The evolving role of the science technician | Raewyn Keene, Lab Manager
NZASE
July 21, 2026
How much has the school science laboratory changed over the past three decades? From handwritten...
In defence of the humble science fair | Amanda Hood
NZASE
June 16, 2026
Science fairs can provoke mixed feelings among teachers. They offer students the chance to follow...
NZ Scholarship Biology | Dr Alison Campbell on helping students prepare
Ceana Priest
June 2, 2026
For more than two decades, University of Waikato Honorary Fellow Dr Alison Campbell has been...
From Snell’s Law to Science Rap: Teaching science through music
Ceana Priest
May 18, 2026
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month, we chat to two educators bringing tunes into the...
From gumboots to global trade: Why Agribusiness needs science-savvy students
Ceana Priest
March 24, 2026
Agribusiness is shedding its reputation as simply a pathway into farming. Today, students are combining...
Weaving Mātauranga Māori into the classroom | Kaupapa Māori educator Koha Kahui-McConnell
NZASE
March 10, 2026
At Auckland Zoo, Conservation Learning Facilitator and kaupapa Māori educator Koha Kahui-McConnell supports students to...
From London to Aotearoa: How Science in a Van began
Ceana Priest
February 24, 2026
Science lives in the everyday — yet sometimes it gets delivered by folks in yellow...
Physical Oceanographer | Ollie Twigge
Heather Goodey
September 7, 2025
Science technician might not be a job you hear much about at career evenings, but...
Wildfire scientist | Grant Pearce
Ceana Priest
June 17, 2025
Before a wildfire even begins, the ground might already be giving off warning signs. Science...
Science artist | Gabby O’Connor
Ceana Priest
May 28, 2025
Helping students make sense of big ideas is more important than ever in today’s classrooms....
Marine biologist | Jacqui Stuart
Heather Goodey
May 3, 2025
Marine biologist and ecologist Jacqui Stuart of the Antarctic Research Centre studies microalgae in Antarctica....
Zooplankton Ecologist | Svenja Halfter
Heather Goodey
April 2, 2025
Dr Svenja Halfter is a pākeha zooplankton ecologist with the National Institute of Water and...
Environmentalist | Stephanie Dijkstra
Sneha Pillai
October 29, 2024
Stephanie is a Māori environmental scientist specialising in intergenerational outcomes and the interweaving of mātauranga...
Conservation Biologist | John Perrott
Sneha Pillai
September 27, 2024
A mātauranga Scientist/communicator and Associate Professor/Research Ecologist at the AUT School of Science, specialising in...
Micrometeorologist | Christian Stiegler
Sneha Pillai
August 23, 2024
A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scientist with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA),...
Into the abyss with deep-sea tinkerer and fish zoologist Dr Thom Linley
Ceana Priest
July 21, 2024
In the food-starved abyss, being a bit dim can be a remarkably effective survival strategy:...
Astrophysicist | Jan Eldridge
Sneha Pillai
June 30, 2024
Jan Eldridge is a pākehā astrophysicist and the Head of Physics Department at the University...
Volcanologist | Kate Mauriohooho
Sneha Pillai
May 20, 2024
Kate Mauriohooho is a volcanologist who studies supereruptions and large silicic caldera systems.
Physicist | Ocean Mercier (Māori scientist poster)
Sneha Pillai
March 29, 2024
Physicist Ocean Mercier studies the basic properties and laws about solids and liquids, and uses...
Engineer | Mahonri Owen
NZASE
October 22, 2023
Engineer Dr Mahonri Owen is a Māori researcher from Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), whose work in brain-controlled...
