“An outrageous success!” — Professor Chris Battershill, Coastal Marine Field Station.New Zealand Herald. WOW. What an amazing STEMFest that was! One week on and things are still very busy at HQ (no time to rest) while we start collecting and analysing all of the data, information, and feedback to...
The last debate of the STEM Debate Series, sponsored by Zespri International, was held on Monday at Zespri’s shiny new headquarters in Mount Maunganui. Zespri were our hosts for the evening and had arranged a ‘Presidential-style’ debate which saw two teams of four pitted against each other in 8...
By Debs Begbie New Zealand families brought their curiosity to Tauranga STEMFest to celebrate our city’s first, world-class gathering of innovators, educators, and cutting-edge technologists from the Bay of Plenty and beyond. Team STEMFest are grateful for the community’s contribution and commitment toward making the 12th October 2019 event...
We are launching a Tauranga, and New Zealand, first this year with the inaugural Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest) this Saturday the 12th October. STEMFest is a celebration of science, technology, engineering and science, and children and whānau from all over Tauranga (and New Zealand!) are coming to attend this...
STEM Debate Series 2019: Does having too much empathy constrain good science? To mark Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday, 8th October, we held our second STEM Debate which was kindly sponsored by Zespri International. The event was enthusiastically organised by Jackie Evans, Head of Research at Comvita and held...
Last Wednesday 18th September, I had the absolute privilege of being a STEM Champion and MC at the very first STEM Challenge Day in Tauranga. This STEM Challenge Day was a fringe event of the main Tauranga STEM Festival which will be held on Durham Street on Saturday 12th...
On Tuesday 10th September saw the first event in our STEM Debate Series which is kindly sponsored by Zespri International. It was organised and hosted by STEMFest 2019 sponsor and friends at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and also formed part of Wiki O Te Reo Māori – Māori...
We are so thrilled to be involved in this year’s Groundswell Festival of Innovation programme of activities spanning two weeks from 26th August to 9th September 2019. Our FREE popup Play & Explore session was held on Tuesday 3rd September from 10am to 1pm at Basestation in Durham St. We invited those who...
Team STEMFest were in full play mode at last weekend’s Canvas Career Expo held at Tauranga’s Trustpower Arena. Hundreds of visitors, from toddlers to grandparents, stopped by the interactive stand to learn about STEMFest Tauranga and the exciting opportunities to interact with new technologies being developed right here in...
Free event will take place on Saturday 12 October, 2019 Tickets to Tauranga’s first Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Festival are now available. The free street festival will be the first of its kind in Tauranga, with the closure of the newly upgraded block of Durham Street (from...
You don’t need fancy qualifications to teach your children about science. Science blogger Nanogirl, aka Dr Michelle Dickinson, is a nanotechnologist – working with very small things. She’s also the author of a recipe book for parents and children called The Kitchen Science Cookbook, to teach children about cooking...
On Thursday 23rd May 2019, we had the pleasure of inviting our STEMFest whānau, sponsors, supporters, and friends to an official launch event. We were fortunate enough to have the evening hosted at the lovely Beca Group offices in Tauranga. Our guests starting arriving around 5pm and pretty soon...
Access to STEM Education and Infrastructure Careers for Women and Girls in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands – CSW63 Side Event 12 Mar 2019 – There are low numbers of women accessing tertiary education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics worldwide. This means fewer women in Technology and...
PARENTS JOIN FORCES TO HOST A WORLD-CLASS STEM FESTIVAL FOR TAURANGA —- Free Event Will Take Place on Saturday 12 October, 2019 TAURANGA, NZ — 21 JANUARY, 2019 — Tauranga’s first-ever Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Festival will be held on Saturday 12th October, 2019. The festival,...
Saturday 12th October 2019. Come and meet the inspiring scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians behind some of today’s coolest ideas and innovations! A celebration that is designed to engage and inspire the whole whānau and community, for children, young people, and adults. Subscribe to our mailing list to be...
Alongside the main festival day, we are planning on bringing a series of supporting fringe events to compliment the main day. STEM Challenge Day- Designed for primary and secondary school aged children and home-ed community. STEM Diversity Debate- An open debate with homegrown and international high profile STEM champions and...
Tauranga Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Festival is a free to attend, family-orientated day of fun activities to celebrate and experience the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). STEMFest will be a world class festival, held in Tauranga, made up of a series of events throughout...