It has been a very busy year for the Solar Tsunamis showcase and the Tūhura Otago Museum team. After being installed in the Papakura Museum in South Auckland, the exhibition and planetarium film then travelled to Raetihi, the hometown of former Solar Tsunamis outreach coordinator Toni Hoeta. Wiebke Heise from GNS Science and Kristin Pratscher from Victoria University of Wellington also travelled to Raetihi to give public talks about the magnetotelluric measurements and GIC modelling on September 3rd.
While in Raetihi for the showcase, Marijn and Toni delivered the school engagement programme to two schools (Waiouru School and National Park School) who were unable to travel to the marae. Approximately 165 students participated and they received this lovely comment from one of the school principals:
Thank you for today and visiting National Park School. Our tamariki have came back raving about the experience that you provided for them.
Toni and Marijn ran screenings of Waihiko in the Museum’s portable planetarium, which was set up in the Waimarino Baptist Church.
Above: Kristin Pratscher giving a talk at Waimarino Baptist Church in Raetihi to a small but very engaged crowd. We learned that lots of people in the area are living off grid and are self-sufficient, and are glad they won’t be that much affected by “solar tsunamis”.
Below: Coverage of the showcase in the Ruapehu Bulletin.
