Events for Everyone
Taoka Tucker: Feeding our translocated treasures Tue 6 Jul 2010
Hear from the scientists and rangers involved with the translocation of endangered species including kaka, kiwis, South Island robin, saddleback, and jewelled gecko. Discover how we identify and maintain food sources at Orokonui. Learn how to feed native species in your backyard. All ages welcome. Read more...about:Taoka Tucker: Feeding our translocated treasures
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| 04:00 PM | - | 05:30 PM |
A Closer Look Behind The Pride Of The South Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Fri 9 Jul 2010
Take a tour of Speight’s historic working brewery and get even closer than normal – see, smell, touch and taste the ingredients (and the finished product) that go into making Speight’s. Then, in a Science Festival special, hear from one of the brewers who will give an insight into the science of beer and their role in making the different varieties of Speight’s beer. Read more...about:A Closer Look Behind The Pride Of The South
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| Tuesday 06 July 01:00 PM | - | 02:30 PM |
| Tuesday 06 July 03:00 PM | - | 04:30 PM |
| Wednesday 07 July 01:00 PM | - | 02:30 PM |
| Wednesday 07 July 03:00 PM | - | 04:30 PM |
| Thursday 08 July 01:00 PM | - | 02:30 PM |
| Thursday 08 July 03:00 PM | - | 04:30 PM |
| Friday 09 July 01:00 PM | - | 02:30 PM |
| Friday 09 July 03:00 PM | - | 04:30 PM |
Raw Supermarket Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Thu 8 Jul 2010
Chocolate, coffee and sugar, all come in packets - but what about before that? Enjoy the warmth in the winter garden glasshouse as you discover exotic plants which are the raw ingredients of our common foods. Read more...about:Raw Supermarket
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| Tuesday 06 July 01:00 PM | - | 01:45 PM |
| Wednesday 07 July 01:00 PM | - | 01:45 PM |
| Thursday 08 July 01:00 PM | - | 01:45 PM |
Blossom to Bread – The science of honey @ Wall Street Tue 6 Jul 2010
Do you know how honey is made? Join the team from NZ Honey Co, the University and local beekeepers and see honeycombs in action. Try your hand at processing honey, taste different types of honey & learn about the groundbreaking work being done in Dunedin on bees. Read more...about:Blossom to Bread – The science of honey @ Wall Street
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| 12:30 PM | - | 01:15 PM |
The End of the Line – Sustainable Fishing Documentary Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Sat 10 Jul 2010
Imagine an ocean without fish and our meals with no seafood. Be challenged about the future of the fishing industry and our role in it, with this highly acclaimed BBC 4 documentary about the effect on overfishing. Read more...about:The End of the Line – Sustainable Fishing Documentary
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| Tuesday 06 July 12:00 PM | - | 02:00 PM |
| Saturday 10 July 03:00 PM | - | 04:30 PM |
What’s on the Menu Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Thu 8 Jul 2010
What could you eat from nature if you had to? What did early Polynesian and European settlers eat to survive? Do cabbage trees taste like cabbage? Follow a trail around the Native Plant Collection to learn about edible plants and their nutritional values. Read more...about:What’s on the Menu
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| Tuesday 06 July 11:00 AM | - | 11:45 AM |
| Wednesday 07 July 11:00 AM | - | 11:45 AM |
| Thursday 08 July 11:00 AM | - | 11:45 AM |
Blend: Art-Sci Exhibition Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Sun 11 Jul 2010
View works of artists who use science and technology as a resource to explore new forms of creative expression… Artists can bring a new spin on Science, throw it up in the air, take it apart, and then put it back together in a different way, dissecting ideas. Read more...about:Blend: Art-Sci Exhibition
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| Tuesday 06 July 10:00 AM | - | 06:00 PM |
| Wednesday 07 July 10:00 AM | - | 06:00 PM |
| Thursday 08 July 10:00 AM | - | 06:00 PM |
| Friday 09 July 10:00 AM | - | 06:00 PM |
| Saturday 10 July 11:00 AM | - | 03:00 PM |
| Sunday 11 July 11:00 AM | - | 03:00 PM |
Food of The Dinosaurs Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Thu 8 Jul 2010
Sure they ate each other, but some of them ate plants – walk back in time, look for the leafy descendants of plants from those dinosaur times. Puzzle over what plants from around the world can tell us about the past. Follow the dinosaurs and the plants they ate from the first dinosaurs to their extinction. Read more...about:Food of The Dinosaurs
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| Tuesday 06 July 10:00 AM | - | 10:45 AM |
| Wednesday 07 July 10:00 AM | - | 10:45 AM |
| Thursday 08 July 10:00 AM | - | 10:45 AM |
Gasworks Museum Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Fri 9 Jul 2010
Visit Dunedin's historic gasworks Museum & view steam-pumping engines in action. Read more...about:Gasworks Museum
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| Tuesday 06 July 10:00 AM | - | 12:00 PM |
| Wednesday 07 July 10:00 AM | - | 12:00 PM |
| Thursday 08 July 10:00 AM | - | 12:00 PM |
| Friday 09 July 10:00 AM | - | 12:00 PM |
Science as Art Photo Exhibition Tue 6 Jul 2010 - Sun 11 Jul 2010
A favourite from 2008 returns. View the artwork from the Otago School of Medical Sciences photographic “science as art” competition. View photographs from students and staff and see for yourself that science is art. Read more...about:Science as Art Photo Exhibition
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| Tuesday 06 July 10:00 AM | - | 04:00 PM |
| Wednesday 07 July 10:00 AM | - | 04:00 PM |
| Thursday 08 July 10:00 AM | - | 04:00 PM |
| Friday 09 July 10:00 AM | - | 04:00 PM |
| Saturday 10 July 10:00 AM | - | 04:00 PM |
| Sunday 11 July 10:00 AM | - | 04:00 PM |