 2010, Companion of the NZ forensic psychologist, and has Astronomy. and collaborative works, which thesis investigated how the waka is Order of Merit 2012 and Outstanding worked on television documentaries In his MA thesis Doctor Matamua draw upon her interdisciplinary and a symbol of mana in the twenty- Maori Business Leader of the Year about inequality, sugar, alcohol, focused on traditional Tūhoe whakaahua practice. fi rst century. He was a lecturer 2013. Antarctic science, and lots more. weaponry, and his PhD examined Louise has a Bachelor of at Waikato University for over It may come as a surprise that Ian In 2012 he was appointed as an the role of Māori radio in Māori Performing and Screen Arts with a nineteen years and more recently claims to have no skills whatsoever Offi cer of the New Zealand Order language revitalisation. major in contemporary dance and he has specialised in education and and credits living at the bottom of of Merit. a Bachelor of Arts with a major in leadership programmes that use the the world and working with clever Māori Studies. waka as a platform for learning and people as the secrets to his success. development.

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NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: NAME: Simon Kaan Kylie Robinson James Renwick Prof. Richie Poulton Dr Helen Anderson

Simon Kaan describes his work as Kylie completed a BSc (Computer James Renwick is a professor Professor Richie Poulton is Director Helen chairs the BRANZ and ‘biological landscapes’, animated Science), and a DipSci (Computer in the School of Geography, of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Fulbright NZ boards and is an vistas that piece together a sense Graphics) from Otago University. Environment and Earth Sciences, Health and Development Research independent director of DairyNZ of belonging and explore a multi- Her career started as a Computer Victoria University of Wellington. Unit, which conducts the Dunedin and WREDA. She also serves on the dimensional sense of self. Animator at Animation Research His background is in atmospheric longitudinal study, one of the most Massey University Council and the Born in Dunedin in 1971 to a Chinese Limited. science, with plenty of maths and detailed studies of human health National Council of the Institute of father and Ngāi Tahu mother, it is Kylie is the co-founder of Igtimi statistics on the side. and development ever undertaken. Directors. not surprising that his whakapapa Limited. Igtimi designs and creates James specialises in the He has published 250+ peer- She was Chief Executive of the and strong sense of his Ngāi Tahu bespoke hardware and software large-scale circulation of the reviewed scientifi c papers, with Ministry of Research, Science and heritage have grounded him in the under the YachtBot brand to help atmosphere and how climate many appearing in leading Technology for six years, preceded cultural and physical local landscape, coaches and analysts boost their variability and change aff ects international journals. His research by six years as Chief Science the subject of many of his paintings. athletes’ performance and keeps New Zealand and the Antarctic. interests include: mental health, Adviser. Helen chairs or is a member His Chinese heritage has had equal spectators involved when watching nature-nurture interplay, and of advisory boards for LINZ, DIA, infl uence and is as interwoven within live sporting events. psychosocial determinants of and the NZ Police. She has a PhD his work as it is within him as an chronic physical disease. In 2014, in geophysics from Cambridge individual. he was named as a Highly Cited University and enjoys keeping Researcher by Thomson-Reuters. up-to-date with the latest science developments. We are proud to have Helen as a Festival Patron.

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ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre Discover huge Royal Albatross chicks at the world’s only mainland Royal Albatross breeding colony. FAMILY FAMILY

10:00-15:00 Adults $15, Children $3 Bookings essential 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula

SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube Daily screenings of short ﬁ lms from Dunedin science communication students and the Scinema International

FAMILY Science Film Festival.

10:00-16:00 FREE No booking required Dunedin City Library

SIGNAL VIRTUAL REALITY & MIXED REALITY ARENA Signal ICT Grad School Come be amazed by the latest in VR and Mixed Reality technology The Science Festival grabs from around the world! This is an immmersive experience like

OTAGO FAMILY the best, quirkiest, coolest, no other with the latest headsets on oﬀ er to play, engage and weirdest and most helpful discover new worlds! Book early to avoid disappintment as we UNIVERSITY science from around the have very limited spaces. 10:00-15:00 FREE University and packs it all Booking required 123 Vogel Street EXPO into the ground ﬂ oor of the St David Complex. SPOTLIGHT ON 10:00-16:00 FREE No booking required St David Lecture Theatre FUTURE ENERGY SHOW University of Otago Find out about the science behind future energy technologies like fuel cells, hydrogen, carbon capture and biofuels as we burn and EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY explode our way through a series of awe- Dunedin Astronomical Society inspiring experiments. Volunteers will race Explore the universe, go inside the observatory dome, take a laser tour of the sky, and explore stars, planets, and galaxies with our solar-powered cars, test wind turbine helmets

FAMILY telescopes! Open to space adventurers of all ages! and discover how we can store clean energy. 16:00-17:00 $5 (free for small children) 19:30-21:30 Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Road, Booking advised No booking required Robin Hood Park, Dunedin $7, $20 family (2 adults and 2 kids) St David Lecture Theatre, University of Otago

HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery DANCE AS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP Using the materials provided in Playspace enter one of our - A WHARE TAPERE WĀNANGA

FAMILY creative tree competitions. ToitūOtago Settlers Museum Join internationally renowned Ngai Tahu dancer Lou Potiki-

FAMILY Bryant for this dynamic workshop in dance and Māori FREE astronomy. A part of the Hāhakaranga Arts and Science 10:00-16:30 30 The Octagon Project. FREE 10:00-12:00 31 Queens Gardens

DIY MARSHMALLOW BAZOOKA WORKSHOP A GLIMPSE OF WAIRUA Mitre 10 MEGA ToitūOtago Settlers Museum Learn how to make a vacuum cleaner-powered Join Ngai Tahu dancer and choreographer Louise Potiki-Bryant bazooka that will send marshmallows ﬂ ying sky high!

FAMILY and Ngai Tahu theatre practioner Rua McCallum to hear about the

FAMILY creation of Wairua, a performance planned for 2019, along with other innovative performance pieces they have created.

10:00, 11:00, 12:00 $5 13:30 FREE Booking advised 350 Andersons Bay Road No booking required 31 Queens Gardens

BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL FIRST FLIGHT Royal Albatross Centre Otago Museum Have you met the smallest penguin in the world? Take Be there for that special moment and help our advantage of this Science Festival half price off er to come newly-emerged butterfl ies take fl ight in the Tropical Forest. FAMILY

FAMILY and see them for yourself.

Included with entry to 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) 11:00 and 13:30 daily Tuhura Science Centre Booking required 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula No booking required 419 Great King Street

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FUN SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT ON Moana Pool Moana Pool is bringing science fun to every day of the Festival with lots of wacky water experiments for pool TŪHURA THRILLS KIDS SCIENCE AT THE MALL visitors to try out. Tūhura science wonder and excitement is coming to the mall for hands on activities 18:00-19:00 FREE No booking required 60 Littlebourne Road and demonstrations! 11:00-14:00 CHROMATONE No booking required Robert Piggott Art Gallery “What is colour? FREE A painter and a photographer respond to the nature of

Wall Street Mall ADULTS colour and the colour of nature. 211 George Street

10:00-16:00 FREE No booking required 8 Jetty Street THE DUNEDIN MUSEUM OF NATURAL MYSTERY GOING BEYOND TO THE HIDDEN WONDERS OF BRAZIL Dunedin’s newest museum is based in the home of mural artist and sculptor, Bruce Mahalski. Dunedin City Library The museum contains a collection of skulls, bones, biological Photographer Leonardo Ramos shows how two isolated and

FAMILY curiosities, ethnological art and unusual cultural artefacts. ﬁ nancially struggling Brazilian National Parks have been

ADULTS deemed the largest concentration of archaeological sites of the Americas, and hold scientiﬁ c ﬁ ndings that may change the history of humanity as we know it. 10:00-17:00 $5, children under-10 free 14:30 FREE No booking required 61 Royal Terrace Booking suggested 230 Moray Place

LIGHT WORKSHOP SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO Dunedin Public Art Gallery EXHIBITION Investigate reﬂ ection, refraction and colour vision with The ISB Link Esther Haines, University of Otago. The exhibition has images that encompass areas of anatomy, KIDS

ADULTS biochemistry, genetics, microbiology & immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, pharmacology & toxicology, physiology and more! 13:00-15:00 $5 children 5-years and over 10:00-16:00 FREE Booking essential 30 The Octagon No booking required University of Otago SUNDAY | JULY 8

THE POWER OF MIND IN CONTROLLING YOUR PAIN Wall Street Mall Take part in a circuit of simple and fun experiments that are used by Otago University researchers to understand the FAMILY FAMILY role of the brain in pain experience.

