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Nau mai haere mai! Experience explosive stage shows, Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou discover new lifeforms, and explore katoa, We also need to acknowledge the On behalf of the city of I immersive virtual reality at its best! incredible commitment and passion of would like to welcome you all to the Since way back in the 90’s the festival our event partners, presenters and 13th International I look forward to being involved in has been committed to inspiring volunteers. We are always amazed by and engaging people of all ages and how awesome they are and their passion Science Festival. this year’s festival and I encourage backgrounds with the role science for engaging the public in science. Thank everyone to participate in the events plays in our daily lives and the massive you! Now more than ever, the evolving on offer, to learn more about the contribution it makes. Now more than nature of science is critical to our world around you. ever science needs to provide a guiding Finally, we would like to thank you, our understanding of the world, to light during particularly challenging times. audience, our community. You are the exploring new frontiers in search Noho ora mai, In that context, we’re proud to bring you reason why the festival is here. This of breakthroughs which positively a captivating program with hundreds year there are more ways than ever to impact our people and planet. of ways to discover how our world (or immerse yourself within the festival so galaxy!) ticks. we urge you to take the first step and Dunedin is proud to be the home read on! When people are presented with science of the only science festival in the in a way that is accessible, inspiring and On behalf of the Festival Executive & country, a perfect fit given our status enthralling, they engage with it, they love Management team, we invite you to enjoy as a city of science, innovation it, and more importantly, it opens up the wonders of science! and education. Aaron Hawkins an entirely new universe for them. This Mayor of Dunedin reconnects us to our world and allows us It is one of the city’s premier events, to experience it through a new lens. Our embracing and celebrating the city’s theme this year is Reconnect. Through Bridget Irving, President identity, with many attendees from this festival we want to reconnect with around the country expected to nature, with science, and with each other. share in the festivities. As always, this festival would not be Dan Hendra, Festival Director possible without supporters and This year the festival will explore all partners who share and embrace things science for all ages. From our vision. In particular, we thank the the mysterious outer limits of the University of Otago, the Dunedin City universe, to the marvellous inner Council, and the Otago Community Trust. workings of robotics, with all the We also extend a big thank you to our weird, weighty and wonderful other supporters who allow us to craft in between. a programme full of so many amazing events that will ignite imaginations. Partners Major Partners Major FUNDER HUGE GOLD Sponsors SILVER Sponsors

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Creative Communities Funding 2 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL How TO USE THIS GUIDE Director’s top 10 p4 p5 KEY AGE Recommendation All ages kids (4-8) tweens (9-12) our moon: then, now and beyond Code vr & gaming centre teens (13-17) p6 p6 adults (18+)

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8-18 July 2021 SCIFEST.ORG.nZ #NZSCIFEST tiny ruins under the moon SciComm Student Film Premiere

p14 p22 This programme is actually two programmes in one! It can be easily separated into both a ‘Family Programme’ and a ‘Grown-up Programme’ (p13-20)! Give it a try! opening night: science in the spotlight mitre10 mega backyard builders

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NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 3 OUR MOON THEN, NOW ANd BEYOND

13 - 18 July • HANOVER HALL, 65 hanover street • 10AM-4PM • $5/$3

p.18 tiny ruins solo Explore the Moon’s On display beneath the past, present, Moon exhibit will be a large and future in Our photographic exhibition, Space Frontiers, focussing Moon: Then, Now on NASA’s science and Beyond. experiments in space; the past, present and future p.18 p.18 This is an out-of-this-world of space exploration; and a SPACE FRONTIERS YOGA under the moon experience where you feature display focussing on can enter the orbit of our traditional Māori practices p. 23 spectacular moon. of navigating by the stars, and harnessing knowledge Get up close and personal of the night’s sky to with the earth’s moon in predict the changing of the this very special exhibition. seasons, and signify when to plant and harvest crops. Bathe in the glow of Moon by British artist Luke Jerram, a Presented by the Nelson Museum in STORY TIME Quantum cryptography 4-metre replica moon printed partnership with the Rātā Foundation, with high-resolution NASA Cawthron Institute and the Embassy of the USA. imagery, hosted in Hanover Hall. Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere a Puaka Matariki Festival me NZISF – a Puaka Matariki Festival/NZISF collaboration.

4 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL CODE Virtual reality & gaming centre

VIRTUAL Reality & GAMING CENTRE 12 - 18 July • Old aotea gift shop • 10AM-4.30PM • $12/$10

Come immerse yourself no other with the latest headsets new creatures. Unlock journal virtual reality simulator experience. on offer to play, engage and entries by documenting species Land on the red planet. Walk the at the Virtual Reality & discover new worlds! and uncovering hidden secrets! surface of Mars and interact with Gaming Centre Pop-Up Photograph each new find and full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and be amazed by some of To accompany the virtual reality immerse yourself in the wondrous and Rovers. experiences we have partnered world of the rainforest! the latest virtual reality with CODE, Centre of Digital Learn about the Red Planet, its experiences from around Excellence and the local gaming From Dunedin’s own Gfactor history, and its geography in this industry to showcase the incredible Technologies, experience the interactive experience. the world! work being done right here in CoDriVR simulators, developed Dunedin. for Worksafe NZ to support driver Back by popular demand, we training in side-by-side vehicles, have levelled up our virtual reality Explore the beauty of the and Go-Rentals to induct tourists experiences for you for a limited rainforest with a virtual reality to New Zealand roads. time as part of this year’s festival. experience from Dunedin game

studio Runaway. Discover real The Orders of Magnitude is an Walk on the moon, kayak the life butterfly species and meet educational and relaxing virtual Grand Canyon or run amongst animal friends in this relaxing reality experience which will show dinosaurs! game. See the environment change you our Universe at many different from day to night and rain to scales. This is an immersive experience like sunshine as you meet and discover Mars Odyssey is a single player NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 5 VR at your house!

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VirtualRealityRental.co.nz BIG SCIENCE! SHOW! with amadeo 10 & 11 July • tCOL auditorium • 2pm (sat), 11am & 2pm (sun)• 60min • $14/$12/$40 Dunedin’s favourite mad Maybe arts and science aren’t so scientist Amadeo returns different after all? with a brand new science This show is written by award show, full of explosive winning comedian and playwright science to jump start your Abby Howells and directed by 2021 Science Festival. Arcade Theatre Company’s Alex Wilson. Amadeo has a new assistant this time... and they don’t always see Thanks to DCC Arts funding for eye to eye. helping to fund this production.

Bonnie is an artist, who has no time for science. Equally, Amadeo has no space in his science dominated world for the likes of the arts.

But fate has thrown them together and the pair will have to set aside their differences in order to harness the power of both Science and Art - enjoying heaps of experiments, videos, crashes, bangs and a whole lot of other fun along the way.

BANG! Science show! 17 & 18 July • 2pm (sat), 11am & 2pm (sun) • 60min TCOL auditorium • $14/$12/$40 Frankenstein has finally Frankenstein and Igor Join the Festival for this brand Abby Howells and directed by decided what she wants to experiment with fire, ice and new science show! In close Arcade Theatre Company’s be when she grows up...a smoke all in the name of trying collaboration with the University Alex Wilson. to find the coolest villain of Otago Chemistry outreach Super Villian! superpowers. team, this show is set to make Thanks to the University of Otago your mind boggle, as real life Chemistry Department and DCC Together with her faithful There will be crashes, there will chemistry experiences are set Arts funding for helping to fund sidekick, Igor, Frankenstein be bangs, there will be many off before your very eyes! this production. uses chemical experiments to terrible puns! come up with the perfect villain This show is written by award powers. But in the end is a super villain winning comedian and playwright still Frankenstein’s dream, or does being a scientist sound a little more exciting?

6 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL DUNEDIN MATHS CRAFT DAY 18 July • Dunedin town hall• 10Am - 4pm • Drop-in Discover the maths behind knot, crochet a Möbius strip, craft and the craft behind fold an origami octahedron, maths at the Dunedin and flex a hexahexaflexagon. Volunteers with backgrounds in Maths Craft Day. mathematics and crafting will be on hand at all times to answer Enjoy craft? Then you probably questions and assist people enjoy mathematics too – you just with their creations. Our guest may not know it yet. This is the speakers will present a series idea behind Maths Craft New of maths and craft themed talks Zealand, an initiative co-founded throughout the day, ranging in and run by mathematicians Dr topics from folding and fractals Jeanette McLeod and Dr Phil to crochet and chaos. Wilson, and is dedicated to bringing maths to the masses, through craft. Over the past five years, Maths Craft have run festivals and workshops all over the country, and now, armed with crochet hooks and origami paper, Maths Craft are coming to the New Zealand International Science Festival.

Featuring a range of craft creation stations and public talks The Dunedin Maths Craft Day by mathematician crafters, the is open to everyone: experts day-long celebration of maths and amateurs, maths-fans and promises to engage people of maths-phobes, the crafty and all ages. Knit a mathematical the curious.

