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Working in the space sector

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Working in the space sector

In the 20th century, most people would have considered being an astronaut the number one job related to space. Now, ...

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Scientist preparing chocolate for scanning electron microscope

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Working as a scientist

If you search for images of scientists on the Science Learning Hub, you’ll find photos of women and men, some ...

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Image of Tom Goulter working on the space video clips.

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What does an editor do?

The Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao offers literally thousands of videos and resources to help educators and the public with science education. There’s a team ...

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Hilton Collier, a man stands in woolshed

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Hilton Collier

Hilton Collier (Ngāti Porou) is an agribusiness consultant who thinks all animals have mana in their own right and deserve to be treated with respect. This ...

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Head and shoulder image of Rauhina Scott-Fyfe.

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Rauhina Scott-Fyfe

Rauhina Scott-Fyfe (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) is the Māori Archivist at Uare Taoka o Hākena Hocken Collections held at the University of Otago. Rauhina is ...

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Winiwini Kingi standing in front of a stream.

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Te Winiwini Kingi

Te Winiwini Kingi (Te Waiariki Ngāti Kororā) is a kaumātua and environmentalist working to restore the habitats on his ancestral land. This scientist profile is one ...

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Professor Eloise Jillings in front of Tāwharau Ora building

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Professor Eloise Jillings

Professor Eloise Jillings (Ngāti Maru Hauraki) is a veterinarian and educator at Massey University. Her leadership is critical to the education of veterinary students and particularly ...

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Fume hood with label in te reo Māori

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Dr Kimiora Hēnare

Kimiora Hēnare (Ngāti Hauā, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa) is a cancer researcher who studies the complex biology of tumours in efforts to harness the immune system ...

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Dr Leilani Walker with spider on her hand

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Dr Leilani Walker

Dr Leilani Walker has research interests in animal behaviour and the relationships of New Zealanders with native flora and fauna. This scientist profile is one of ...

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Milly Grant-Mackie dressed in university BSc (Hons) graduation cap and gown.

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Milly Grant-Mackie

Milly Grant-Mackie is a coastal geomorphologist. Her work includes climate change impacts such as sea-level rise and whānau-level research. Milly Grant-Mackie (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu ki ...

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Yvonne Taura

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Yvonne Taura

Yvonne Taura is a kairangahau Māori, a kaupapa Māori researcher specialising in freshwater science, iwi environmental management and science communication. He mihi Ko Mauao te maunga ...

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Bots vs Beings – the impacts of AI on life and work

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Bots vs Beings – the impacts of AI on life and work

Discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) are inseparable from questions of ethics. In 1942, Isaac Asimov famously popularised the idea that intelligent machines should adhere to a ...

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Data and how we use it

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Data and how we use it

Data is the precursor to information. It’s an unorganised collection of values expressed as numbers, text or symbols. That may seem quite abstract – and raw ...

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Aotearoa New Zealand in space – an introduction

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Aotearoa New Zealand in space – an introduction

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in the space sector? It goes way beyond astronauts and rockets and it’s growing fast! ...

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Learning from the Tangata Whenua

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Learning from the Tangata Whenua

This Connected article is based on an interview by Susan Paris with environmental scientist Dr James Ataria (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa). James’s work focuses on ...

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Cover page of 2020 level 2 Connected article: Making scents

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Making scents

This Connected article is about a class project that 7–8-year-old students conducted after their teacher challenged them to find out how the smell gets into a ...

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Waikato Regional Council

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Waikato Regional Council

Waikato Regional Council (WRC) is a local government body. The Waikato region covers 25,000km2 – from the Bombay Hills in the north to Mt Ruapehu in ...

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Putting citizens at the heart of conservation science

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Putting citizens at the heart of conservation science

Participatory and citizen science can help people connect with the world around them and create effective long-term conservation outcomes. In this story, we meet Dr Monica ...

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The importance of the ‘social’ in science

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The importance of the ‘social’ in science

We can have the science at our fingertips when it comes to conservation and environmental issues, but effective connection with the public is often critical to ...

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Communities – the key to freshwater health

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Communities – the key to freshwater health

It is going to take all of us working together to rebuild the health of our rivers and streams. In this story, we meet Dr Amanda ...

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The importance of early nature connections

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The importance of early nature connections

What part does nature connection play in growing conservation-focused New Zealanders? In this story, we meet Julie Whitburn who is exploring the connection between nature engagement ...

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Do our biases affect what we protect?

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Do our biases affect what we protect?

Why do we find some animals cute and others terrifying? In this story, we meet Sophie Fern who is exploring what we like and what we ...

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The challenge of turning intent into action

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The challenge of turning intent into action

Most of us know what we should be doing to make the world a better place – reduce our carbon footprint, minimise our plastic use, buy ...

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Creating connections with nature

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Creating connections with nature

Most New Zealanders live in urban areas and are getting fewer opportunities to engage with nature. In this story, we meet researcher Dr Danielle Shanahan who ...

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Living with nature in an urban world

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Living with nature in an urban world

As urban populations increase, native species in urban areas are increasingly affected by human-led pollution, urbanisation and the impacts of climate change. In this story, we ...

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