Tessa Thomson BLAKE NIWA Ambassador – Freshwater Kia ora koutou! My first week at NIWA Hamilton has been incredible, and I have learnt so much already. My first day began by meeting Dr Rupert Craggs, who I am spending my two weeks here at NIWA working with....
Amy Burney BLAKE NIWA Ambassador – Atmostphere & Climate I spent my last week of my BLAKE NIWA ambassadorship in an entirely different environment than the first two weeks. From a busy populous NIWA site just outside of New Zealand’s capital city to Lauder...
Amy Burney BLAKE NIWA Ambassador – Atmostphere & Climate From the air to the ocean, my second week started by attending a seminar by Chris Harvat on the next generation of sea ice modelling. This talk was a bit out of my field of understanding, but...
Amy Burney BLAKE NIWA Ambassador – Atmostphere & Climate My first of two weeks at the Greta point NIWA headquarters began with many inductions, introductions and lots of information. Hinrich Schaefer, who is taking me under his wing for the next weeks had a...
BLAKE Antarctic Ambassador Rachel Worthington wasn’t sure what to study – then she discovered geology, and later oceanography, and she’s so enraptured that she wants all Kiwi kids to know about the incredible opportunities earth science presents. “Look, hey, like if...