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NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 7 imagination playgRound 10 - 25 July • municipAL chambers • 10Am - 4pm • drop-in • $3

Imagination Playground is Playground contains a wide an innovative playground variety of loose parts, including equipment system that cubes, bricks, cogs, curves, and cylinders. But the parts are not transforms any space into simply loose. They have holes a playground - encouraging and shapes that fit together in learning, social ways that allow the continuation development, movement, of a child’s idea. A pair of blocks and above all fun. becomes a wall. A wall becomes a room. A room becomes a house. Using Imagination Playground The pieces connect together to blocks, kids build a new world make immersive play last a long every day. They make objects like time. animals, rocket ships, and robots. They make imaginary places like Imagination Playground blocks houses, factories, and cities. They combine all of the benefits of make new dramatic scenarios, block play on a larger-than-life- settings, and games to play. size scale to encourage kids to Most importantly, they make the play together in groups and have rules. Imagination Playground is more fun. child-directed and open-ended, it encourages self-expression With Imagination Playground, through deep, joyful play. kids literally make their own fun. There’s no right or wrong way Traditional playgrounds consist to play. primarily of fixed equipment, such as slides, monkey bars Tickets are limited so bookings and teeter-totters, all of which are essential. focus on developing children’s gross motor skills. Imagination Our climate future exhibition 8-18 July • meridian mall • 9Am - 6pm • drop-in The Ministry for the You can also find out your Environment’s ‘Our Climate personal carbon footprint and Future’ exhibition shares ways to reduce it with FutureFit, then make a pledge to take action. information on how climate change is impacting us ‘Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, today and how we can engari he toa takitini. create a better climate future together. My strength is not that of a single warrior but that of many.’ 8 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL far from frozen Exhibition 10 - 18 July • Old scottish shop • 10AM - 4pm • drop-in Climate change is the Take a deep dive beneath the ice Discover how exciting new Presented by Otago Museum in greatest challenge of our of Antarctica using virtual reality technologies can potentially association with Curious Minds, time. Far from Frozen is a to discover the beauty and make a difference, and help Antarctica NZ, University of splendor of life in our southern decide what we should invest in. Otago, NZ Antarctic Research hands-on science showcase oceans and see how it’s already Institute, The MacDiarmid that brings climate change being affected. Each of us can make a difference! Institute and NIWA. to life and to your doorstep. Learn why there’s no better time Explore interactive displays than now to help create a better, Learn how climate change to see what impacts our safer, world. is impacting Antarctica and generation, and what those that Aotearoa New Zealand. follow will face.

to Canterbury Museum, MOTAT hands-on interactive exhibits. Dunedin Study in Auckland and Nelson Provincial During the Science Festival Museum with over 300,000 visitors can also get a tiny taste On now • Old smith city, south dunedin • 10am - 4pm, 7 days visitors taking a walk through of the Dunedin Study by trying 1,000 lives. for themselves some of the Slice of Life: The World age 45. It has been acclaimed many tests the Study members Famous Dunedin Study internationally as one of the most The exhibition follows the Study’s experience when they come for provides an overview of the significant projects of its kind and members as they start school, an assessment day. its findings have influenced health learn to drive, experiment with Dunedin Study, its methods and social policy around the world. sex, drugs and alcohol, find careers The University of Otago is hugely and its major findings and and start families of their own. grateful to Martin Dippie who has celebrates the lives of the Slice of Life was originally provided a temporary venue for Study Members. developed by the University of Visitors can look into rooms the exhibition and the whole team Otago Te Whare Wānanga o recreated in the styles of the at Mitre 10 Mega who have The ongoing Study has followed Otāgo and Toitū Otago Settlers 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s, and worked to create this pop-up 1,037 babies born in Dunedin in Museum. This updated travelling learn about links between lifestyle museum space. 1972 and 1973 right through to version of the exhibition has been choices and health through NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 9 University of Otago Science Expo University of Otago Business School, corner of Clyde Street and Union Street (East). Saturday 10 July, 10am—4pm | Sunday 11 July, 10am—2pm | Free entry

Anatomy and discover how 3D printing and scanning are changing Microbiology and Immunology dentistry. Come to our interactive display and discover how fascinating Have you ever wondered how something as small as a virus and unique you are! You will get to see the dissection of Food Science can have such a profound effect on human, animal and an animal heart or brain, have the opportunity to paint Investigate the latest food trends including plant-based, bacterial life? We will showcase the complex and beautiful your “insides” onto a t-shirt (which you can take home with wellness and sustainability. Explore why these concepts are world of virus structures. Represented in stunning 3D shapes you), and learn how your bones, muscles and organs all fit becoming important issues for many consumers. and colours, discover what the smallest organisms on earth together. look like. Botany Geology Ngāi Tāhu Māori Health Research Unit The Earth below us contains a record of how climates and Plant biology is crucial to the health of the planet. Through environments have changed over the past 4.6 billion years. Join us on a hands-on investigative mission into the world of photosynthesis, plants have changed the Earth’s atmosphere, Find out how knowing our past helps us step into the future. bug-busting medicines. Discover mould juice and exploding transforming the planet and enabling life as we know it bacteria, learn how to care for antibiotics so that they can to evolve. Plants now have numerous roles in mitigating He Kaupapa Hononga: Otago’s Climate Change care for us, and test your petri dish powers by staying one the effects of climate change. Understanding the biology Research Network step ahead of the SuperBugs! Protect yourself and your of plants is crucial in addressing many of the challenges whānau in a game of COVID Kerplunk, and imagine what’s Come along to hear from researchers from across the involved with climate change and many different approaches next in nature’s medicine chest. University about the many ways scientists are probing are being used. Come and learn more about the research climate change. Learn how to make a carbon footprint, and projects undertaken by staff and students in the Department Orokonui Ecosanctuary come to see what is happening in our oceans, how scientists of Botany. Come and join the Orokonui Ecosanctuary Dream Team do research in Antarctica, and some of the new technologies Supreme to celebrate the last 15 years of conservation, being used to decarbonise our world. Brain Health Research Centre education and research with hands-on activities and take The Brain Health Research Centre is a group of almost 50 Human Nutrition home resources focusing on our precious native species. research groups from around the University of Otago focused What we eat affects the health, wellbeing and performance on understanding how the brain works and what goes Psychology of individuals, communities and populations. Find out how wrong in diseases of the brain. Come and meet some of our In times of uncertainty, what is it that drives human our diet affects health and performance, and whether we best researchers and visit our giant inflatable brain. behaviour? What can we do to change people’s thoughts, need to spend our money on special sports drinks or can we attitudes and behaviour? The Department of Psychology make our own? Computer Science is here to give you some insights into the science of brain AR spectator Information Science and behaviour, and how it applies to current real-world See the future for sports spectators. Experience prototypes situations. We will showcase a number of interactive demonstrations that in the future will provide visualisations and statistics to on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, telepresence, and you in your seat at live events. Geography ubiquitous and visual computing. Interactive sculpture Explore how future climate change may affect where you Ātea presence Work with others to create a colourful virtual sculpture. Four live. Come along to our interactive mapping display to Be virtually present at a marae and experience Māori computers work together on one piece. This shows a highly predict where the current climate in your home town will storytelling in 3D! intuitive interface: you need almost no instruction to make shift to over the next 30 years. What will happen to the complex 3D shapes in a virtual space. Computational glasses climate in Aotearoa’s mountains? In 2050, will the same See the world through the eyes of a colourblind person or, if areas as today still have suitable climates for our agricultural Are you in tune? you are colourblind, see colours compensated. This is also a products? Share your experiences about your place: how do Come and play your own musical instrument, or borrow one great opportunity to test whether you are colourblind! we feel about the climate where we live? Hear about some of ours. Our software will help you play better. Virtual Albany St studio examples of the complex interactions between humans and Mind controlled drone Dunedin was one of the places in the world where musicians the natural and physical environment. Launch our drone with the power of your mind. Science could record in a BBC “Abbey Road”-style studio at Albany fiction becomes fact: you can control a machine just by Pharmacy Street. Unfortunately the building had to go, but we captured thinking. it in 3D and you can experience the studio with virtual reality Come along and learn how medicines are created, the googles! different ways we can administer medicines to people and Department of Biochemistry and Genetics what’s in store for the future! Biochemistry and Genetics are types of biology that explore Digital tissue slicer the origins and mechanics of life. They discover causes of Explore pixel-level segmentation of digitised human body The Centre for Science Communication disease and their cures, and also solve problems facing our slices and label the bones, muscles and even tiny blood What does it take to catch an elusive species going about agriculture and natural heritage. vessles. its astonishing everyday business in the wild? Learn Explore some of the hands-on techniques that are used by Marine Science tricks of the trade from our wildlife and natural history scientists to investigate the molecular details of life. documentary filmmaking crew, including the Centre of Discover the connectivity between land and sea through Science Communication’s own Robert Brown, cameraman Physics interactive activities and “hands-on” encounters with local for acclaimed BBC broadcaster and natural historian David Hands-on activities show how physics helps us explain marine species and the Aquavan. From the mountains to Attenborough. things from planet formation to modern communications the sea, learn how environmental impacts on land can affect technology, and from the sun and climate to sustainable river catchments and, ultimately, our ocean. Build a river Zoology catchment model to share your learning with others. UOO3977 energy. What kinds of animals live in and around Dunedin? What Mathematics & Statistics animals lived here in the past, and what animals might live Faculty of Dentistry here in the future? Come and see what animals are around Have a first-hand experience of what it is like to be a Warp your point of view by travelling near the speed of light. us, and how and why scientists in the Department of Zoology dentist and understand some of the key challenges and See how gravitational waves bend spacetime. Fall into a are studying them. concepts. Investigate the impact of sugar on our oral health fractal. Wrap your head around some curly probabilities. Try your hand at some tricky puzzles in our chill-out zone. For further information and an expo map, go to: scifest.org.nz/programme/expo

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10 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL OUTSIDE INSIDE FOREST 12 - 18 July • Meridian mall • 11am-3pm • drop-in We’re bringing the outside The Outside Inside Forest will in! Pay a visit to our indoor offer a different experience each forest at the Meridian day so drop in a couple of times across the week to see it all. Mall and learn about the wonderful natural world The Outside Inside Forest is through hands-on science brought to you by the Science activities. Festival in cooperation with the Meridian Mall, Orokonui Each day, different organisations Ecosanctuary, the Dunedin will be on hand to share their City Council and Ribbonwood science with you. Nurseries.

