By U.S. Consulate Auckland Public Affairs staff. In collaboration with the Tauranga Art Gallery, Brian Knep, creator of the interactive art piece Healing Pools and Academy Award winner, visited New Zealand to showcase his artistic creation. The first artist-in-residence at Harvard Medical School, Knep is a world-leader in combining STEM and art – his exhibition is currently on ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 18 April, 2018 | Categories:
Connecting with Kiwis, Culture, News
| Tags: Academy Award, Art Loves you, Auckland University of Technology, Brian Knep, Collab: Creative Technologies, STEM, Tauranga Art Gallery, Yoobee
By Mike Cousins | 15 July, 2016 | Categories:
Former Ambassadors, Key Officials, Science & Tech
| Tags: Dava Newman, Dr Dava Newman, NASA, Science, STEAM, STEM
By Mike, Emily and Shivani, Public Affairs. Adriana Gascoigne, Founder and CEO of
Girls in Tech , recently visited New Zealand to keynote at
Project Connect in Auckland and Wellington – a speaker series founded by the U.S. Embassy and the Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT). Alongside the Project Connect talks, Adriana had a series of meetings, round-table discussions and dinners throughout the country – including a ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 6 July, 2016 | Categories:
Auckland, Business, Connecting with Kiwis, Education, Events, Former Ambassadors, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Science & Tech, Youth Outreach
| Tags: Adriana Gascoigne, Auckland Consular Corps, Barack Obama, BizDojo Wellington, Creative HQ Wellington, Girls in Tech, GRID Auckland, Jade Software, Project Connect, St Margret's College Christchurch, STEM, the Christchurch City Council, The Mind Lab, The Ministry of Awesome Christchurch, USNZYouthCouncil
By Mara Hosoda, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General, Auckland. NASA is on a mission to foster innovation around challenges affecting us at home and in space; this year it created the world’s largest international annual hackathons. On Friday April 22, 2016, Acting Consul General, Emily Armitage kicked off the 2016 NASA Space Apps Challenge ...
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By Ola Thorsen | 3 May, 2016 | Categories:
Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, Consulate General, Education, Environment, Events, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Youth Outreach
| Tags: AUT, Hackathon, NASA Space Apps Challenge, New Zealand, RocketLab, STEM
By Mara Hosoda, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate, Auckland. Auckland Consul General Melanie Higgins attended the 2016 Vex Robotics New Zealand National Championship, which was held on February 27-28, 2016 in Auckland. The robotics competition brings together high school teams from across New Zealand, competing to represent New Zealand at the Vex World Robotics Championships ...
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By Mike Cousins | 27 February, 2016 | Categories:
Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, Consulate General, Education, Events, Science & Tech
| Tags: 2016 Vex Robotics New Zealand National Championship, Aerospace Education, and Mathematics, Aquabots, Auckland, AURA, AUT, Autodesk, Brightsparks, Consul General Melanie Higgins, CPIT, Engineering, Four Winds Foundation, Fuji Xerox, House of Science, Kiwibots, KiwiSpace, Massey University, Melanie Higgins, NZTech, Science, SMC, STEM, Technology, The Mind Lab, Unitec, Vex Robotics, WelTec
