Category: Outreach
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Solar Tsunamis showcase goes on the road
At the end of 2023, Tūhura Otago Museum took the Solar Tsunamis showcase on the road, with its first visit at the Dark Sky Project in Takapō. It has now moved to Hokitika for February. Find out about future locations and dates on the Tūhura Otago Museum website, and if you want to get in…
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Solar Tsunamis Roadshow launch
On 27 October, Tūhura Otago Museum held a launch event for the Solar Tsunamis public education roadshow. It is currently on display in Dunedin at Tūhura Otago Museum, but will soon “hit the road” and travel the country for the next 2 years. After a mihi whakatau by Science Engagement Coordinator Te Wharau Walker, there…
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Tsunamis: Parawhenua Kōmaru “Sneak Peek”
A sneak peek of the Solar Tsunamis: Parawhenua Kōmaru showcase was installed in a central shop space in the Meridian Mall from 1-9 July during the NZ International Science Festival. This was an excellent opportunity to see the banners and some of the interactives come together, and will be helpful in informing future set-ups and…