Plant a tree, solve a kiwi mystery, become a micro-investigator and learn about bugs, birds, water, healthy homes, transportation, marine ecosystems and more! meridian & GOLDEN CENTRE MALL activities Pop-up Science in the Malls Meet a Scientist Tūhura Taster Mission to Mars 11:30am-12:30pm 12 July • 1pm • 6omin • $2 14 & 15 July • 11am-2pm • drop-in 17 & 18 July • 10am & 2pm • 60min Golden Centre: 19* & 20+ June What is it like to be a scientist? Get a taste of the new Science In this workshop you will code Meridian Mall: 26* & 27+ June, 3* & 4+ July What do scientists actually do? Show at Otago Museum during rovers to navigate simple + *Otago Museum, Department of Chemistry Come along to this interactive this pop-up event! obstacles to complete their Come along for some pre-festival workshop and find out! mission. fun at the Meridian and Golden Fight like a Physicist Centre malls! The Secret Science of 16 July • 10am • 60min Meet the Mars Rover Channel your inner physics ninja 17 & 18 July • 12PM • 60min Let the Otago Museum and the Balloonology 14 & 15 July • 10am • 6omin • $5 in this fun interactive workshop. What does a scaled down version University of Otago’s Department Learn how to use classical of a Mars rover look like? What of Chemistry get your science Discover the science of how balloons are made and how they mechanics principles to vanquish sensors are needed to make it senses tingling during these pop- your opponent. work? How do you build your up shows. can be used in balloon modeling to make anything you want! own? Come and find out!

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8-18 July 2021 SCIFEST.ORG.nZ #NZSCIFEST Opening night: Science in the spotlight 8 July • Otago business school • 5.30pm • 2hrs • $15 What does the future hold? And Dame Juliet Gerard is a why should science be at the Professor at the University of heart of the challenges we face? Auckland and serves as the Prime Minister’s Chief Science To kick off this year’s Science Advisor, a role she has held Festival we are hosting a special since 2018. Earlier this year, she opening night talk: Science in the became a Dame Companion of Spotlight. Join us for a fireside the New Zealand Order of Merit chat between Festival patron for her services to science. Helen Anderson, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Rod Carr is the Chairperson of Dame Juliet Gerrard, and the the Climate Change Commission. chair of the Climate Change He has previously served as Commission Rod Chair of the Reserve Bank of Carr. New Zealand and Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury. We will discuss the challenges faced, as well as the massive Helen Anderson served as the leaps forward that science is Chief Executive of the Ministry currently making and those that of Research, Science and science will need to make, in Technology from 2003-2010. order to tackle our future. She is a companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand and A drink and refreshments are a Companion of the Queen’s included in the price of your Service Order for services to the ticket. Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.

PLASTIC unwrapped: THE politics of change

9 July • Petridish • 5:30pm • 2hrs • $15 Steve Anderson Dr. Gillian Worth Anderson has spent the last 20 Dr. Worth is the research and Plastics have played an SPEAKERS years as the CEO of Foodstuffs development manager for eco- important role in our world for Dame Juliet Gerrard South Island Ltd, as well as friendly homecare company over a century, however with Dame Gerrard is a New Zealand time with Shell Chemicals Earthwise. growing awareness of the impact biochemistry academic, a International and Mainland plastics make, the industry is professor at the University of products. Modertor facing disruption. But is plastic Auckland and the New Zealand Dr. Helen Anderson as bad as we think? Prime Minister’s Chief Science Rachel Barker Dr. Anderson currently chairs Advisor. Barker is the CEO of Plastics the boards of BRANZ, Scion and Our panel will discuss the NZ, the Industry Association Studio Pacific Architecture. She science, the challenges, and the Dr. Florian Graichen representing plastics companies is also a director of DairyNZ, opportunities, and how we need Dr. Gerrard is the general across the country. Antarctica NZ and ClearPoint to adjust our own mindset to manager of Forests to Biobased Ltd. She is a festival patron. achieve the results. products at biomaterials innovator Scion Research. 14 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL 10 July • regent theatre • 7pm Centre for Science Communication 3hrs • $16/$12/$10 Tokoeka kiwi through his first to this iconic river and those on Student Film Premiere year of life. A Forest’s Dream by a mission to protect it. Winds A fantastic evening of sensational films produced by Upamanyu Das tells a beautifully of Change by Janic Gorman science and nature films current and former Master’s cinematic tale of Fiordland from is an inspiring cross-cultural produced by Master’s students of the University of the perspective of its residents adventure with future leaders Otago’s Centre for Science students of the University – a wise old tree, the bedrock of climate action. And Tegan Communication, home of the that forms its foundation, and Good’s award-winning Nest 38 of Otago’s Centre for world’s leading postgraduate the water that shapes it. The tells the story of a pair of banded Science Communication. programme for Science and hilarious mockumentary, Kiwis dotterels attempting to defy the Natural History Filmmaking. Against Birds by Peter Naik odds to raise their chicks on a From kiwis to climate change, delivers a laugh-out-loud, yet surprisingly hostile New Zealand farmland to Fiordland, July Growing Up Kiwi by Madeleine potent message of conservation. beach. It’s a night not to 10th is a red carpet evening Brennan follows the story of Imy Mahon’s Protecting the be missed! at the Regent! Join us for six “Almer,” a feisty little Haast Pomahaka introduces viewers

SCIENCE TELLER: Imagine a sustainable society 8 & 9 July • otago museum • day 1: 2pm - 4pm • day 2: 9am - 5pm

Imagine living in a So join us over the two days, sustainable society. What starting with a keynote from would that look like and the Chair of the Climate Commission, Rod Carr, followed what would it take to get by a panel discussion on the us there? first afternoon. The second day starts with a morning of talks on We’re bringing together some of sustainable food, better housing the best thinkers and doers on and managing waste followed sustainability together to think, by an afternoon of workshops discuss and imagine a better and demos, from ebikes to future. composting to fabric recycling.

From dealing with climate change This is about more than just to engineering our way into a imagining; it’s about creating a sustainable future, we’re inviting real, more sustainable future for you to be part of the discussion. us all.

NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 15 edible insects: past, present and future 10 July • 5pm • 2hrs Dunedin public library • $2 Ever considered crickets Who owns you (and your data) for dinner? Beetles for dessert? What about 13 July • Petridish • 5.30pm • 90min • $15 some spicy ants? No? Let’s get down to the science and technology journalist In fact, insects are dirty, business end of Peter Griffin, and Richard White, healthy, economical, and the manager for copyright and digital privacy. sustainable future This event will cover the open access at the University of historical development of edible Otago. The panel will be MC’d by food source. Your data might be about you, insects around the world, Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere of the but is it yours? To sort this out the current research and Univeristy of Otago’s Law Faculty. They are good for people, our once and for all, we’ll bring a pockets, and the planet - yet why development landscape on edible bunch of great minds together to insects, and what the future may Oh, and once we’ve got that are we not eating them? debate and discuss the question: hold for the use of insects as sorted, there will be VR games Who owns you (and your data)? food. to help us jump further into the Insects are already considered digital world. a valuable source of nutrients The panel is made up of John in many countries around the Who knows, maybe you’ll find Edwards, New Zealand’s Privacy world, including Thailand, China, yourself a yummy new source of Commissioner since 2014; Brazil and The Netherlands. valuable protein. Tasting available.

