Bill Kaye-Blake • Oct 15, 2012 •
I drove to work today. I parked in my new dedicated parking space. My Snapper card did not leave the wallet. Why did I not bus to work? Because I’ve given up on Wellington buses. I have calculated that it takes me an average of 40 minutes to get from home to work (or the [...] … Read More
Bill Kaye-Blake • Sep 09, 2012 •
Wellington really is an odd city. Topography has pushed it to be quite concentrated in parts, making the downtown as dense and walkable as a much larger city. But topography also makes it hard to get from one concentration to another. Well, topography and conscious choices by planners. As a result, travel times are as [...] … Read More
Gareth Renowden • Apr 24, 2012 •
This year’s NZ Climate Change Centre conference, to be held at Te Papa in Wellington next month, focusses on sea level rise, and how communities can adapt to the inevitable encroachment of the ocean. The organisers have laid on some excellent speakers, include Aussie oceanographer and sea level expert John Church, as well as many [...] … Read More
Elf Eldridge • Mar 31, 2012 •
For those that aren’t aware the NZ Association of Scientists (NZAS) has decided to make the topic of its annual conference “Do Emerging* Scientists have a Future in New Zealand?”. The conference is being held at Rutherford House in Wellington on the 16th April and has the usual collection of suspects from business, academia and government speaking about … Read More
Elf Eldridge • Mar 22, 2012 •
Over recent months I’ve been lucky enough to become involved with a group of post-graduate students who are trying to stem the flow of graduates out of NZ. The story (well the Wellington chapter of it at least!) goes back to about June last year and (hopefully!) comes to fruition on Thursday evening next week with the launch … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Jan 25, 2012 •
I wrote this post for the Retake the Net site, where it first appeared. See the RtN website for more details about our work/projects, and how you can get involved! —– It’s a brand new year, and now that everyone’s back and refreshed, it’s time once again to work on the Open Culture project. Late [...] … Read More
Gareth Renowden • Oct 28, 2011 •
A couple of weeks ago I plugged an upcoming talk by Pieter Tans of NOAA’s Earth Systems Research Lab in Boulder — a carbon cycle specialist and winner of the Roger Revelle Medal. The talk has now been and gone (on Wednesday in Wellington), and the Science Media Centre has made an audio recording available. [...] … Read More
Ken Perrott • Aug 16, 2011 •
This lovely video, filmed & edited by Ro Tierney on August 15th 2011, says something about New Zealanders. Well, about Wellingtonians, at least. Where else do you find people venturing out into the snow in shirts? Mind you, as a born … Continue reading → … Read More
Gareth Renowden • Mar 24, 2011 •
I’m off to Wellington next week to take part in the NZ Climate Change Research Institute‘s Climate Futures Forum being held in Te Papa on Thursday and Friday. The forum’s organised around four themes: Climate change and society’s challenge Communication between the science community and society Human behaviour and the capacity to change Towards durable [...] … Read More
Ken Perrott • Sep 02, 2010 •
This looks like a fascinating lecture. Professor Richard Faull FRSNZ, Director of the Centre for Brain Research at The University of Auckland, is presenting the Royal Society of NZÂ Distinguished Speaker lecture series this month. He is a leading expert … Continue reading → … Read More