Category: News
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InsectBot creator can win Rocket Lab tour
New Zealand’s young innovators have been set a mission of creating an InsectBot capable of surviving on Mars for the chance to win an exclusive VIP tour of the Rocket Lab facilities. The Great InsectBot Mission Competition is being led by STEM Wana Trust ahead of Tauranga STEM Festival, New Zealand’s largest science, technology, engineering…
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STEMFest 2022 Launch and Mascot Winner
STEM Wana Trust were proud to host the official STEMFest Launch Party on Thursday 7th July 2022. Board Trustee Amanda Crowther welcomed sponsors, friends at Basestation and Tinkd Makerspace for an evening of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The organising team were delighted to share our exciting highlights for STEMFest on Sunday 2nd October 2022.…
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International Women in Engineering Day 2022 – Meet Alex Altobelli
International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in this exciting industry. It celebrates the outstanding achievements of women engineers throughout the world. Meet Alex — engineer, adventurer, and STEMFest InsectBot Space Competition judge!…
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STEMFest returns in 2022 with stellar support
Prepare to take off for the best STEMFest yet as New Zealand’s largest science, technology, engineering, and mathematics festival (STEM) returns after a two-year hiatus. More than 50 exhibitors are expected in Tauranga from all over Aotearoa for the free, family-friendly street festival on Sunday 2 October, 2022. Highlights include an International Space Zone, supported…
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Meet the finalists of the STEMFest official mascot superhero competition
We’ve had some amazing entries from tamariki for this year’s STEMFest mascot superhero. We asked tamariki to think about an environmental problem that meant something to them and then to create a superhero who could solve that problem using the awesome powers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Our judges met on Friday 11th…
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STEMFest official mascot superhero competition
Terms and Conditions Tauranga STEM Festival Mascot competition is open to residents of the Bay of Plenty aged 8 – 12 years old. All entrants should ask permission from a parent or guardian before entering. Please see the form attached for parents/guardian to sign. Only one artwork per artist may be entered. Parent/guardian are willing…
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STEM Summer Edition and STEM Open Day
This summer over three days we welcomed hundreds of visitors to a very special series of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics sessions in Tauranga. It started on Thursday 20th January 2022 with a workshop covering Artificial Intelligence with Matias Iacono from Cucumber NZ in the morning. Our participants choose from three activities and had a…
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STEM in the Community Summer Edition
Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd January 2022 STEM in the Community – Summer Edition is a fringe event of Tauranga STEM Festival with several fun hands-on activities and a STEM Open Day taking place at Basestation, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga during the summer holidays. There will be something for the whole family to enjoy! Please…
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STEMFest 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19
It is with great disappointment that the Board of STEM Wana Trust are reluctantly announcing the cancellation of Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest) on the 5th December 2021. After months and months of work by the STEMFest project team and the initial postponement from our original October date, we have tried to hold off for as…
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STEM in the Community 2021 – Summary
A big thanks to all those who attended our STEM in the Community events over the October 2021 school holidays. Our team really enjoyed travelling around to different locations in the Bay of Plenty and meeting all our STEM friends. We would also like to extend a huge thanks to all the amazing content providers,…
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Morning Tea with STEM Heroes
Tauranga STEM Festival is proud to present another STEM in the Community event during the October school holidays. Tuesday 5th October 2021 at 08:30am at University of Waikato, Tauranga Campus. Durham Street. Want to know what it’s like to work in STEM? Curious about how other people started their career? Join us for a conversation…
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STEM in the Community 2021
October School Holiday STEM Activities Introducing STEM in the Community for 8-12 year olds STEM in the Community is our outreach project held in locations across the Bay of Plenty, where we bring together amazing STEM content providers, smart venues and enthusiastic children and tamariki. Each location is run as a unique event. Please find below…