Gene editing and pest A betteR future for aotearoa Editing them out control in Aotearoa 17 July • 6pm • 2hrs • petridish • $12 15 July • Petridish • 5.30pm • 90min • $10/$8 Join us for a discussion about who has written extensively Current methods for Hosted by Professor Peter creative solutions to the climate on energy, economic, and controlling introduced Dearden (University of Otago), crisis, the biodiversity crisis ecological issues, including oil pests can be difficult our team of expert speakers and other problems caused by depletion; ecological economist from New Zealand’s Biological economic growth. Dr. Marjan van den Belt, who and expensive to use at Heritage National Science is a strategic partner at a landscape scale. With Challenge will discuss the future Audience questions will be invited sustainability consultancy Terra Aotearoa’s goal of being of gene editing in Aotearoa, its before and during the session. Moana; freshwater ecologist and Predator Free by 2050, potential for use in pest control, science communicator Mike Joy novel techniques to and how we can partner with The evening’s speakers will and environmental activist Jett eradicate these species mātauranga Māori experts. include American journalist and Gannaway. educator Richard Heinberg, need to be considered. Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere a Puaka Matariki Festival me NZISF – a Puaka Matariki Festival/NZISF collaboration.

16 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL dr. 10 July • petridish • 2pm • 60min • $12 Join us for a fireside chat with for her science communication. New Zealander of the Year, In 2017 she published her first Dr. Siouxsie Wiles! book, ‘Antibiotic resistance: the end of modern medicine?’ and in Over the past year, Dr. Wiles 2019 was appointed a member of has become a household name the New Zealand Order of Merit thanks to her public science for services to microbiology and communication efforts during science communication. the COVID-19 pandemic. An Associate Professor at the During COVID-19, Dr. Wiles University of Auckland, Dr. Wiles joined forces with Spinoff has studied medical microbiology cartoonist to make at the University of Edinburgh, the science of the pandemic the Centre for Ecology and clear and understandable. Their Hydrology in Oxford and graphics have been translated Edinburgh Napier University. into multiple languages and have been adapted by various Dr. Wiles spent almost a governments and organisations. decade at Imperial College London, before relocating Dr. Wiles will be interviewed by to New Zealand. She has Assoc. Prof Jesse Bering, won awards for both her Director of the University of commitment to the ethical Otago’s Centre for use of animals in research and Science Communication. upcycled food dining experience 16 July • petridish • 5.30pm & 7.30pm • 1.5hr • $10 booking, Pay what you can While enjoying a three by KiwiHarvest, a food rescue course meal, you will organisation that originated in learn the science Dunedin. behind upcycled foods Due to limited space, we are from experts from the requesting a $10 reservation fee University of Otago in advance; then you pay-as-you- Food Waste Innovation’s feel for the meal on the night. Upcycled Food Lab. All proceeds from the evening Upcycled foods are made from will go to Everybody Eats and ingredients that would usually KiwiHarvest to help them in their be thrown out. This unique meal mahi to feed the hungry and re- will be prepared by chefs from duce food waste. Everybody Eats, a pay-as-you- feel dining experience available in Auckland and Wellington that serves delicious, nutritious meals “that feed bellies, not bins”.

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NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 17 WHat’s On at solo Tiny Ruins THE MOON 10 years of ‘Some were meant for sea’ 15 July • HANOVER HALL • 9.00pm yoga under the 60min • $40/35/30 matariki moon Join us as we celebrate the 10th Celebrate Matariki and 14-16 July • 7am • 1hr anniversary of your new year with this Hanover hall • $20 acclaimed New Zealand blissful nourishing yoga Completely new to songwriter Hollie under the Full Moon at yoga? This is the perfect Fullbrook’s debut album Hanover Hall. time to start. Set your flow ‘Some Were Meant for of grace for the day and for a Sea’, with this very special Led by Jessica Latton from the sparkling New Year. All levels solo performance under Dunedin Yoga Studio. Explore welcome. the divination of Matariki in Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere a Puaka Luke Jerram’s movement and meditation. Matariki Festival me NZISF – a Puaka Moon sculpture. Matariki Festival/NZISF collaboration. Space Frontiers Late Night Exhibition 17 July • 6pm-9pm • drop-in hanover hall • $5/$3 • R18 13-18 July • 11am-4pm • drop-in Hanover hall • $5/$3 Enjoy a very special late night opening while you take in the In association with the US Embassy, spectacle of Luke Jerram’s the Festival is proud to present Moon sculpture in this late Space Frontiers, a photographic night session. exhibition exploring the history of space exploration, the mythology Enjoy a cocktail while you gaze behind the nights sky and the ways upon the wonder of Te Marama, Māori used it navigate the oceans, peruse our Space Frontiers and a look at what the future holds exhibit and take in for space exploration. the atmosphere. Organic farming for the future 9 July • 5.30pm • 90min Otago University • $5/$4 beef farmer who ‘walks the talk’ as a regenerative farming This event will include informed practitioner based in South discussion on regenerative Otago; Assoc. Professor Aladin agriculture, health and the Bekhit, a meat scientist whose nutritional aspects of organically research focuses on waste farmed meats - from a local and reduction and the biochemical global perspective. Also included factors that control meat quality Not for the Faint-HEARTed is an opportunity to ‘taste test’ and it’s nutritional value; and a new ‘flexitarian’ organic meat Mrs. Fiona Nyhof, a food product 12 Jul,11AM & 2pm 14 Jul, 7pm the heart works by examining and vegetable patty, made from development specialist at the Otago University • 60min its anatomy. locally sourced ingredients. University of Otago. Faint-HEARTed? Then this workshop Attendees will each perform a fully Join us to hear from a farmer, a The session should help to is not for you! Come and learn how guided dissection of a sheep heart. scientist and a food technologist. clear some of the negative the heart works by dissecting one. Participants must be comfortable There will be short talks misconceptions associated with handling animal tissue which will be from Mr. Allan Richardson, a animal farming. Join us for his 1-hour workshop, sourced through the normal passionate organic sheep and during which we will explore how food chain. 18 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL Unleash Your Inner Detective: inhalers and artificial lungs: Forensic Based CSI Workshop fighting lung disease 13 & 15,16-17 Jul, See website for timetable• Gasworks museum • 2hrs • $16/$12 17 July • 10AM & 12PM • 60min • Otago University The Science of Crime using real forensic tools you will New methods for fighting using an ‘artificial lung’ to develop more effective lung treatments. offers immersive forensic complete practical activities to help lung diseases are under science-based events that solve the crime. In these Teens and research at the University Adults sessions, the event contains You will learn how the artificial explore real life crime scene of Otago’s School of lung works, what happens in more mature themes, as we offer Pharmacy. investigation techniques. you an opportunity to examine a your lungs when you take a puff Working in small teams, your from an inhaler, how inhalers murder mystery crime scene and Powder inhalers are the future job is to find the evidence, uncover the clues to help solve the can be used to treat COVID-19 of treating diseases like asthma and other lung diseases, and solve the clues and catch the crime. Workshops last between and COVID-19. 60 and 150 minutes. So grab your what the future holds for this criminal! innovative research. teens, whānau, friends or colleagues In this workshop, you will visit and book today! Our uniquely themed workshops the laboratory of Associate are written and hosted by an Professor Shyamal Das at the For kids and tweens events see experienced forensic expert. School of Pharmacy and learn page 29. Wearing your special CSI suits and about how his research team is

our ocean: bringing climate Museum after dark data to life 16 July • Otago MusEUm • 7PM-10pm • drop-in • $25/$20 • R18 15 July • 2pm & 6pm • Central Library • 2hrs After Dark is when Otago Science Festival we offer Museum opens at night for more active fun science, there The oceans are at the heart of of climate impacts on these drinks, dancing, singing, are hands-on interactives our warming planet, with long- species. in Tūhura, science explorations term changes underway that desserts, and a DJ. and demos, karaoke under the are radically altering the marine Together, we will explore some planetarium stars and more. environment, and threatening of the latest ocean climate data Forgetting the winter outside, we species that we treasure locally. collected in New Zealand. This host this event in (and around) We invite you to join us for the event will be interactive, guided the warmth of our three-storey first of a two-part workshop by climate scientist and science Tropical Forest. to create stories and artworks communicator Dr. Cathy Cole celebrating our local marine life, from the University of Otago. To kick off the final few days of whilst also raising awareness Ages 16+. the New Zealand International NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 19 Association for Women in the Sciences conference 8 & 9 July • 10AM - 6pm • 2-days Castle st lecture theatre

The Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS) triennial conference provides an opportunity for women working in or supporting the sciences the heart of a woman to develop their skills to support their professional 12 July • Petridish • 5.30pm • 90min • $12 advancement, and Through AWIS 2021, women Heart disease is a Please come and join Manaaki opportunities to learn from in the sciences will have the leading killer of women in Mānawa: The Centre for and network with other opportunity to learn skills to Aotearoa, however it is Heart Research as we hear from a range of world- women working in the support their professional often thought of as a man’s sciences. careers – such as facing leading researchers in heart unconscious bias and identifying health problem. health about how we study cardiovascular health from Women are still under- mentors – as well as gain more Too often, women can think bench to bedside and what represented in many areas of understanding about issues their symptoms don’t match makes Aotearoa a leader in STEM (Science, Technology, facing women in STEM and how what is perceived as “typical”. cardiovascular science and Engineering and Maths), these may be addressed. Women may also not be aware research. particularly at leadership levels. of the symptoms of heart AWIS is dedicated to bettering disease, or think “it is an older We’ll also hear from patients the position of all women working person’s problem”. This means about their experience and in the sciences, to create a New half the population may not be share what we can do to ensure Zealand where women are fairly getting the adequate care and healthy hearts for all. represented throughout the treatment they need. science system.

