• A fossil, a fish and 55 million years of questions | How local stories spark genuine scientific inquiry

    Ceana Priest

    September 1, 2026

    On a remote island 800 kilometres east of mainland New Zealand, an ancient fish unearthed...

    POSTERS: Where can science take you? | Deep-sea Fish Collector Dr Thom Linley

    NZASE

    August 3, 2026

    What does it take to explore one of the least-known places on Earth? Meet Dr...

    Into the abyss with deep-sea tinkerer and fish zoologist Dr Thom Linley

    Ceana Priest

    August 3, 2026

    In the food-starved abyss, being a bit dim can be a remarkably effective survival strategy:...

    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),...

    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.