10:00-15:00 FREE No booking required 211 George Street

AROUND THE MUSEUM IN 80 OBJECTS Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Travel the museum in search of a world of objects. Identify 80 artefacts and discover the countries they came from. FAMILY

10:00-17:00 FREE DIY No booking required 31 Queens Gardens

MARSHMALLOW WILD STREET ART WALKING TOUR Learn how to make a vacuum i-SITE, Octagon cleaner-powered bazooka that BAZOOKA LY Find out the real life stories of the creatures portrayed on

will send marshmallows ﬂ ying MI our city’s walls from the Octagon to Vogel Street. Join Small WORKSHOP sky-high! FA City Big Walls tour guide Victoria Gilliand and nature writer/ presenter Quinn Berentson for a one-hour-plus walking tour. 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 $5 Guest appearance by a street artist. Mitre 10 MEGA 11:00-12.30 $10 Booking advised Bookings essential The Octagon 350 Andersons Bay Road

OROKONUI WILDLIFE WORKSHOP FUTURE ENERGY SHOW Mitre 10 MEGA Otago University Make wildlife-friendly garden accessoriesto nurture native Find out about the science behind future energy technologies species and make your backyard even better! like fuel cells, hydrogen, carbon capture and biofuels as we FAMILY FAMILY burn and explode our way through a series of awe-inspiring experiments. Volunteers will race solar-powered cars, test wind turbine helmets and discover how we can store clean energy. 14:00-16:00 350 Andersons Bay Road 14:00-15:00 $7, $20 family (2 adults and 2 kids) No booking required Gold coin donation encouraged Booking advised St David Lecture Theatre, University 13 SUNDAY | JULY 8 www.scifest.org.nz

WILDLIFE HOSPITAL SIGNAL VIRTUAL REALITY & MIXED REALITY ARENA Signal ICT Grad School Specialists from the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital share stories LY

MI SEE about their fascinating experiences looking after local 10:00-15:00 FREE FA PAGE 10 animals and birds. Booking required 123 Vogel St FAMILY

FREE SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube Dunedin Public Art Gallery LY 15:00-16:00 30 The Octagon MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE FA No booking required Dunedin City Library PAGE 10

BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre BUG WORKSHOP LY

MI Dunedin City Library 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) SEE

FA Get to know local invertebrates with bug-lover and science Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 student Sam Purdie. This workshop is aimed at science-loving KIDS children 8-12 years.

HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery LY 11:00-12:00 7-12 years MI FREE SEE

FA Booking required $5 10:00-16:30 30 The Octagon PAGE 10

FUN SCIENCE Moana Pool EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society LY KIDS 18:00-19:00 FREE SEE MI 19:30-21:30 $5 (free for small children) SEE No booking required 60 Littlebourne Rd PAGE 10 FA No booking required Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Rd, Dunedin PAGE 10

CHROMATONE Robert Piggott Art Gallery OTAGO UNIVERSITY EXPO LY 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE MI 10:00-14:00 FREE SEE ADULTS No booking required 8 Jetty St PAGE 12 FA No booking required St David Lecture Theatre, University PAGE 10

SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO EXHIBITION University of Otago ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre LY

MI 10:00-15:00 Adults $15 Children $3 SEE 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 No booking required The ISB Link PAGE 12 MONDAY | JULY 9

SOMETHING FISHY IN THE GARDENS Dunedin Botanic Garden Through electro-ﬁ shing, fyke netting and ﬁ sh IDs learn about the importance of healthy rivers to healthy communities. FAMILY FAMILY

10:30-12:00 FREE Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden

ŌKU MOANA STORYTIME Dunedin Community Art Gallery Storytime with Su Ikin from Dunedin Public Library – suitable for young children (ages 4-10). FAMILY

SPACE 13:00-14:00 FREE ADVENTURES: No booking required 20 Princes Street Join leading scientists ŌKU MOANA Karen Willcox, Sian Cleaver Dunedin Community Art Gallery TO INFINITY Working in collaboration with artists, musicians, weavers, and Dr Oleg Abramov for ﬁ lm makers and scientists, Rabbit-Hole Collective will merge & BEYOND! an insight into the world FAMILY climate change data with art in interactive displays, hands of space exploration. on art activities, workshops and storytelling.

18:00-19:30 $10 10:00-16:00 FREE Booking required Signal ICT Grad School No booking required 20 Princes Street 123 Vogel Street LICHENS UP CLOSE NAO ROBOT OFFICIAL AUSTRALASIA LAUNCH Dunedin Botanic Garden BY SOFTBANK ROBOTICS This guided walk will reveal some of New Zealand’s InnoV8 HQ exceptionally rich lichen ﬂ ora. Meet NAO, the interactive robot from China that is winning FAMILY FAMILY the hearts of people around the world.

14:30-15:30 FREE 17:00-18:00 FREE Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden *Sorry, no wheelchair access No booking required 123 Vogel Street 14 MONDAY | JULY 9 www.scifest.org.nz

NATURE DETECTIVE GREAT WEED MYSTERY SPOTLIGHT ON Dunedin Botanic Garden Help solve the puzzle – where’s the old man’s beard? Was MATARIKI FLAG it a crime of passion fruit? Kiwi Guardians earn your ‘Weed WORKSHOP FAMILY Warriors’ medal. Join celebrated Ngai Tahu artist Simon 13:30-14:30 FREE Kaan in researching Māori astronomical Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden understanding of the Matariki cluster (Pleiades). Create your very own printed ANATOMY: GOING BEYOND WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK Matariki Star Flag to take home. Wall Street Mall Hear from a fascinating group of experts talking about the 9:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00 best bits of their research including bioarcheology, native bird Booking required FAMILY sperm, building bone from wool, stimulating the brain and the FREE Loch Ness monster. Toitū Otago Settlers Museum 31 Queens Gardens 17:30-19:00 FREE Booking suggested 211 George Street

DUNEDIN KINDERGARTEN OPEN DAY COCCOLITHOPHORES IMPRESSED Helen Deem Kindergarten Dunedin Community Art Gallery Come and experience a range of hands on science experiences for Coccolithophores impressed – make your own embossed young hands and minds to meddle with. artwork with Lynn Taylor and Jenny Rock. FAMILY FAMILY

9:00-12:30 FREE 11.00–13.00 FREE No booking required 81 Forbury Road No booking required 20 Princes Street

TAKAHE TALES! MESMERISING METAMORPHOSIS: FROM Orokonui Ecosanctuary CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY Once thought extinct and then miraculously rediscovered hear the Otago Museum thrilling tales of the Takahe from the scientists who work with them! Listen to a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, create FAMILY FAMILY Includes dress up and specimen display! your own caterpillar craft and help newly-emerged butterfl ies take fl ight for the fi rst time in the Tropical Forest. Aimed at 2-6 year olds and their parents. 10:00-11:00 $5 13:15-14:15 $15/$10 Bookings required 600 Blueskin Road No booking required 419 Great King Street *Sorry, no wheelchair access

PEST FEST! SEARCHING FOR SATURN Orokonui Ecosanctuary Beverly-Begg Observatory Meet passionate conservationists and interpret prints in tracker Look for Saturn through high powered telescopes under the tunnels. How does our perception of these animal’s behaviour guidance of experts from Skyline Queenstown. FAMILY

aﬀ ect how we chose to eradicate them? Learn how each trap is FAMILY designed with speciﬁ c pest psychology in mind.

