Category: Outreach

  • NZ leads world in solar storm preparedness, says ex-NASA centre boss

    NZ leads world in solar storm preparedness, says ex-NASA centre boss

    Dr Michelle Thaller, who has just retired from NASA after 27 years, visited Dunedin as a special guest of the New Zealand International Science Festival in June – July 2025. While she was visiting she caught up with the Solar Tsunamis project at our 2025 Annual Programme Meeting, and spoke to 1News about New Zealand’s…

  • Solar Tsunamis at Parliament House

    Solar Tsunamis at Parliament House

    On the 26th of March, the Solar Tsunamis showcase was installed in the Banquet Hall at Parliament House in Wellington, hosted by Scott Willis MP. A number of MPs and stakeholders were invited to a reception event with speeches by Scott, Craig Rodger, Marijn Kouwenhoven from Tūhura Otago Museum, and Andrew Renton from Transpower. The…

  • Space Weather photography exhibition opens at Lloyd’s of London

    Space Weather photography exhibition opens at Lloyd’s of London

    In early March Lloyd’s of London had a series of space weather information events. Craig Rodger was asked to attend these to provide information on the risk to electricity networks and supply. One of the events was the launch of the “Life in the Sun’s Atmosphere: From Disruption to Resilience” photography exhibition by Max Alexander, in Lloyd’s London HQ.…

  • The showcase visits Raetihi Marae

    The showcase visits Raetihi Marae

    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…

  • Solar Tsunamis on the big… round… screen!

    Solar Tsunamis on the big… round… screen!

    As part of their work on Solar Tsunamis outreach and engagement, the team at Tūhura Otago Museum has been working with artists at Ariki Creative and animation director Oana Jones (University of Canterbury) to develop a planetarium show. It had its first screenings at MOTAT in Auckland last month, and will be heading to Papakura…

  • Solar Tsunamis roadshow and talks at MOTAT

    Solar Tsunamis roadshow and talks at MOTAT

    The Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland started hosting the Solar Tsunamis roadshow from Saturday 15 June 2024. They also had a “Weather Day” on Sunday 16 June 2024, and Dr Johnny Malone-Leigh and Craig Rodger travelled to MOTAT to give public talks on aurora and space weather. They met up with Marijn Kouwenhoven…