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Farmer and dogs Sheep mustering - Parapara, New Zealand

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Agriculture

animal behaviour

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Animal behaviour

Snow Hill Island Antarctic sea ice.

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Antarctica

Pile of freshly harvested green-lipped mussels.

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Aquaculture

Photo of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter.

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Astronomy

Honey bee with its head into a pink flower.

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Bees

Clover root weevil and a parasitoid wasp laying it's egg.

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Biocontrol

MPI Biosecurity staff bury potting mix at an infected Kerikeri nursery.

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Biosecurity

Halved new apple cultivar showing it's red flesh.

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Biotechnology

A group of godwits on a seashore, some about to fly.

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Birds

Rauparaha’s copper (Lycaena rauparaha) butterfly.

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Butterflies and moths

Volunteers replanting a riparian strip by a stream, New Zealand.

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Citizen science

Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011 from a NASA’s Terra satellite,

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Climate change

Packet of Tahi Spirulina powder, with spoon and bowl.

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Commercialisation

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) with red flax flowers

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Conservation

Remains and debris from grounding of the Rena container ship, NZ

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Disasters

Close up of A typical melanoma showing ABCDE features.

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Disease

2016 Kaikōura earthquake major Road damage near Culverden

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Earthquakes

Two Tiger worms (Eisenia fetida).

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Earthworms

Forest walkway at Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand

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Ecology

A cycling power meter.

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Engineering

Looking down at the Baring Head air monitoring station, NZ

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Environmental monitoring

Pauanui Beach from Tairua estuary side, Coromandel Peninsula, NZ

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Estuaries

ethics and science

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Ethics and science

Controlled fire experiment.

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Fire

Close up of a Blue cod underwater.

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Fish

Black outline images of a plane and a bird in flight.

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Flight

Selection of foods rich in carbohydrate, protein and fat.

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Food

A white Fingerprint on dark background.

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Forensics

Fossil ammonite from the Mesozoic era.

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Fossils

Pirongia forest stream, New Zealand.

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Freshwater

Three red capped mushrooms outside: Amanita muscaria.

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Fungi

Coastal cliffs near Whanganui, New Zealand

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Geology

history of science

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History of science

Avocado fruit on tree in a Waikato orchard.

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Horticulture

Illustration of the human digestive system.

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Human body

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Innovation

range of labeled wētā in a Collections sample drawer.

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Invertebrates

Group of New Zealand cockles (Austrovenus stutchburyi)

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Kaimoana

Diagram of the Crab life cycle.

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Life cycles

Diagram of the results of mixing various colours.

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Light and colour

A selection of picture books.

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Literacy through science

Hand holding a New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat.

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Mammals

Close up of Kuta, traditional weaving

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Mātauranga Māori

Dental X-ray of half of a mouth.

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Medical innovations

Coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 virus - structure.

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Microorganisms

Close up of a microscope viewing lens.

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Microscopes and telescopes

One of Contact Energy Geothermal power stations

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Natural resources

Diagram illustrating the process of scientific inquiry.

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Nature of science

Fibreknit machine for making stab and flame-resistant fabric

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Nature of technology

Sun’s ecliptic path and the 12 zodiac constellations.

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Navigation

Blue and white waves and sky.

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Oceans

Rhabdothamnus solandri yellow flower.

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Plants

A brown speckled New Zealand’s native frog on a pale background

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Reptiles and amphibians

Plasma spray gun attached to a robot arm.

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Robots

The first Space Shuttle launch in 1981 - lift-off.

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Rockets

Artist's conception of GPS Block II-F satellite in Earth orbit.

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Satellites

Two pairs of hands holding a small earth globe, with green back

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Science and society

close up of dark soil held in a man's hands outdoors.

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Soil

Sound wave diagram: Volume: loud and soft. Pitch: high and low.

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Sound

Pair of hands holding up a plastic and a glass bottle.

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Sustainability

Culturally significant plants in a New Zealand wetland

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Te Repo

standard symbol warning of poison.

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Toxins

International Tsunami hazard zone warning sign.

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Tsunamis

Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand 1996 eruption.

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Volcanoes

Macro close up of a water splash.

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Water

Sun rays through a blue cloudy sky

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Weather

Collecting lake samples New Zealand

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Working in STEM

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