12:00-13:00 $5 19:30-21:30 FREE Bookings required 600 Blueskin Road No booking required 1a City Road, Robin Hood Park, Dunedin

MIGHTY MOA Orokonui Ecosanctuary SPOTLIGHT ON Meet Quinn Berentson, author of the award winning Moa book and hear about our local Moa. Examine real Moa specimens from

FAMILY EDWARDIAN Otago Museum and explore the native forest looking for Moa munchies! DOMESTIC SCIENCE

13:00-15:00 $5 Learn how domestic history and food Bookings required 600 Blueskin Road science has changed between Edwardian times and now. MAKING THEATRE: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIGHTING 10:30-12:00 New Athenaeum Theatre Booking required Join scientists, performers and creatives at the New $5

FAMILY Athenaeum Theatre for an interactive workshop, Olveston including performance of a scene from ‘Macbeth’ under 42 Royal Terrace various lighting states. 10:00-12:00 FREE Bookings required 23 The Octagon DENTAL DETECTIVES NATURE O’CLOCK Dunedin City Library Orokonui Ecosanctuary Put on your dental detective hats and try out the four Breakfast at midnight? Dinner at dawn? Why does that seem interactive dental activities from Otago University’s Dental

wrong to most human brains? Learn all about how we evolved FAMILY School. Suitable for kids aged 7 years and over, parents FAMILY our circadian rhythms and how modern technology keeps us up welcome. at night. Make your own animal clock to take home! 10:00-11:00; 11:30-12:30 FREE 16:00-18:00 $5 Booking required Dunedin City Library Bookings required 600 Blueskin Road

SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society LY LY MI MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE 19:30-21:30 $5 (free for small children) SEE FA FA No booking required Dunedin City Library PAGE 10 No booking required Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Rd, Dunedin PAGE 10 MONDAY | JULY 9 15 13 MONDAY | JULY 9 www.scifest.org.nzwww.scifest.org.nz

SHOOT FOR THE STARS FUN SCIENCE Signal ICT Grad School Moana Pool This event is a special opportunity to have a pizza Q&A Moana Pool is bringing science fun to every day of the dinner with space experts Karen Willcox, Sian Cleaver and

KIDS Festival with lots of wacky water experiments for pool FAMILY Dr Oleg Abramov. Aimed at high schoolers. visitors to try out.

17:00 $5 18:00-19:00 FREE Booking required 123 Vogel Street No booking required 60 Littlebourne Road

SIGNAL VIRTUAL REALITY & MIXED REALITY ARENA Signal ICT Grad School

LY UNDERSTANDING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF

MI 10:00-15:00 FREE SEE PEER-LED COMMUNITY GROUPS

FA PAGE 10 Booking required 123 Vogel St Associate Professor and lecturer in occupational therapy Dr Linda Robertson will consider the secrets to success

ADULTS when it comes to peer-led exercise groups. HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery

LY FREE MI FREE SEE 17:30-18:30 Hub Atrium, Otago Polytechnic FA 10:00-16:30 30 The Octagon PAGE 10 Booking suggested Forth Street

ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre OUR ENVIRONMENT: MEET THE SCIENTISTS LY South Dunedin Community Pop-up MI 10:00-15:00 Adults $15 Children $3 SEE

FA Grab a cuppa and a biscuit and get chatting to a range of Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 scientists and experts working in environmental science in

ADULTS Dunedin.

AROUND THE MUSEUM IN 80 OBJECTS Toitū Otago Settlers Museum LY 18:00-19:30 FREE MI 10:00-17:00 FREE SEE

FA Bookiing suggested 199 Hillside Road No booking required 31 Queens Gardens PAGE 12

THE VR SERIES: VR - WHICH WAY TO THE OASIS? TŪHURA THRILLS SCIENCE AT THE MALL Wall Street Mall

LY InnoV8 HQ

MI 11:00-14:00 FREE SEE Dr Simon McCallum discusses the use of Virtual Reality in FA No booking required 211 George St PAGE 12 collaboration, teamwork and teaching. ADULTS

BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre 12:00-13:00 FREE LY

MI 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) SEE No booking required 123 Vogel Street FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10

7 PEOPLE TALK 7 MINUTES OF PLASTICS SCIENCE OF COLOUR: KIDS WORKSHOP Otago Pioneer Women’s Memorial Hall Robert Piggott Art Gallery Seven professionals from a range of disciplines Art and science do belong together as kids will talk 7 minutes of plastics, with time for questions ADULTS

KIDS discover at this fun, hands-on workshop. afterwards. Suitable for 8-12 year olds.

19:00-20:30 Donation welcome 14:00-15.30 $5 Booking suggested 362 Moray Place Booking required Jetty Street

CHROMATONE Robert Piggott Art Gallery WATER ROCKET WORKSHOP 12:00-14:00 FREE SEE Mitre 10 MEGA ADULTS No booking required 8 Jetty St PAGE 12 This is a rocket-making workshop with a diﬀ erence, your teacher is Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics Karen Willcox! For children KIDS 8+ years. SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO EXHIBITION University of Otago

11:00-14:00 $15 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS Bookings essential 350 Andersons Bay Road No booking required The ISB Link PAGE 12 FUND YOUR COMMUNITY EVENT!

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WATER ROCKET FIGHT LIKE A FLOROKONUI: PAIN IN CHILDREN ANATOMY: THE VR LUNCHTIME WORKSHOP PHYSICIST WALL STREET AND YOUNG GOING BEYOND SERIES: WALKING IN Mitre 10 MEGA Dunedin City Library GETS GREENER PEOPLE: WHAT DO WHAT YOU A VIRTUAL WORLD This is a rocket-making workshop In this practical and interactive WITH OROKONUI WE KNOW? MIGHT THINK InnoV8 HQ with a diff erence, your teacher workshop, you will learn how a Wall Street Mall Otago University Wall Street Mall This presentation will discuss how we move is Professor of Aeronautics & working understanding of Classical Join the team from Orokonui for some forest Persistent pain in children and adolescents Hear from a fascinating group around in Virtual Worlds, and the places we Astronautics Karen Willcox! Mechanics is key to a successful exploration, inside the mall!The Wall Street is common, aff ecting their participation in of experts talking about the best can go, with a focus on ‘Redirected Walking’. career as a ninja. atrium will be transformed into a native schooling, and sport/leisure activities. Join bits of their research, including 9 & 10 July leading scientist Dr Steven Kamper and Wednesday 11 July forest ecosystem for one special weekend. bioarchaeology, native bird sperm, Tuesday 10 July 11:00-14:00 a panel of specialists as they share their 10:00, 11:30, 13:30 insights and research into pain in children building bone from wool, stimulating 12:00-13:00 For children 8+ years Suitable for kids aged 8 years and Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 July and young people. the brain and the Loch Ness monster. 123 Vogel Street $15, bookings essential older families 10:00-16:00 Free, no booking required Wednesday 11 July Monday 9 July 18:00-19:30 17:30-19:00 Free, booking suggested Free, booking suggested FUN SCIENCE AT DANCE AS SCIENCE WILD STREET ART St David Lecture Theatre Complex Light refreshments provided MOANA POOL COMMUNICATION WA L K I N G TO U R WORKSHOP Join Small City Big Walls tour guide Victoria Moana Pool is bringing science fun Gilliand and nature writer/presenter Quinn to every day of the Festival with lots A Whare Tapere Wānanga Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Berentson for a 1-hour-plus walking tour. of wacky water experiments for pool GO BEYOND Join internationally renowned Ngai Tahu THE FUTURE FUTURES PAST: visitors to try out. dancer Lou Potiki Bryant for this dynamic Sunday 8 July OF FOOD THE RESULTS: NAVIGATING workshop in dance and Māori astronomy. 11:00-12.30 South Dunedin Community Pop-up THIRST FOR THROUGH Daily 18:00-19:00 i-SITE, Octagon Share a cup of tea and a chat KNOWLEDGE HISTORY Saturday 7 July with food experts from a range of 60 Littlebourne Road $10, bookings essential Ombrellos Bar and Restaurant Otago Museum 10:00-12:00 disciplines, including nutrition, urban Free, no booking required Hear stories from the front line of Experts in the study of astronomy, Free, no booking required gardening and cooking. Food security and better eating are just some of science. PhD students reveal what technology and marine navigation share the future challenges that science is really goes on behind the lab doors stories and knowledge. seeking to solve. and out in the fi eld to make science happen! Friday 13 July DIY TŪHURA THRILLS SOMETHING Wednesday 11 17:30-18:30 MARSHMALLOW SCIENCE AT FISHY 18:00-19:30 Tuesday 10 July $12/$6 BAZOOKA THE MALL IN THE GARDENS 199 Hillside Road 17:30-20:00 Booking required WORKSHOP Wall Street Mall Dunedin Botanic Garden Free, booking suggested Ombrellos Kitchen & Bar Mitre 10 MEGA Tūhura science wonder and excitement is Through electro-fi shing, fyke netting and Free, booking suggested Make your own bazooka then watch coming to the mall for hands on activities fi sh IDs learn about the importance of it shoot marshmallows sky-high. and demonstrations! healthy rivers to healthy communities. See freshwater fi sh and stream invertebrate Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 July Saturday 7, Monday 9 & Tuesday 10 July displays, with a focus on stream health. 11:00-14:00 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 Free, no booking required Monday 9 & Wednesday 11 July JAPANESE QUAIL THE TEACHER THE DUNEDIN 350 Andersons Bay Road 211 George Street 10:30-12:00 AND PLASTIC WHO SAVED MUSEUM OF Free, booking suggested BOTTLES, SCIENCE NATURAL THE SCIENCE Otago Polytechnic MYSTERY OF URBAN Be inspired by award-winning 61 Royal Terrace PROJECT X ROBOTS: A NEW CHARLIE, science educator, communicator, Certifi ed Dunedin City Library AGRICULTURE The museum contains a collection of GENERATION ESTELLE AND Google Trainer, and Global Teacher skulls, bones, biological curiosities, Jump into the world of engineering and Mitre 10 MEGA Multiple venues and dates THE POPPAZOID Ambassador Ken Silburn. Find out why he ethnological art and unusual cultural electronics by making and programming Hear about the surprising new robots that Tim Ashdown, head of science at Otago Toitū Otago Settlers Museum has been acknowledged as one of the top artefacts. an electronic gadget to take home. could one day be cleaning your house. Boys’ talks about using science to grow Charlie sees science and magic everywhere. ten teachers in the world. Refreshments provided.Every child will take food in small spaces and talks about school Estelle dreams of outer-space and calculates Friday to Sunday, 13-15 July Tuesday 10 July home a DIY robot kit! garden projects past and present. 9:30-16:00 the physics of parkour. Come with them as Tuesday 10 July 10:00-17:00 they GO BEYOND and a friendship emerges 18:00-19:30 $5 Intermediate School ages Thursday 12 July through invention, science, music and Hip- Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 July (11 to 13 approx). Otago Polytechnic, Union Street No booking required 18:00-19:30 Hop dance! 13:00-14:00 $15, bookings essential G Block, Room G106 Free, booking suggested 350 Andersons Bay Road Multiple dates Free, no booking required $5 or $10 p/family, booking suggested. 31 Queens Gardens $5 1814 TUESDAYTUESDAY | JULY| JULY 10 10 www.scifest.org.nzwww.scifest.org.nz

