Students and teachers set for science discovery voyage to remote Kermadec Islands
Media Release 18 February 2021 Fifteen young New Zealanders and five school teachers will join a team of world-class scientists and environmental leaders on a scientific voyage of discovery to the Kermadec Islands / Rangitāhua as part of BLAKE’s fifth BLAKE...
Monitoring our precious hoiho and pakake
Words by Wednesday Davis BLAKE DOC Ambassador - Hoiho (Yellow Eye Penguin) and Pakake (NZ Sealion) Kia ora! Ko Wednesday toku ingoa. Nō England ōku tīpuna. I tipu ake au ki Tauranga, e noho ana au kei Tāmaki Makaurau. Kia Ora! My name is Wednesday, and I am one of...
Developing freshwater treatment solutions for farms, marae, and rural communities
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. Rupert is...
Tracing atmospheric gases
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 in...
From the air to the ocean
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 nonetheless...
New Zealand’s Carbon Picture
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 lot to...
BLAKE Ambassador explores Antarctica through earth science
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...
Nominations are open for the BLAKE Young Leader Awards
Sir Peter Blake believed in the incredible potential of young people to achieve great things. The BLAKE Young Leader Awards aim to recognise our young New Zealanders (Years 5-8) who show commitment to leading positive change in their community that leads to a...
BLAKE Inspire for Teachers – applications open for 2020!
For primary and intermediate teachers who are passionate about developing their environmental knowledge. BLAKE Inspire for Teachers is a five-day, action-packed environmental education and leadership development programme for primary and intermediate teachers. Fully...
On board the NIWA Tangaroa voyage
In November 2019 BLAKE NIWA Ambassadors Melanie Hayden and Hiromi Beran, and BLAKE Programme Manager Bhakti Patel, set off on the TAN1908 voyage to the Sub-Antarctic Region with programme partner The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). They...