Author: STEMFest Team

STEMFest is about creating inspiration AND aspiration. What could be more aspirational than being an Astronaut and going out of this world to live and work in space? STEMFest is proud to be able to introduce another NASA Astronaut to our STEM whānau. Meet the extraordinary NASA Astronaut Colonel Nicole Mann. Want to know what’s…

Here in the Bay of Plenty and across New Zealand, we are facing an unprecedented skills shortage. With most organisations waiting until kids are into their late teens to target them as future leaders and innovators, the team at STEM Wana believes that this is far too late. A cohesive, collaborative approach from local businesses…

Team STEMFest invited some of our sponsors and supporters to our STEM HQ at Babbage Space in Basestation to officially launch STEMFest 2023! It was great to see so many guests attend with their children and get the low-down on some of the exciting things we already have in place for this year’s event on…

PRESS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19th, 2023 New Zealand’s largest free science, technology, engineering, and mathematics festival returns for 2023 Since 2018 STEMFest has been nurturing our region’s next generation of problem-solvers, innovators and leaders and this year the interactive festival is set to break new ground when it launches in October. Founder Tia Lush…

Renée Young is an Associate Mechanical Engineer for Beca. She works with other likeminded engineers everyday creating and developing habitable spaces for the public. From designing hospitals, commercial buildings, temples to hotels, her day to day is spent calculating, drawing and creating. She’s passionate about the future of STEM and enabling the Creators of Tomorrow…