CODING FUNDAMENTALS University of Otago A workshop for 8-16-year-olds led by Ally Watson from Code Like A Girl. Learn about the inspiring women who FAMILY ADULTS played a crucial role in the evolution of computer science and try your hand at some coding basics. Sponsored by AD Instruments.

14:00-15:30 $5 Booking required Ground Floor, Arts Building, University of Otago

THE TEACHER WHO SAVED SCIENCE Otago Polytechnic Be inspired by award-winning science educator, communicator, Certiﬁ ed Google Trainer, and Global Teacher Ambassador Ken FAMILY Silburn. Find out why he has been acknowledged as one of the top ten teachers in the world.

18:00-19:30 FREE WOMEN No booking required Otago Polytechnic, Union Street, G Block, Room G106 Learn from Code Like A Girl’s OTAGO POLYTECHNIC SCIENCE IN ACTION DAY Ally Watson and Igtimi CEO Kylie This fun and interactive day is the perfect opportunity Robinson about why we need more for students aged 13-16 years to explore the exciting IN TECH science behind careers we oﬀ er in a range of our renowned women in the tech sector. FAMILY programmes. 18:00-19:30 $10 Booking required Signal ICT Grad School 9:00-16:00 $10 (13-16 years) 123 Vogel Street Booking required The Hub, Forth Street

ŌKU MOANA: MEET A SCIENTIST WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK? The air we breathe – Meet the evil twin of global warming with Dunedin Botanic Garden scientist Anna Kluibenschedl and introducing our critter of the week: Ever wondered what’s inside people’s heads? Ask them coccolithophores with Ro Allen, both scientists are from CARIM questions to ﬁ nd out more. Using a treasure map, you’ll go FAMILY

(Coastal acidiﬁ cation - rate, impacts and management of Aotearoa). FAMILY on a hunt around the Botanic Garden and meet all sorts of characters on your way. FREE 13:00-14:00 Dunedin Community Art Gallery 13:30-14:30 FREE No booking required 20 Princes Street Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden

THE POWER OF POO! AQUAVAN: SEA SQUIRTS South Dunedin Community Pop-up South Dunedin Community Pop-up POO - The grossest with the mostest! How does poo support life on Through story-telling and puppets, young children will learn earth and how can we use it better? Discover how poo helps to save about the animals that live in tide pools – from the New FAMILY

endangered species and how you can become a poo detective. Learn FAMILY Zealand Marine Studies Centre (3-7 years plus parents). how poo makes things grow and make your own pretend poo bomb full of native seeds to take home. 14:30-15:30 FREE 11:00-12:30 FREE Booking suggested 199 Hillside Road Booking required 199 Hillside Road

BIRD BRAINS! AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX South Dunedin Community Pop-up South Dunedin Community Pop-up Examine both human and bird brain structure and learn what Use your hands or a shovel to play with sand to make virtual we have inherited from our feathered friends! Join avian mountains, valleys, and lakes. An interactive experience for FAMILY

experts to discover what it is really like to be a birdbrain. FAMILY the whole family. Make your own bird’s-eye view goggles to take home!

13:00-14:00 FREE 11:00-16:00 FREE Booking suggested 199 Hillside Road Booking required 199 Hillside Road

SEVEN CLIMATES UNDER ONE ROOF CHARLIE, ESTELLE AND THE POPPAZOID SHOW Dunedin Botanic Garden Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Plants from around the world live in a range of climates, from Charlie sees science and magic everywhere. Estelle steamy to dry, hot to cold. Go behind the scenes to see the amazing dreams of outer-space and calculates the physics of FAMILY plants, feel the diverse climates and learn how staﬀ keep plants FAMILY parkour. Come with them as they GO BEYOND and a growing so well. friendship emerges through invention, science, music and Hip-Hop dance! 10:30-11:30 FREE 14:00 $5 Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden Booking required 31 Queens Gardens

NZ-VR JAPANESE QUAIL AND PLASTIC BOTTLES, THE South Dunedin Community Pop-up SCIENCE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE. The Sir Peter Blake Trust, in partnership with NZ Geographic and Otago Boys' High School Pew Charitable Trusts and supported by Foundation North, have Tim Ashdown, head of science at Otago Boys', talks about FAMILY

produced a series of virtual reality experiences ﬁ lmed underwater, FAMILY using science to grow food in small spaces and talks showing oﬀ the marine environments around the Hauraki Gulf. about school garden projects past and present.

11:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 FREE 13:00-14:00 FREE No booking required 199 Hillside Road Booking suggested 199 Hillside Road

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EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society AROUND THE MUSEUM IN 80 OBJECTS Toitū Otago Settlers Museum LY LY MI MI 19:30-21:30 $5 (free for small children) SEE 10:00-17:00 FREE SEE FA FA No booking required Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Rd, Dunedin PAGE 10 No booking required 31 Queens Gardens PAGE 12

SCIENCE OF COLOUR: KIDS WORKSHOP SEARCHING FOR SATURN Beverly-Begg Observatory

LY Robert Piggott Art Gallery

MI 19:30-21:30 FREE SEE Art and science do belong together as kids will FA

No booking required 1a City Road, Robin Hood Park, Dunedin PAGE 14 KIDS discover at this fun, hands-on workshop. Suitable for 8-12 year olds.

MESMERISING METAMORPHOSIS: FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY Otago Museum LY 14:00-!5.30 $5 MI 13:15-14:15 $15/$10 SEE Booking required Jetty Street FA No booking required 419 Great King St PAGE 14 *Sorry, no wheelchair access PROJECT X Dunedin City Library ŌKU MOANA Dunedin Community Art Gallery

LY Jump into the world of engineering and electronics by MI

10:00-16:00 FREE SEE KIDS making and programming an electronic gadget to take home. FA No booking required 20 Princes St PAGE 13 Intermediate School ages (11 to 13 approx).

SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube 9:30-16:00 $15

LY Bookings essential Dunedin City Library

MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE FA Dunedin City Library PAGE 10 No booking required WATER ROCKET WORKSHOP Mitre 10 MEGA 11:00-14:00 $15 SEE KIDS SIGNAL VIRTUAL REALITY & MIXED REALITY ARENA Signal ICT Grad School Bookings essential 350 Andersons Bay Rd PAGE 15

MI 10:00-15:00 FREE SEE FA Booking required 123 Vogel St PAGE 10 FUN SCIENCE Moana Pool 18:00-19:00 FREE SEE KIDS PAGE 10 HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery No booking required 60 Littlebourne Rd LY

MI FREE SEE FA 10:00-16:30 30 The Octagon PAGE 10 THE VR LUNCHTIME SERIES: WALKING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD InnoV8 HQ ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre This presentation will discuss how we move around in LY ADULTS Virtual Worlds, and the places we can go, with a focus on MI 10:00-15:00 Adults $15 Children $3 SEE ‘Redirected Walking’. FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 12:00-13:00 FREE No booking required 123 Vogel Street TŪHURA THRILLS SCIENCE AT THE MALL Wall Street Mall LY GO BEYOND THE RESULTS MI 11:00-14:00 FREE SEE

FA Thirst For Knowledge No booking required 211 George St PAGE 12 Hear stories from the front line of science. PhD students reveal what really goes on behind the lab doors and out in

ADULTS the ﬁ eld to make science happen! BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre LY

MI 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) SEE FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 17:30-20:00 FREE Booking suggested Ombrellos Bar and Restaurant

CHROMATONE EDWARDIAN DOMESTIC SCIENCE Olveston Robert Piggott Art Gallery LY

MI SEE 10:30-12:00 $5 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS

FA PAGE 14 Booking required 42 Royal Tce No booking required 8 Jetty St PAGE 12

SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO EXHIBITION University of Otago COCCOLITHOPHORES IMPRESSED Dunedin Community Art Gallery LY

MI 11.00–13.00 FREE SEE 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS FA No booking required 20 Princes St PAGE 14 No booking required The ISB Link PAGE 12 2014 TUESDAYWEDNESDAY | JULY | JULY10 11 www.scifest.org.nz

GOING BEYOND WITH NIGEL LATTA AQUAVAN: CRUSTY CRITTERS Otago Museum South Dunedin Community Pop-up There are huge changes taking place in the world right now, The New Zealand Marine Studies Centre are here to show you and Nigel Latta knows a thing or two about them. In this ‘what makes a crab a crab’. What do they eat and how do they FAMILY session, Nigel will explore what’s next, looking into the future FAMILY grow? They come in all shapes and sizes. you will be amazed! and the roles that science and technology might play in all of Recommended for children aged 8-10 years. our lives. 12:00-13:00 $5 11:00-12:30 FREE Booking required 419 Great King Street Booking required 199 Hillside Road

YOUNG WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2-MINUTE TALKS ŌKU MOANA: MEET A SCIENTIST IT’S TOO HOT IN THE NEST Wall Street Mall Women from all walks of life and backgrounds will inspire Dunedin Community Art Gallery you with their science stories and achievements. Two slides, Male tuatara can look forward to a lonely future FAMILY FAMILY two props, two minutes. Catering provided. Thankyou to because of global warming – ﬁ nd out why with NZFUW and AWIS for sponsoring this event. Allison Cree, Professor of Zoology.

13:00-14:00 FREE 18:30-19:00 FREE No booking required 20 Princes Street Booking required 211 George Street

TAKAHE TALES! POLLEN-IN-A-BOX Orokonui Ecosanctuary LY

Be amazed by the hidden world of pollen, ﬂ owers and MI 10:00-11:00 $5 SEE pollinators - with family fun activities and science in a FA Bookings required 600 Blueskin Rd PAGE 14 converted shipping container. Learn about corpse plant

FAMILY pollination, moths and more. NATURE O’CLOCK Orokonui Ecosanctuary LY

10:00-15:00 FREE MI 16:00-18:00 $5 SEE

FA PAGE 14 No booking required Dunedin Botanic Garden Bookings 600 Blueskin Rd

GAMES FOR HEALTH PEST FEST! Orokonui Ecosanctuary LY

InnoV8 HQ MI 12:00-13:00 $5 SEE

Games are great motivators. In this presentation, Dr McCallum FA Bookings required 600 Blueskin Rd PAGE 14 will discuss how gaming technology has become a powerful FAMILY tool in healthcare. MAKING THEATRE: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIGHTING New Athenaeum Theatre LY

17:30-18:30 FREE MI 10:00-12:00 FREE SEE Booking suggested 123 Vogel Street FA Booking required 23 The Octagon PAGE 14

THE FUTURE OF FOOD AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX South Dunedin Community Pop-up South Dunedin Community Pop-up LY MI 11:00-16:00 FREE SEE

Share a cup of tea and a chat with food experts from a range FA No booking required 199 Hillside Rd PAGE 14 of disciplines, including nutrition, urban gardening and cooking.

FAMILY Food security and better eating are just some of the future challenges that science is seeking to solve. SOMETHING FISHY IN THE GARDENS Dunedin Botanic Garden LY

18:00-19:30 FREE MI 10:30-12:00 FREE SEE

Booking suggested 199 Hillside Road FA Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden PAGE 13

FIGHT LIKE A PHYSICIST EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society University of Otago LY MI 19:30-21:30 SEE In this practical and interactive workshop, you will learn how $5 (free for small children) FA No booking required PAGE 10 a working understanding of Classical Mechanics is key to a Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Rd, Dunedin

FAMILY successful career as a ninja. Suitable for kids aged 8 years and older. SEARCHING FOR SATURN Beverly-Begg Observatory LY

10:00-11:00, 11:30-12:30, 13:30-14:30 FREE MI 19:30-21:30 FREE SEE Booking required Dunedin City Library FA No booking required 1a City Road, Robin Hood Park, Dunedin PAGE 14

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PAIN IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: WHAT DO WE KNOW? NZ-VR South Dunedin Community Pop-up Otago University LY Persistent pain in children and adolescents is common, aﬀ ecting MI 11:00-13:00 14:00-16:00 FREE SEE FA

FAMILY PAGE 18 their participation in schooling, and sport/leisure activities. Join No booking required 199 Hillside Rd leading scientist Dr Steven Kamper and a panel of specialists as they share their insights and research into pain in children and young people. ŌKU MOANA Dunedin Community Art Gallery LY

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BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre FUN SCIENCE LY Moana Pool MI 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) SEE Moana Pool is bringing science fun to every day of the FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10

KIDS Festival with lots of wacky water experiments for pool visitors to try out. ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre LY

MI 10:00-15:00 Adults $15 Children $3 SEE 18:00-19:00 FREE FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 No booking required 60 Littlebourne Road

COCCOLITHOPHORES IMPRESSED Dunedin Community Art Gallery THE VR LUNCHTIME SERIES: AUGMENTED LY REALITY - EYETOY TO MAGIC LEAP

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FA No booking required 20 Princes St PAGE 14 InnoV8 HQ In this presentation, we will discuss the developments in

ADULTS Augmented Realty, discussing both the technology and social EDWARDIAN DOMESTIC SCIENCE Olveston impact of Augmentation on the way we live our lives. We will

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MI SEE 10:30-12:00 $5 Arena, mobile AR apps, such as Pokemon Go, and the future

FA PAGE 14 Booking required 42 Royal Tce of AR and VR combining. 12:00-13:00 FREE No booking required 123 Vogel Street CHARLIE, ESTELLE AND THE POPPAZOID SHOW Toitū Otago Settlers Museum LY

MI SEE 11:00 & 14:00 $5 ACHIEVING EQUILIBRIUM: A CONVERSATION ABOUT FA 31 Queens Gardens PAGE 14 Booking required GENDER BALANCE IN STEM SECTORS Otago Museum JAPANESE QUAIL AND PLASTIC BOTTLES, THE SCIENCE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE The British High Commission, Otago Museum and Chiasma ADULTS

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SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO EXHIBITION University of Otago SIGNAL VIRTUAL REALITY & MIXED REALITY ARENA Signal ICT Grad School LY

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PUAKA MATARIKI FESTIVAL 2018 Nau mai, tautimai! Join us in celebrating Puaka Matariki, the Māori New Year – our midwinter season of wānaka (learning) and whanaukataka (community spirit). Everyone is welcome! Visit our website and Facebook page for event details. 6–22 JUly • ŌTEPOTI /DUNEDIN GENERATION FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY Bookings essential viaEventbrite TUESDAY THURSDAY ROBOTS: ROBOTS: Booking suggested Booking suggested Booking required 11:00-12:30 A NEW A NEW 10:30-11:30 17:30-19:00 13.00-14:00 Booking suggested 18:00-19:30 Dunedin Botanic Garden FREE New Zealand andaround theworld. Learn abouttheneedsandconservation issuesfor birds from Meet thebirds livingintheaviary and seewhat theyget upto. Dunedin Botanic Garden BACKSTAGE AT THEAVIARY 199 Hillside Road FREE eff survive intheocean.Contribute toanartinstallation toshowhuman marine challengeandfi nd outhowanimalsare speciallyformed to The NewZealand Marine StudiesCentre invites children totakea South DunedinCommunityPop-up AQUAVAN: LIFEONTHEEDGE 362 Moray Place FREE in theHall. about hercollectionandhowaselectionof itemscametobe her collectionof plastic.ComealongandhearJanet talk Pioneering PlasticsExhibitionandthestoriesconnectedto Join usfor aconversation withJanet DeWagt aboutthe Otago PioneerWomen’s MemorialHall PIONEERING PLASTICS-EXHIBITION&TALK 600 BlueskinRd $5 perperson perworkshop Orokonui Ecosanctuary PESTS ANDPREDATORS! | JULY 10 pest psychologyinmind. eradicate them?Learnhoweachtrap isdesignedwithspecifi c perception of theseanimal’s behaviour aff specimens andinterpret prints intracker tunnels.How does our Meet passionate conservationists, lookoverpeststomachcontent ects onmarinelife. Recommended for 8–12years. | JULY 12 350 Andersons Bay Road Mitre 10MEGA (2 adults,2kids) $5 or$10perfamily a DIYrobot kit! provided. Everychildwilltakehome robots might looklike. Refreshments in thisfi eld andseewhat these quietly amongus.Hearfrom experts by families of smallrobots moving factories might soonbeinhabited neuroscience. Ourhomes,farms and discoveries inanimalecologyand around theworld,basedonnew currently being developedinlabs A newgeneration of robots is ect howwechoseto