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11 July • 5.30pm • 2hrs • Petridish • $5 2 MinUTE TALKS From $89 for One picture, one prop, Presenters are given the two minutes. challenge of turning their 3 nights, plus complex ideas into a two- 2 Minute Talks: Young Women minute talk that everyone can courier & bond in Science is a community understand. celebration of the talented young female scientists working and It is sure to be an interesting, Beat Saber, studying in Dunedin. inspiring and fun-filled evening. There will be an opportunity Minecraa VR, Now in its fourth year, this event after the talks for drinks, nibbles was specifically created for and networking with like-minded Half-Life: Alyx the New Zealand International people. and more! Science Festival, to give young women a platform to talk about Thanks to the Association for their science. Women in Science and Graduate Women NZ. VirtualRealityRental.co.nz 20 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL COLOURCOLOUR MEME IN!!!IN!!! Harness your inner artist, colour in this page and post it on an Instagram account with the hashtag #nzscifestcolour by the 1st of July and go in the draw to win one of 4 family passes to the Big Science Show! Dunedin LIBRARies Join Dunedin Libraries for a range of fun events! Dunedin City Library Rubik Rumble Challenge Wednesday 14 July, 11am, drop-in Science Drama at the Library Get in the Pit and Rubik! Bring your Sunday 11 July, 4pm, 30min Rubik skills (and cube) and beat The Library is home to many the clock. Fastest time wins Rubik- amazing science books. Come related prize. and see how the Taieri Dramatic Society brings some of these books Build-a-Bot to life! Wednesday 14 July, 2pm, 2hrs Come and work with Captain Lego Science Storytime Special dogs and science working together Aquavan adventures to build a robot out of Lego. Monday 12 July, 10.30am, 30min Bring the family and have a blast at Dogs and Science Working our Science-themed Storytime. Together Wednesday 14 July, 5.30pm, 1hr Shark Spy Community Talk An outline of the ground-breaking Monday 12 July, 5.30pm, 1hr work of K9 Medical Detection Join shark expert Rob Lewis as he New Zealand using the enormous takes you into the amazing world of potential of canine sensory abilities. our local sharks! Lego Parkour About the Heart Friday 16 July, 1pm, 2hr Tuesday 13 July, 10am & 1pm, 1hr Do some Lego mini-figure parkour What happens to your heart when with Captain Lego! Create an you exercise? Learn how it works, obstacle course challenge for why it sometimes beats slow and fight like a physicist shark spy community talk your mini-figure, then film them sometimes feels like it is going to completing it with our new stop- burst! Branch Libraries About the Heart animation studio. Wednesday 14 July, 1hr Lines & Wines: A Scientific Aquavan Adventures: Coastal available anytime: Mosgiel: 10am, Port Chalmers: 12pm Connections Playreading Waikouaiti: 3pm Tuesday 13 July, 6pm, 2hrs Creative Connections South Dunedin: 13 & 14 July, 11am, 90min What happens to your heart Join us to hear (or choose to 10-16 July, Library opening hours, drop-in Mosgiel: 15 & 16 July, 11am, 90min when you exercise? Learn how it participate in reading) a science- Reconnect with your creativity at Connect to your coast with the works, why it sometimes beats themed play. This is a play reading, our science-themed craft table. Aquavan and staff from the NZ slow and sometimes feels like it is rather than a stage performance, Offered Daily throughout the NZ Marine Studies Centre! going to burst! International Science Festival. and audience participation is Aquavan Adventures: Amazing Fight Like a Physicist very much encouraged. Light Science on the Cube Adaptatons Mosgiel: Thur 15 July, 10am refreshments provided. 8-18 July, Library opening hours, drop-in South Dunedin: 13 & 14 July, 1.30pm, 60min Waitati Hall: Sat 17 July, 10am Enjoy a variety of short Science and Mosgiel: 15 & 16 July, 11am, 90min Lego Creations Channel your inner physics ninja 13 & 15 July, 2pm, 2hr Natural History films produced by Get hands on with the Aquavan! in this fun interactive workshop. Join Captain Lego and get some students, alumni and faculty of the Learn about crab feeding and Learn how to use classical inspiration to create your next University of Otago’s Centre for defensive strategies, then meet mechanics principles to vanquish amazing Lego creation. Science Communication. some marine critters at our mobile your opponent. touch tank.

Rat Trapping Tunnels own bird feeder and learn how MITRE10 MEGA Backyard Tuesday 13 July, 10am and 1pm to attract our incredible native New Zealand has the highest birds to your garden. All tools and 13 - 15 July • mitre10 mega • 10Am & 1pm • 60min rate of threatened species in materials supplied. builders the world. Are you keen to do your part towards pest control and help our native species out? Insect Hotels In this workshop, you can! The Thursday 15 July, 10am and 1pm Mitre 10 team will give you all Want to provide a habitat for the tools and materials you need the awesome creepy crawlies and help you make your own that live in your garden? The backyard trapping tunnel. Plus, Mitre 10 team will give you all the City Sanctuary will be on hand to tools and materials you need and teach you all about how (and why) help you make your own insect to use them. hotel! In this workshop, you’ll learn all about creating bug- friendly habitats and meet some Bird Feeders incredible insects up close… Wednesday 14 July, 10am and 1pm Join the Mitre 10 team and Note: caregivers will be expected to Orokonui Ecosanctuary’s nature supervise and assist children throughout the educator extraordinaire Tahu workshop. Mackenzie to build your very 22 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL SPACE LASERS! 13-18 July • hanover hall • 11am-4pm • drop-in • $5/$3 Lasers, the moon, telescopes and jelly lenses – come explore how Quantum cryptography optics makes space science better! Can you tell how far away the Moon is by via satellite shining a laser at it? NASA did just that as part of the Apollo moon programme! zobots revolution 13-18 July • hanover hall • 11am-4pm • drop-in • $5/$3 12 July, 5.30pm, ADInstruments • 13 July, 4.30pm, Come learn about lasers and optics and As privacy concerns mount in the modern Gasworks museum • 2hrs • $10 how we can use the unique nature of light to era, quantum physics leads the way in new advance our understanding of the sun, the ZoBots are animal-like robots encryption methods. Learn how quantum moon, the stars - including understanding designed by University of Otago key distribution works, compare it to other the size of the whole universe and how far types of key-based encryption methods, neuroscientist and former NASA away everything within it is from us. and find out what happens when someone robotics engineer Mike Paulin. tries to “eavesdrop” on photon-based communication. On Monday we’ll demonstrate and explain how understanding the materials, mechanics and brains of animals helps engineers to design new kinds of robots, and how new manufacturing and digital technologies make it possible to design and build them in your basement.

Then we’ll help you to build your own simple ZoBot and decorate it to give it a unique personality.

There will be demonstrations of ADI technology and refreshments available.

On Tuesday afternoon you are invited to bring your ZoBot to the Engine Room at the Chartistic Gasworks Museum, where the steam-based 15-18 July • meridian mall •11am-3pm • drop-in technology of the industrial revolution and the Victorian age is preserved in working Come to Chartistic and have a go at average eye colour? How does your drawing order. charting your creativity. Participate style compare to others? What changes As darkness falls we will release our robots in a series of fun drawing & craft in how we draw as we age? How far do we travel to our favourite beaches? and follow them into the Museum. activities and make some art. Artist or analyst, Chartistic has something Did I mention that they glow in the dark? We will combine the art onto a chart for everyone. that tells us something interesting about How did we get from steam engines to ourselves and our community. What is the robots, and what’s next?

Otago Regional Council is a proud sponsor of the New Zealand International Science Festival

For educational activities to keep you busy these school holidays, head to www.orc.govt.nz and search ‘Kea Crew’

NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 23 LITTLE CREATURES 10 & 11 July • 2pm & 4pm • 60min • TCOL auditorium • $25/$20 What little creatures can you own and see how it evolves in dream up? Flex your creative the hands of others. There is a PYJAMARAMA! muscles and take part in a different ‘creature’ theme at each 9 July • OTAGO MUSEUM • 6pm • 2hrs • $2 unique, three-step artistic location, so be sure to visit all process to create little creatures. three! There’s a new moon rising in our Hands-on activities, storytelling, One person writes a creature southern skies and the nights and science shows about description, the next person Thanks to DCC Arts and Creative are long, so bring your torches the night sky and nocturnal draws the creature based on its Communities Scheme for funding and teddy bears on down nature will astonish and description, and a third will sculpt this event. to Otago Museum’s pyjama party delight the whole family. it out of modeling clay! All three to kick off the school holidays steps of the process will be on Meridian Mall - bugs & forest and the NZ International display as they are developed, Golden Centre Mall - underwater Science Festival! drawn and sculpted. Write up creatures a creature description of your Hanover Hall - space OTAGO MUSEUM Join Otago Museum for a range of fun events!

Pyjamarama! After Dark: A Night in 9 July, 6pm, 2hrs, $2 the Tropics Get your jammies on and head 16 July, 7-10pm, drop-in, $25/20 to Otago Museum for an evening Otago Museum opens at night of family-friendly, after-hours fun! for the hottest attraction in town: music, fun and cold drinks Quantum Shorts Film in the warmth of our three- Festival Screening 12 July, 5.30pm, 2hrs storey Tropical Forest. Otago Museum and the Dodd- Secrets, Ciphers, and Codes Walls Centre are bringing you the 12, 14, 16 July, 12pm, drop-in weird, wonderful, and stranger- At this regular pop- than-fiction side of science with up just outside Otago this screening of the finalists in Museum, try out some old- about the life cycle and biology of the global Quantum Shorts Film fashioned Earth-based methods Light Cycles these beautiful creatures. 12-18 July, 2pm, 30min Competition. for keeping secrets secret, like Hands-on science and centuries- These “quantum-inspired disappearing ink and Ancient SciFest Tūhura Treat 10-18 July, 11.30am - 12pm, drop-in, $12/10 old stories illuminate the stories” are no more than Greek scytale ciphers, then learn Join one of our Science cycles that connect the universe! five minutes in length and what the future holds for space- Communicators for a surprise range from live-action to based cryptography! Decide for Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons activity, which could be anything 10-18 July, 11.30am, 60min, $7/$12 puppeteering, from dad-jokes yourself which is the best way to from any field of science! What are moons and why are to emotionally dramatic. There keep a secret message safe from they so extreme? During this will be nibbles, a cash bar, and prying eyes! Giants of the Forest show, we will explore weird and physicists on-hand to help First Flight Butterfly Release 10-18 July, 2.30pm, 30min, $12/10 wonderful moons in our solar unpack the science and help you 10-18 July, 11am & 1.30pm, 30min, $12/$10 Tūhura is home to more than system and beyond, learn why decide what is science and what The Tūhura Tropical Forest is butterflies! Get up close and they might hold life, and how we is fiction. home to butterflies from Central personal with the newest residents of the Tropical Forest! might be able to explore them. Offered in partnership with the America and Southeast Asia. Join Dodd-Walls Centre. us daily and help a communicator release the recently emerged butterflies, while also learning 24 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL Marine studies CENTRE Join the NZ Marine Studies Centre at multiple locations across Dunedin for lots a fun with marine life!

At the Marine Studies Centre: educator focused citizen science, coastal monitoring & actions Snippets from the Sea: workshop. Seaweed Secrets Friday 16 July, 3pm, 90min At the Royal Albatross Centre: Join a variety of experts for coffee, Environmental Monitoring: short presentations, films, Coastal Care Workshop for and knowledge sharing all the Community about seaweeds! Saturday 17 July, 1pm, 3hrs, $10 Marine Encounters at the NZ A public workshop at the Albatross Marine Studies Centre Centre where you will learn how to Sunday 18 July, 10.30pm & 12.30pm, 90min $15/10 collect and use environmental data Aquavan Adventures: Amazing Connect to your coast and meet to take action for the environment. Adaptatons 13 & 14 July, 1.30pm, 60min local marine species to find At Dunedin Public Library: out what makes them special, Get hands on with the Aquavan! vulnerable and resilient. Shark Spy Community Talk Learn about crab feeding and Monday 12 July, 5.30pm, 1hr defensive strategies, then meet Eyes Underwater: Livestream Join shark expert Rob Lewis as he some marine critters at our mobile Tuesday 13 July, 12pm, 60min takes you into the amazing world of touch tank. Join us for a dive off the Otago our local sharks! At Mosgiel Library: Peninsula coast from the comfort Aquavan Adventures: Amazing At South Dunedin Library: of your home! Aquavan Adventures: Coastal Adaptatons Environmental Monitoring: Aquavan Adventures: Coastal Connections 15 & 16 July, 1.30pm, 60min Coastal Care Workshop for Connections 15 & 16 July, 11am, 90min Get hands on with the Aquavan! Educators 13 & 14 July, 11am, 90min Connect to your coast with the Learn about crab feeding and Thursday 15 July, 12pm, 4hrs, $24/$12 Connect to your coast with the Aquavan and staff from the NZ defensive strategies, then meet Take your teaching & learning into Aquavan and staff from the NZ Marine Studies Centre! some marine critters at our mobile the real world with this teacher/ Marine Studies Centre! touch tank. PUAKA MATARIKI FESTIVAL 2021 meet A MARS ROVER! 2 – 16 JUly 17 & 18 July • golden centre mall • 12pm • 60min ŌTEPOTI / DUNEDIN Come see a scale version of a The rover can accommodate a mars rover in action! couple of 3D imaging cameras along with a number of other Puaka Matariki Festival The Engineering and Computer sensors. It’s suspension system Science School at Victoria gives it a unique edge to climb on matarikidunedin.co.nz University of Wellington built difficult terrain. the rover from NASA JPL’s open rover plans as part of a research Come see what it can do, learn project. how it operates and maybe even take it for a spin yourself! PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 25 Junior FIlm festival Join us at the Dunedin Public Library in the lead up to the festival for a mini film festival for kids and teens! SATURDAY 12 JUNE dino dana 10am • 80min techno fossil 2pm • 50min 10-year-old Dana, a wannabe- The spread of ubiquitous paleontologist who sees ‘techno materials’ such as dinosaurs in the real world, aluminum, concrete and completes an experiment plastic, underpin a new kind of that asks where all the kid stratigraphy. dinosaurs are. Plastics in rock layers across To find the answer, Dana, her the globe is a distinctive older sister Sara, and their geological signature for human new neighbors Mateo and activity. This documentary Jadiel go on a dinosaur journey covers the current reality of bigger than anything Dana has geology in the macroscopic ever faced before. viewpoint of Anthropocene, a new geological era. SUNDAY 13 JUNE me and my robot 10AM • 40min Indian space Dreams 2pm • 80min Me & My Robot follows 18 A story of passion and endeavour teams from 10 different against the odds when space countries as they head to scientists in Mumbai, facing Thailand for the 2018 World immense challenges, try to Robot Olympiad, where they launch India’s first astronomical must first navigate surprise satellite. rules, faulty code, and fierce competition. As countdown to launch approaches and the ‘moment of These robots traverse truth’ arrives, we discover if their obstacle courses, offer 15 years of hard work pays off. solutions to food scarcity and even play football.

9-16 July • University of oTago kōrero te marama biomedical sciences 10am-4pm • drop-in 18 July • hanover hall • 2pm • 60min • $5/$3 photo exhibition This exhibition showcases To conclude the 2021 Festival, join us under the artistic talents and te marama, the moon, for two engaging research breadth of the staff talks. Victoria Campbell will share kōrero and postgraduate students about her interests and research on within the School of Biomedical Matariki and the maramataka. Brendan Sciences. Images encompass Flack will speak about the Te Mana o Te areas of anatomy, biochemistry, Moana voyage and it’s implications in 2021 genetics, microbiology & and into the future. immunology, infectious diseases, Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu whakahaere a Puaka Matariki Festival me NZISF – a Puaka Matariki Festival/NZISF neuroscience, pharmacology & collaboration. toxicology, physiology and more! MORE THAN A MUSEUM Home to New Zealand’s biggest science centre 26 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL Inspiring scientist ZOOM SERIES 1 2 3 4 Various dates in june • Online • Free

The NZ International Science Sian Cleaver1 (DE) • 9 June Professor Neil Gemmell3 (NZ) • television. Her work includes Festival invites your school to be Sian is a spacecraft engineer, 23 June Black Panther, Mission a part of our Inspiring Scientist STEM ambassador, and the Professor Gemmell’s research impossible, Avengers: Age of Zoom series. former Chair of WISE Young blends ecology, population, Ultron and Bohemian Rhapsody, Professionals’ Board. conservation and evolutionary among other titles. Register your school, receive biology with recent technological 2 • the link and beam in on the Dr. Karl (AU) 15 June spin-offs from the various Moderated by Professor Dr. Karl is a qualified doctor, day to hear from and range genome projects. Christine Jasoni. scientist and engineer and now of internationally renowned a well-known Australian author 4 • Scientists. Got a question? Send Pilar Seijo (UK) 30 June and science communicator. Pilar is a London-based visual them to us and we will put them Thanks to the Australian High artist specialising in Visual to our guests. Commission. effects for film and high end