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COCCOLITHOPHORES IMPRESSED Dunedin Community Art Gallery EDWARDIAN DOMESTIC SCIENCE Olveston LY LY MI 11.00–13.00 FREE SEE MI 10:30-12:00 $5 SEE FA No booking required 20 Princes St PAGE 14 FA Booking required 42 Royal Tce PAGE 14

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FUN SCIENCE Moana Pool CHARLIE, ESTELLE AND THE POPPAZOID SHOW Toitū Otago Settlers Museum LY

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FA No booking required 60 Littlebourne Rd Booking required 31 Queens Gardens PAGE 18 THE SWEET SCIENCE OF CHOCOLATE Ocho AROUND THE MUSEUM IN 80 OBJECTS Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

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MI 10:00-17:00 FREE SEE do you know about chocolate chemistry? Join us at OCHO FA No booking required 31 Queens Gardens PAGE 12 ADULTS headquarters to ﬁ nd out why we love chocolate, why not all chocolate is created equal, and do some tasting! An event for over 12's. SMOOTHIES FOR SCIENCE Wall Street Mall 11:00-12:30 $15 LY Booking required 22 Vogel Street *Sorry, no wheelchair access MI 11:00-13:00 FREE SEE FA No booking required 211 George St PAGE 20 THE VR LUNCHTIME SERIES: NARRATIVE IN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube InnoV8 HQ LY This presentation will discuss the collaboration with the MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS

FA Norwegian Film School on research into storytelling in No booking required Dunedin City Library PAGE 10 Interactive Virtual Environments. This will include discussion of the VR environment for NASA’s Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars to the narratives of holocaust survivors. HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery LY 12:00-13:00

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SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO EXHIBITION University of Otago EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society LY

MI 19:30-21:30 $5 (free for small children) SEE 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS FA No booking required Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Rd, Dunedin PAGE 10 No booking required The ISB Link PAGE 12 TWO ROBOTASTIC EVENTS NOT TO MISS!

Meet Softbank Robotics’ics’ humanoid robot NAO V6V6 at his southern hemispherehere debut. He can see, talk,lk, walk,walkk, dance and recognise people.. You can see him in actionction at:at: InnoV8 HQ at 5pm onn Monday 9 July

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WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK? Dunedin Botanic Garden Ever wondered what’s inside people’s heads? Ask them questions to ﬁ nd out more. Using a treasure map, you’ll go FAMILY ADULTS on a hunt around the Botanic Garden and meet all sorts of characters on your way.

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BACKSTAGE AT THE AVIARY Dunedin Botanic Garden Meet the birds living in the aviary and see what they get up to. Learn about the needs and conservation issues for birds from FAMILY New Zealand and around the world.

10:30-11:30 FREE FAKE Booking suggested Dunedin Botanic Garden JAPANESE QUAIL AND PLASTIC BOTTLES, THE SCIENCE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE. NEWS, Award-winning ﬁ lmmaker Kristin Pichaske will South Dunedin Community Pop-up discuss her forthcoming documentary series Tim Ashdown, head of science at Otago Boys, talks about using FAMILY Pulling the Thread, which unravels some of science to grow food in small spaces and talks about school garden projects past and present. REAL America’s most popular conspiracy theories. Join her for a journey inside your own brain to learn 13:00-14:00 FREE why you’re probably not as rational as you think Booking required 199 Hillside Road you are, all while enjoying Precinct Food’s delicious FOOD SMOOTHIES FOR SCIENCE dinner oﬀ erings. Wall Street Mall 18:00-20:00 $75 per person Otago University nutritionists will show shoppers how eating Booking required Precinct Food better can be easy and fun. See a smoothie being made and FAMILY get involved in some taste-testing. 125 Vogel Street

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TRY THIS AT HOME – TOP 10 SCIENCE DEMOS Mitre 10 MEGA SPOTLIGHT ON From launching rockets to making goo, Mitre 10 MEGA has all the ingredients for some amazing science activities. Join the Otago FUTURES PAST - NAVIGATING FAMILY Museum team and take part in this fascinating science extravaganza featuring heaps of cool science activities to take home! THROUGH HISTORY

11:00-14:00 FREE Join our four guest speakers as they share stories and Booking suggested 350 Andersons Bay Road knowledge and consider how we might approach the future through the study of history, technology, astronomy and marine navigation. Our guest speakers: THE DUNEDIN MUSEUM OF NATURAL MYSTERY • New Zealand businessman and chief executive of animation Dunedin’s newest museum is based in the home of mural artist Research Ltd, Ian Taylor and sculptor Bruce Mahalski. • Māori astronomy and star lore researcher, Dr Rangi Matamua The museum contains a collection of skulls, bones, biological • Hawaiian navigator and captain Chadd Paishon FAMILY curiosities, ethnological art and unusual cultural artefacts. • Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, captain of the oceangoing waka Haunui A special thankyou to Puaka Matariki Festival for co-funding this event. 10:00-17:00 $5, children under-10 free 17:30-18:30 No booking required 61 Royal Terrace Booking required $12/$6 Otago Museum ANTHONIE TONNON - A SYNTHESIZED UNIVERSE 419 Great King Street Otago Museum Anthonie Tonnon has collaborated with the digital creative team at Otago Museum’s Perpetual Guardian Planetarium, to create a FAMILY 360° immersive musical and digital performance. Fully licensed EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society

bar open in the Beautiful Science gallery. LY $25 for adults, $20 for students and MI 19:30-21:30 $5 (free for small children) SEE 19:00, 21:00 concessions, $15 for children FA No booking required Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Rd, Dunedin PAGE 10 Booking required 419 Great King Street

ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre SCIENCE ON STAGE LY MI 10:00-15:00 Adults $15, Children $3 SEE Venue TBC FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 A selection of science shows, talks, ﬁ lms and writings by students from Otago University Advanced School Sciences Academy (OUASSA).

FAMILY These passionate Year 13 Science students from around New Zealand are sure to deliver an inspiring show. BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre LY

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SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery LY LY MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE MI FREE SEE FA No booking required Dunedin City Library PAGE 10 FA 10:00-16:30 30 The Octagon PAGE 10

ŌKU MOANA: SERVING UP SNAILS Dunedin Community Art Gallery FUN SCIENCE LY

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MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE FA No booking required 20 Princes St PAGE 13 THE SWEET SCIENCE OF CHOCOLATE AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX South Dunedin Community Pop-up LY You might be an expert chocolate-eater, but how MI 11:00-16:00 FREE SEE FA No booking required 199 Hillside Rd PAGE 14 much do you know about chocolate chemistry? Join us at OCHO headquarters to ﬁ nd out why we love chocolate, why not all chocolate is created NZ-VR South Dunedin Community Pop-up equal, and do some tasting! An event for over12s. LY

MI 11:00-13:00 14:00-16:00 FREE SEE

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SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO EXHIBITION University of Otago EDWARDIAN DOMESTIC SCIENCE Olveston LY

MI 10:30-12:00 $5 SEE 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE ADULTS FA Booking required 42 Royal Tce PAGE 14 No booking required The ISB Link PAGE 10 2614 TUESDAYSATURDAY | JULY | JULY 10 14 www.scifest.org.nzwww.scifest.org.nz

MATARIKI BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS IN MODERN SOCIETY Otago Museum In the past 30 years there has been a massive surge of interest FAMILY FAMILY around Matariki. In Aotearoa today, numerous events and celebrations take place across the country during midwinter to pay homage to this star cluster. Dr Rangi Matamua will highlight some of the central Māori beliefs and customs associated with Matariki to support our growing understanding of its role in our modern society.

11:00-12:00 FREE Booking required 419 Great King Street

SPLENDID TEAPOT RACING Toitū Otago Settlers Museum A world famous sport, Splendid Teapot Racing comes to Toitū OSM. Join us and the Gadgeteers for funky frivolous GOING FAMILY family fun racing teapots in our foyer. 10:00 FREE BEYOND No booking required 31 Queens Gardens JULES VERNE STEAMPUNK DAY Intrepid photographers Mark OUR Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Gee, Clive Copeman and Trevor Colour a train, take a photo with Josephine and join the Cokley share images, stories model engineers. Identify some cool trains on our train WORLD and tips from their successful FAMILY chart. Hang out with the Gadgeteers for some of the special events on today. careers capturing science and SCIENCE THROUGH THE LENS nature with cameras. 10:00-17:00 FREE No booking required 31 Queens Gardens 14:00-15:00 $5 Booking required Otago Museum 419 Great King Street STEAMPUNK 101 Toitū Otago Settlers Museum How to turn Victorian or second-hand attire into FLOROKONUI: WALL STREET GETS GREENER WITH steampunk costumes and accessories.

OROKONUI FAMILY Wall Street Mall Join the team from Orokonui for some forest exploration, inside FAMILY the mall! The Wall Street atrium will be transformed into a native 13:30 FREE forest ecosystem for one special weekend. Hands-on activities, live No booking required 31 Queens Gardens animal encounters, face painting, games, competitions and prizes will run all day, all surrounded by beautiful native plants. 10:00-16:00 FREE STEAMPUNK COSTUME COMPETITION No booking required 211 George Street Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Come dressed in your steampunk designer wear ready to parade your fashion in front of a small panel of Toitū ANTHONIE TONNON - A SYNTHESIZED UNIVERSE FAMILY OSM staff and Gadgeteer judges. Prizes will be steampunk Otago Museum accessories. Anthonie Tonnon has collaborated with the digital creative team at Otago Museum’s Perpetual Guardian Planetarium, to create a 15:00 FREE FAMILY 360° immersive musical and digital performance. Fully licensed Register at Toitū OSM reception 31 Queens Gardens bar open in the Beautiful Science gallery. $25 for adults, $20 for students and 19:00, 21:00 concessions, $15 for children Bookings required 419 Great King Street INTERVIEW JULES VERNE AND NELLIE BLY Toitū Otago Settlers Museum A futuristic Steampunk interview with Nellie Bly, an American investigative reporter, and Jules Verne. Bly turned MEET AND GREET BUGS FAMILY the fi ctional Around the World in Eighty Days into fact by Mitre 10 MEGA completing the journey in 72 days. In this interview they Sam Purdie loves all creatures, great and small. Meet meet and time travel in a dirigible where Verne discusses science student Sam and his collection of live local his life, the infl uences that aff ected his works, and the FAMILY bugs. foresight he glimpsed of the future.

11:30 FREE No booking required 31 Queens Gardens 11:00-13:00 FREE No booking required 350 Andersons Bay Road

TRAFFIC LIGHTS SHOULDN’T MAKE YOU SEE RED! PERIPATUS POWER! Mitre 10 MEGA Wall Street Downer manages the traﬃ c signals on behalf of Dunedin City Meet Dave Randle, the saviour of the precious native Council and NZTA in Dunedin, Mosgiel and Oamaru. We are FAMILY Peripatus or Velvet Worm in Dunedin, learn how to increase bringing down some of the equipment we use to show how

FAMILY urban biodiversity and watch a live performance of the traﬃ c lights work and their contribution to Smart Cities and peripatus song! road safety. Come along, have a look at the display, see how things work and talk to our people. 14:00-15:00 FREE 10:00-15:00 FREE No booking required 211 George Street No booking required 350 Andersons Bay Road 27 MONDAYSATURDAYMONDAY | JULY || JULYJULY 9 914 www.scifest.org.nz

THE ART OF NIGHT IN THEORY CLIMATE CHANGE: WHY, WHEN AND HOW DO WE Otago Museum RESPOND? Astrophotography is one of the fastest growing forms of University of Otago photography and this workshop covers the basics of equipment, How prepared is Dunedin and Otago for Climate Change? FAMILY camera settings, techniques and post-processing. The workshop ADULTS University of Otago and Victoria University experts including is theory-based, but you’re welcome to bring your DLSR James Renwick discuss the environmental, human health camera along. and social impacts of climate change and the ways we can 17:30-19:00 FREE prepare and respond. Booking required 419 Great King Street FREE 10:30-12:00 St David Street Lecture Theatre

SEASHORE SCRAMBLE SPOTLIGHT ON Anderson’s Bay Inlet Join a marine expert to explore Anderson’s Bay inlet at low THE ART OF NIGHT tide and fi nd out what lives there. Be a citizen scientist - UNDER THE STARS ADULTS yourself by collecting data about the animals and plants you fi nd. Meet in the carpark by Bayfi eld Park. This workshop, run by award-winning photographer 10+ years. Mark Gee, will give you hands-on experience of 9:30-11:30 FREE astrophotography at a dark sky location. If you Booking required Carpark by Andersons Bay Inlet *Sorry, no wheelchair access have no previousastrophotography experience, it’s recommended you fi rst attend The Art of Night in CHROMATONE Theory workshop. Robert Piggott Art Gallery “What is colour? 19:30-20:30 A painter and a photographer respond to the nature of

Booking required ADULTS colour and the colour of nature. FREE Smaills Beach *Sorry, no wheelchair access 10:00-16:00 FREE No booking required 8 Jetty Street

SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHOTO BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre EXHIBITION LY

MI 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) SEE The ISB Link

FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula PAGE 10 The exhibition has images that encompass areas of anatomy, ADULTS biochemistry, genetics, microbiology & immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, pharmacology & toxicology, physiology and more! ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Royal Albatross Centre 10:00-16:00 FREE LY 10:00-15:00 Adults $15, Children $3 SEE No booking required University of Otago MI PAGE 10

FA Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula

SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS Dunedin City Library, Cube LY

MI 10:00-16:00 FREE SEE FA No booking required Dunedin City Library PAGE 10

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HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND POSTER COMPETITIONS Dunedin Public Art Gallery International brands and LY

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EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society Proud to support the LY

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FA New Zealand International No booking required Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Road, Dunedin PAGE 10 Science Festival

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MI 10:00-17:00 FREE SEE FA No booking required 31 Queens Gardens PAGE 12

FUN SCIENCE Moana Pool Moana Pool is bringing science fun to every day of the

KIDS Festival with lots of wacky water experiments for pool visitors to try out.

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MEET AND GREET BUGS Wall Street Mall Sam Purdie loves all creatures, great and small. Meet science student Sam and his collection of live local FAMILY ADULTS bugs.

11:00-13:00 FREE No booking required 211 George Street

EXPLORE DUNEDIN’S NIGHT SKY Dunedin Astronomical Society Explore the universe, go inside the observatory dome, take a laser tour of the sky, and explore stars, planets, and galaxies with our

FAMILY telescopes! Open to space adventurers of all ages!

$5 (free for small children) 19:30-21:30 Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1a City Road, BEYOND No booking required Robin Hood Park, Dunedin BLUE PENGUINS PUKEKURA FAMILY SPECIAL Royal Albatross Centre Henrik Moller, Emeritus THE ICE Have you met the smallest penguin in the world? Take Professor for Sustainability, advantage of this Science Festival half price oﬀ er to come

discusses citizen Science, FAMILY and see them for yourself. AGE electric vehicles and driving into the future. 17:30-18:45 $40 (2 adults, up to 3 children) Booking required 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula FREE Dunningham Suite, 13:00-13:30 230 Moray Place, ALBATROSS EXPRESS TOURS Booking suggested Dunedin City Library Royal Albatross Centre Discover huge Royal Albatross chicks at the world’s only mainland Royal Albatross breeding colony. FAMILY HĀHAKARANGA AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS Toitū Otago Settlers Museum This community dance-theatre performance is a Science and Arts 10:00-15:00 Adults $15, Children $3 collaboration between Māori art practitioners and local dancers Booking essential 1260 Harington Point Rd, Otago Peninsula FAMILY inspired by the work of Dr Rangi Matamua. This will be followed by a panel discussion focusing on how this piece was created. Get involved! Participate in our dance workshop or print-making workshop. SCIENCE FILM SCREENINGS 14:00-15:00 FREE Dunedin City Library, Cube No booking required 31 Queens Gardens Daily screenings of short ﬁ lms from Dunedin science communication students and the Scinema International

FAMILY Science Film Festival.