HAND SANITISER: Know it and use it ki-o-rahi workshop 10 July • University of otago • 10am & 12pm • 60min 13 July • Alhambra rugby club • 9AM • 3hrs Good hand hygiene is essential demonstration and hands-on This year’s NZ International This workshop is weather to prevent the spread of activity to teach about hand Science Festival theme is dependent. A rain date has been microorganisms. In the weeks sanitiser, an essential commodity reconnection. For us here at Te set for 14 July. Participants before the COVID-19 lockdown, to prevent COVID-19. Koronga the game of Ki-O-Rahi who have booked a ticket will be New Zealand experienced a has helped us reconnect to Māori notified of any changes due to scarcity of hand sanitiser. Participants will learn the modes of physical activity. weather as soon as a decision science behind hand sanitisation, can be made. Associate Professor Shyamal understand safety issues related It has also reconnected us to many Das and his students at the to hand sanitiser, observe the schools over this year as we have Ka mahi kātahi kā ohu University of Otago’s School preparation of alcohol-based taken Ki-O-Rahi around Dunedin whakahaere a Puaka Matariki of Pharmacy prepared the hand sanitiser in the laboratory, high schools, playing the game with Festival me NZISF – a Puaka World Health Organization’s and learn how to detect a more than 300 kids to date. Matariki Festival/NZISF recommended hand sanitiser to substandard alcohol-based hand collaboration. serve the local community. sanitiser. For this event we will be blending western and indigenous science Prof Das and his team will give and applying that within the game a presentation followed by a of Ki-O-Rahi. OROKONUI ECOsanctuary 12, 15-18 July• 600 Blueskin roAD 1pm • 120min • $10 Reconnect with our Insect Reconnect with Te Ngāhere Whānau! Monday 12 July, 1pm-3pm Saturday 17 July, 1pm-3pm Explore the amazing cloud forest at Meet some of our beautiful native Orokonui Ecosanctuary and meet Reconnect with Ngā Awa / invertebrates and learn how we some of our native tree-sures! Our Waterways! can look after them. Reconnect with Ngā Manu! Friday 16 July, 1pm-3pm Reconnect with Reptiles! Thursday 15 July, 1pm-3pm Discover who lives in our beautiful Sunday 18 July, 1pm-3pm Explore the protected paradise of waterways, how we can best look Adventure through Orokonui Orokonui Ecosanctuary and meet after them, and how waterways Ecosanctuary and meet our some of our beautiful native birds! are central to our wellbeing! amazing native reptiles! NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 27 FUN SCIENCE @ MOANA POOL 10 - 18 July • moana pool • 5pm • 60min • Moana pool entry fee Enjoy some Fun Science at Moana required. Cost is $3.20 per Pool! Physics, chemistry, biology, child. Accompanying adults can geology, astronomy... We will enjoy request a free spectator’s pass. all areas of science in the pool. Each day features a different Mon 12 July - Fish in a bottle activity that will focus on a particular area of science. Tues 13 July - Tsunami Science Wed 14 July - Octopus propulsion Bring your togs and a pair Thur 15 July - Rainbows underwater of goggles to fully enjoy the Fri 16 July - Fish communication programme. Sat 17 July - Sink or float Note: entry fee into Moana Pool Sun 18 July - The weight of water GLOW SCIENCE @ THE OBSERVATORY 10 - 18 July • beverly-begg observatory • 7pm-9pm • drop-in • $5 This is night science like you’ve No matter what the weather is never seen before! doing, the Dunedin Observatory will be running some amazing Making rainbows to discover night science activities. which colours use the most energy, finding plants that glow Presented by Amadeo Enriquez in the dark in the Town Belt, and Ballestero in association with the of course looking at the stars Dunedin Astronomical Society. through our telescopes if skies are clear.

Cruise otago harbour Special Science Festival tours: 11 & 12 July • Back beach jetty • timings available online • 60min • $55/$25 VOLCANO TOUR Join Rachel on-board SHARKS! Sootychaser for one of two educational tours of EXPLORING SAND FLATS Dunedin harbour!

Take a boat trip inside Dunedin’s volcano! A volcano expert will be on board to help us identify the sand flats. An expert will be right different layers of lava you can see there to guide you through what from the harbor, as well as the you find at the beach! dykes of rock where lava tried to flow and but got frozen in time.EXPLOGetRI onboardNG DU andNE exploreDIN'S Otago Morning Session Explore the living creatures on the harbour and beyond! 11:00am-12:00pm VOLCANO- Friday 23rd April, 2021 From Port Chalmers Hop on board MV Sootychaser to view Afternoon Session volcanic rocks, lava and dykes in Otago hands-on science for our 1:30pm-2:30pm Harbour's cliffs with the help of a volcano From Portobello youngest learnersexpert. On board make a volcano that erupts! Available from Port Chalmers or 10 July • bayfield kindergartenPortobello. • 9.30am-12.30pm • drop-in Alll ages Have you got a budding young scientist at home?

BookingThiss Es isse eventntial for young wwwportchildrentoport.c oand.nz their 0 20 416 24250 Adultsfamilies $55, to have Children a hands- $25 on science experience, www.porttoport.co.nz celebrating all things fun and exciting about 020 416 24250 science! 28 NZ INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL Meet a scientist plantible paper making workshop 12 July • golden centre mall • 1pm • 60min • $2 per family 16 July • Dunedin Public Art Gallery • 12pm & 2pm • 90min • $5 If you could ask a scientist Science, Technology, Engineering Combining a love of Everyone will leave this workshop anything, what would it be? and Maths and learn about their science and art! Join Paper with beautiful hand-crafted work. Conservator and artist paper to show your family, or to create something else with! Join us for a fun, interactive You’ll have the chance to ask Marion Mertens for a fun group event where you can questions and practice a few fun filled workshop in our creative Phone the Dunedin Public Art learn what it’s really like to be a science skills along the way. classroom! Gallery on 03 474 3260 to make scientist. a booking. Brought to you by Thirst for Creating seed paper is a hands- Meet five diverse researchers Knowledge. on way to learn about recycling, from a range of STEM fields of science, and the cycles of nature.