BEYOND BIG BANG 10:00-16:00 FREE Toitū Otago Settlers Museum No booking required Dunedin City Library Rua McCallum will give a talk that gives an interpretation of a Kāi Tahu creation narrative, FAMILY looking at how we could have known about these HUGGING TREES COLOURING AND events, especially when science is only making POSTER COMPETITIONS these discoveries now. Dunedin Public Art Gallery 11:30-12:30 FREE Using the materials provided in Playspace enter one of our No booking required 31 Queens Gardens FAMILY creative tree competitions.

FREE GO BEYOND THE SEASHORE 10:00-16:30 30 The Octagon NZ Marine Studies Centre Find out about the animals and plants that live in the AROUND THE MUSEUM IN 80 OBJECTS intertidal zone and waters just oﬀ our coast. See the FAMILY sea animals in our marine tanks and touch pools and Toitū Otago Settlers Museum take a virtual dive in a yellow submarine! Travel the museum in search of a world of objects. Identify 80 artefacts and discover the countries they came from. FAMILY 10:00-11:30; 12:30-14:00; 15:00-16:30 $15/$10 Bookings required 85 Hatchery Road, Portobello 10:00-17:00 FREE No booking required 31 Queens Gardens

FLOROKONUI: WALL STREET GETS GREENER WITH OROKONUI THE DUNEDIN MUSEUM OF NATURAL MYSTERY Wall Street Mall Dunedin’s newest museum is based in the home of mural artist Join the team from Orokonui for some forest exploration, inside and sculptor, Bruce Mahalski. FAMILY the mall! The Wall Street atrium will be transformed into a native The museum contains a collection of skulls, bones, biological

forest ecosystem for one specialweekend. Hands-on activities, live FAMILY curiosities, ethnological art and unusual cultural artefacts. animal encounters, face painting, games, competitions and prizes will run all day, all surrounded by beautiful native plants. 10:00-16:00 FREE 10:00-17:00 $5, children under 10 free. No booking required 211 George Street No booking required 61 Royal Terrace T O CAR AND TO CAR AND ADULTS KIDS FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY MONDAY SUNDAY CARRIAGE CARRIAGE MONDAY Book onarrivalat Info Desk 11:00 and13:30daily No bookingrequired BEYOND No bookingrequired No bookingrequired (PETROL) 18:00-19:00 14:00-15:00 12:00-13:00 FROM FROM | JULY 15 | JULY 9 Booking suggested FREE visitors totryout. Festival withlots of wackywater experiments for pool Moana Poolisbringingsciencefun toeveryday of the Moana Pool FUN SCIENCE 60 LittlebourneRoad | JULY 9 419 Great KingStreet Tuhura ScienceCentre Included withentry to newly-emerged butterfl iestakefl ight intheTropical Forest. Be there for that specialmoment andhelpour Otago Museum FIRST FLIGHT 419 Great KingStreet FREE and sinkyourfi ngers into pilesof goo. your tastebudswithdeliciouscloudsof tropical juice, In thisfree lunchtime show, see airturntoliquid,tantalise Otago Museum SCIENCE MATTERS 211 George Street FREE peripatus song! urban biodiversity andwatch aliveperformance of the Peripatus orVelvet Worm inDunedin,learnhowtoincrease Meet Dave Randle, thesaviour of theprecious native Wall Street PERIPATUS POWER!

13:30-14:00 Q&A andrefreshments at 2pm. from 1880 to2018. Followed by history of electricvehicles A light-hearted lookat the Dunedin CityLibrary 230 Moray Place, Dunningham Suite, FREE

ADULTS ADULTS ADULTS ADULTS No bookingrequired No bookingrequired No bookingrequired Booking suggested 10:00-16:00 10:00-16:00 12:30-13:00 16:00-17:30 8 Jetty Street FREE colour A painter andaphotographer respond tothe “What iscolour? Robert Piggott ArtGallery CHROMATONE University of Otago FREE The ISBLink EXHIBITION SCHOOL OFBIOMEDICALSCIENCESPHOTO Dunedin CityLibrary Dunningham Suite, 230 Moray Place FREE them. Trades, explains what’s underthebonnet andhowtocharge Hamish Miller, SeniorLecturer of Automotive Engineering Otago ElectricVehicle Society Inc ELECTRIC CARS and more! diseases, neuroscience, pharmacology&toxicology, physiology biochemistry, genetics, microbiology &immunology, infectious The exhibition hasimagesthat encompassareas of anatomy, 8 Jetty Street FREE creative process behindtheirwork. Ramos for aglassof wine, andtohearthestories Meet artistRobert Piggott andphotographer Leonardo Robert Piggott Gallery CHROMATONE: ARTISTTALKS and the colour of nature.

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This year's Festival has lots on oﬀ er for both budding and experienced photographers. The Art of Night in Theory at 5:30pm on 14th July at the Otago Museum is a theory -based workshop where award- winning photographer Mark Gee will cover the basics of astrophotography. An outdoor practical workshop, The Art of Night—Under the Stars, will also take place at 7.30pm on 14th July. Rug up and get hands-on under the dark skies of Smaills Beach. The Going Beyond Our World panel discussion at 2pm on 14th July at the Otago Museum will be rare treat for anyone interested in science and nature photography. Mark Gee, Clive Copeman and Trevor Cokley will share stories, images and tips from their varied and highly successful careers.

NAME: Clive Copeman NAME: Mark Gee NAME: Trevor Cokley Clive Copeman studied Zoology at the University of Mark Gee is an award-winning photographer, time-lapse Trevor Cokley is an American storm chaser living in Dunedin while Otago. After a career writing and directing television in a fi lmmaker & visual eff ects supervisor based in Wellington, he fi nishes a degree in Film and Media Studies at the University of wide variety of genres, he is currently a commercial and New Zealand. He has worked on many high-profi le and Oscar Otago. From extreme weather to auroras he found his calling as a portrait photographer and teacher based in Dunedin, NZ. -winning feature fi lms, and his love of the New Zealand photographer chasing whatever the sky had to off er even surviving landscape is a big part of the inspiration for his photography. a close call with the widest tornado in recorded history.

Guest appearance and inspirational talk by Dunedin International Space Expert Kindergartens Sian Cleaver at 11am! Mana Manaaki Puawai O Otepoti

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ComeCCooome aand experience a range ooff hanhands-onand science eexexperiencesxpx erie for young hands Come to our FREE event for children under 5 at Helen Deem Kindergarten aanandnd mmimindsn to meddle with. 9th July, 9am – 12.30pm

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The festival happens due to the support of many people, and we are grateful for the many hours that go into developing, planning and bringing together the events. From staﬀ through to supporters and volunteers, we would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ for your contribution to making this festival happen. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the fantastic contribution of the following people: FESTIVAL TEAM: • Dan Hendra, Director • Vanessa Barratt, Associate Director • Jule Barth, South Dunedin Programme Coordinator

TREASURER: • Wai Piggott, Dunedin City Council PATRONS: • Dave Cull, Mayor of Dunedin • Professor Harlene Hayne: Vice Chancellor of University of Otago • Dr Helen Anderson

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: • Bridget Irving (President): Partner, Gallaway Cook Allan • Dr Angela Clark (Vice President): Academic Co-ordinator & Researcher, University of Otago • Dr Michele Coleman: Director Research & Development, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago • Dr Pete Jones: Senior Lecturer, University of Otago • Dame Elizabeth Hanan • Dr David McMorran: University of Otago • Dr Judith Bateup: University of Otago • Prof Richard Barker: Pro Vice Chancellor of Sciences, University of Otago • Councillor Dr Jim O’Malley: Dunedin City Council • Mike Harte: Director of Information Technology Services, University of Otago • Prof Vernon K. Ward: University of Otago • Prof Nancy Longnecker: Professor of Science Communication, University of Otago

MARKETING AND DESIGN: • Amie Richardson: Proﬁ le Media, Publicist • Phillip Rasmussen: ZUMA, Website Design Manager SEE YOU • Rieke Lamb: ZUMA, Website Design Coordinator • Glen Ross: Programme Designer • Shelley Darren: Programme Designer AGAIN IN • Luke Johnston: Brand Aid SPECIAL THANKS TO: JULY • Tammy Jackman: DCC Events Coordinator • Kerry Buchan: University of Otago 150th Anniversary Coordinator • Cara Duﬀ y: University of Otago Science Division Communications Manager • Maggie McGarry 2020! • Mia Hendra

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