Unleash Your Inner Detective: Forensic Based CSI Workshop 12 - 17 July • Gasworks museum • see website for timings • 1.5-2hrs • $16/$12/$8 The Science of Crime Our unique themed workshops offers immersive forensic are written and hosted by an science-based events experienced forensic expert. Wearing your special CSI suits that explore real life and using real forensic tools you crime scene investigation will complete practical activities techniques. to help solve the crime. are pleased to support the New Zealand International We offer multiple age- In these Kids, Tweens and Family appropriate themed events that events, you will learn about Science Festival provide both children and adults Crime Scene Investigation an authentic and original Crime techniques in a fun, hands-on Scene Investigation experience. way through activities such Working in small teams, your job as fingerprinting, evidence is to find the evidence, solve the collection, DNA and interviews. clues and catch the criminal! NZISF 2021 // RECONNEcT 29 Timetable Thursday 8 July 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 2pm: Build-a-Bot, Dunedin Public Library 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 12pm: Secrets, Ciphers, and Codes, Otago Museum 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum 3pm: Snippets from the Sea, NZ Marine Studies Centre 9:30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 12:30pm: Forensic Workshop (Family), Gasworks Museum 2pm: Science Drama Workshop, Fire Station Theatre 3:30pm: High school Science Expo, University of Otago 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 1pm: Meet a Scientist, Golden Centre Mall 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 1pm: Reconnect with Te Ngāhere, Orokonui Ecosanctuary 3pm: About the heart!, Waikouaiti Library 5:30pm: Upcycled Food Dining Experience, The Dish 10am: AWIS triennial conference, University of Otago 2pm: Not for the Faint-HEARTed, University of Otago 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 6pm: Forensic Workshop (Adults), Gasworks Museum 2pm: Science Teller, Otago Museum 2pm: Science Drama Workshop, Fire Station Theatre 5:30pm: Dogs and Science..., Dunedin Public Library 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 5:30pm: Science in the Spotlight, Otago Business School 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum 7pm: Not for the Faint-HEARTed, University of Otago 7pm: AfterDark: A Night in the Tropics, Otago Museum 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory Friday 9 July 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool Saturday 17 July 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 5:30pm: Shark Spy Community Talk, Dunedin Public Library Thursday 15 July 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 9am: Science Teller, Otago Museum 5:30pm: The Heart of a Woman, Petridish 7pm: Yoga under the Matariki Moon, Hanover Hall 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 9.30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 5:30pm: Quantum Shorts Film Screening, Otago Museum 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 5:30pm: ZoBot Revolution, ADInstruments 9:30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Fight Like a Physicist, Waitati Hall 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University.. 10am: Forensic Workshop (Tweens), Gasworks Museum 10am: Moon Storytime, Hanover Hall 10am: AWIS triennial conference, University of Otago Tuesday 13 July 10am: Moon Storytime, Hanover Hall 10am: Inhalers & Artificial Lung, University of Otago 5:30pm: Plastic Unwrapped, Petridish 9am: Ki-o-rahi!, Alhambra Union Rugby Club 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 10am: Mission to Mars, Golden Centre Mall 5:30pm: Organic farming for the future, University of.. 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 10am: Forensic Workshop (Family), Gasworks Museum 6pm: Pyjamarama!, Otago Museum 9:30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 11am: Chartistic, Meridian Mall 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University... 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop Saturday 10 July 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 10am: Fight Like a Physicist, Mosgiel Library 11am: Aquabot Regional Competition, Moana Pool 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 10am: The secret science of balloonology, Golden Centre Mall 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Mall 9:30am: Science.. Youngest Learners, Bayfield Kindergarten 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smith City 10am: Backyard Builders: Insect Hotels, Mitre 10 Mega 11am: Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond, Hanover Hall 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University.. 11am: Far from Frozen II, 11am, Old Scottish Shop 11am: Quantum cryptography via satellite, Hanover Hall 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 10am: Moon Storytime Hanover Hall 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Mall 11am: Space Lasers!, Hanover Hall 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 10am: About the heart!, Dunedin Public Library 11am: Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond, Hanover Hall 11am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University.. 10am: Backyard Builders: Trapping Tunnels, Mitre 10 11am: Chartistic, Meridian Mall 11am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 10am: University Science Expo, Otago Business School 10am: Forensic Workshop (Kids), Gasworks Museum 11am: Tūhura Taster, Golden Centre Mall 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 10am: Hand Sanitiser, University of Otago 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 11am: Aquavan Adventures, Mosgiel Library 12pm: Inhalers & Artificial Lungs, University of Otago 11am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Mall 11am: Quantum cryptography via satellite, Hanover Hall 12pm: Meet a Mars Rover, Golden Centre Mall 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 11am: Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond, Hanover Hall 11am: Space Lasers!, Hanover Hall 1pm: Coastal Care Workshop, Royal Albatross Centre 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 11am: Aquavan Adventures, South Dunedin Library 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 1pm: Reconnect with our Insect Whānau!, Orokonui.. 12pm: Hand Sanitiser, University of Otago 11am: Quantum cryptography via satellite, Hanover Hall 12pm: Coastal Care Workshop, NZ Marine Studies Centre 2pm: Bang! Science Show, Teacher’s College Auditorium 2pm: Big Science Show, Teacher’s College Auditorium 11am: Space Lasers! Hanover Hall 12pm: Secrets, Ciphers, and Codes, Otago Museum 2pm: Mission to Mars, Golden Centre Mall 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 12:30pm: Forensic Workshop (Teens), Gasworks Museum 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 12pm: Eyes Underwater: Livestream, Online 1pm: Reconnect with Ngā Manu!, Orokonui Ecosanctuary 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 5pm: Edible insects, Dunedin Public Library 12:30pm: Forensic Workshop (Teen), Gasworks Museum 1:30pm: Aquavan Adventures, Mosgiel Library 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 1pm: About the heart!, Dunedin Public Library 2pm: Our ocean: bringing climate.., Dunningham Suite 6pm: Late Night under the moon, Hanover Hall 7pm: SciComm Student Film Premiere, Regent Theatre 1:30pm: Aquavan Adventures, South Dunedin Library 2pm: Lego Creations, Dunedin Public Library 6pm: Forensic Workshop (Adult), Gasworks Museum 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum 6pm: A better future for Aotearoa, Petridish Sunday 11 July 2pm: Lego Creations, Dunedin Public Library 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 4:30pm: ZoBot Revolution, Gasworks Museum 5:30pm: Editing them out, Petridish Sunday 18 July 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 6pm: Our ocean: bringing climate.., Dunningham Suite 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 5:30pm: Who Owns You (and Your Data), Petridish 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University.. 6pm: Lines & Wines, Dunedin Public Library 9pm: Tiny Ruins: Solo, Under the Moon, Hanover Hall 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 10am: University Science Expo, Otago Business School 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 10:15am: Exploring Dunedin’s Volcano, Back Beach Jetty Friday 16 July 10am: Maths Craft Day, Dunedin Town Hall 11am: Big Science Show, Teacher’s College Auditorium Wednesday 14 July 7am: Yoga under the Matariki Moon, Hanover Hall 10am: Moon Storytime, Hanover Hall 11am: Science on the Cube Dunedin Public Library 7am: Yoga under the Matariki Moon, Hanover Hall 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 10am: Mission to Mars, Golden Centre Mall 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 9:30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 10:30am: Marine Encounters, NZ Marine Studies Centre 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 9:30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 11am: Bang! Science Show, Teacher’s College Auditorium 11:45am: Exploring Dunedin’s Volcano Back Beach Jetty 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Fight Like a Physicist, Golden Centre Mall 11am: Chartistic, Meridian Mall 2pm: Big Science Show, Teacher’s College Auditorium 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 11am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 4pm: Science Drama at the library, Dunedin Public Library 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 11am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University.. 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University... 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Mall 5:30pm: 2-minute talks, Petridish 10am: Moon Storytime, Hanover Hall 10am: Moon Storytime, Hanover Hall 11am: Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond, Hanover Hall 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 10am: About the heart!, Mosgiel Library 10am: Forensic Workshop (Kids), Gasworks Museum 11am: Quantum cryptography via satellite, Hanover Hall 10am: The science of balloonology, Golden Centre Mall 11am: Chartistic, Meridian Mall 11am: Space Lasers!, Hanover Hall Monday 12 July 10am: Backyard Builders: Bird Feeders, Mitre 10 Mega 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 9am: Our Climate Future Exhibition, Meridian Mall 10am: Rubik Rumble Challenge, Dunedin Public Library 11am: Aquavan Adventures, Mosgiel Library 12pm: Meet a Mars Rover, Golden Centre Mall 9:30am: Science on the Cube, Dunedin Public Library 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Mall 12:30pm: Marine Encounters, NZ Marine Studies Centre 9:30am: Creative Connections, Dunedin Public Library 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Malll 11am: Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond, Hanover Hall 1pm: Reconnect with Reptiles!, Orokonui Ecosanctuary 9:45am: Exploring Sandflats, Back Beach Jetty 11am: Our Moon: Then, Now & Beyond, Hanover Hall 11am: Quantum cryptography via satellite, Hanover Hall 2pm: Bang!, Teacher’s College Auditorium 10am: VR & Gaming Centre, Old Aotea Gift Shop 11am: Quantum cryptography via satellite, Hanover Hall 11am: Space Lasers!, Hanover Hall 2pm: Kōrero te marama, Hanover Hall 10am: Imagination Playground, Municipal Chambers 11am: Space Lasers!, Hanover Hall 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 2pm: Mission to Mars, Golden Centre Mall 10am: Slice of life: The Dunedin Study, Old Smiths City 11am: Aquavan Adventures, South Dunedin Library 12pm: Plantible Paper Making, Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum 10am: Biomedical Sciences Photo Exhibition, University.. 11am: Tūhura Taster, Golden Centre Mall 1pm: Reconnect with Ngā Awa, Orokonui Ecosanctuary 2:30pm: Giants of the Forest, Otago Museum 10am: Forensic Workshop (Tweens), Gasworks Museum 11:30am: Spacetronauts: Mighty Moons, Otago Museum 1pm: Lego Parkour, Dunedin Public Library 5pm: Fun Science at Moana Pool, Moana Pool 10:30am: Science Storytime Special, Dunedin Public Library 12pm: About the heart!, Port Chalmers Library 1:30pm: Aquavan Adventures, Mosgiel Library 7pm: Glow Science, Beverly Begg Observatory 11am: Far from Frozen II, Old Scottish Shop 12pm: Secrets, Ciphers, and Codes, Otago Museum 2pm: Plantible Paper Making, Dunedin Public Art Gallery 11am: Not for the Faint-HEARTed, University of Otago 1pm: Forensic Workshop (Tweens), Gasworks Museum 2pm: Science Drama Workshop, Fire Station Theatre 11am: Outside Inside Forest, Meridian Mall 1:30pm: Aquavan Adventures, South Dunedin Library 2pm: Light Cycles, Otago Museum Venues 1 ADInstruments 77 Vogel St 20 Old Smith City 375 Andersons Bay Road 2 Alhambra Rugby Club 541 Great King Street 21 Orokonui Ecosanctuary 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati 3 Back Beach Jetty 39 Peninsula Beach Road 22 Otago Business School cnr Union St East & Clyde St 4 Bayfield Kindergarten 2 Bayfield Rd, Andersons Bay 23 Otago Museum 419 Great King Street 5 Beverly Begg Observatory 1A City Road, Belleknowes 24 Petridish 8 Stafford Street 6 Dunedin Public Art Gallery 30 The Octagon 25 Port Chalmers Library Cnr Beach and Greet Street 7 Dunedin Public Library: 230 Moray Place 26 Regent Theatre 17 The Octagon 8 Dunedin Town Hall 1 Harrop Street 27 Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road 21 9 Fire Station Theatre 3 Cargill Street, Mosgiel 28 South Dunedin Library, 199 Hillside Road 10 Gasworks Museum 20 Braemar St 29 Teacher's College Auditorium 33 34 11 Golden Centre Mall 251 George Street 30 The Dish Cafe and Bar 8 Stafford Street BANK 12 Hanover Hall 65 Hanover Street 31 University of Otago* 65 Albany Street 13 Meridian Mall 285 George Street 32 The Old Scottish Shop 1 George Street ST 14 Mitre 10 Mega 350 Andersons Bay Road 33 Waikouaiti Library 192 Main Road, Waikouaiti 15 Moana Pool 60 Littlebourne Road, Roslyn 34 Waitati Hall 28 Harvey Street, Waitati 16 Mosgiel Library 7 Hartstonge Avenue, Mosgiel *check website for specific 17 Municipal Chambers 38 The Octagon ST University of Otago locations NORTH 18 Old Aotea Gift Shop 19 George Street PARK RD ST 19 NZ Marine Studies Centre 185 Hatchery Rd, Portobello REGENT

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