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STEMFest wins Community Award for Event Excellence
March 2023 – STEM Wana Trust are proud to announce that Tauranga STEM Festival (STEMFest) has been awarded the Western Bay Community Award for Event Excellence for the second time.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Find out more about the awards…” style=”gradient” size=”lg” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taurangastemfestival.co.nz%2Fstemfest-wins-western-bay-community-awards-2023-for-event-excellence%2F|title:More%20details…||”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4683″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][vc_cta h2=”STEMFest will be back in October 2023!” h4=”Subscribe to our mailing list to the the first to know when tickets are released” txt_align=”center” style=”3d” color=”white”]You won’t want to miss the next STEMFest, we’re going BIG and BOLD. If you want to sponsor this amazing community driven kaupapa, please contact us for more information.[/vc_cta][vc_single_image image=”5025″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
Thank you to everyone who came to our STEM in the Community x NASA event!
Dr. Rubins toured the central North Island, starting her tour at Palmerston North’s Te Manawa Museum on Sunday 8th January with an interactive workshop for families, stopping off at Taupō and Rotorua on Monday 9th January for a meet and greet with young space and science fans, culminating in a waterfront ‘A Night in with a NASA Astronaut’ extravaganza in Tauranga on Tuesday 10th January.
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][wpl_section_title text_align=”text-center” title=”Some of our Sponsors and Exhibitors” small_description=”Here’s a small selection of all the interactive activities we had at STEMFest 2022″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][pt_view id=”b10c658kq2″][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][wpl_section_title text_align=”text-center” title=”Thank you to our funders”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”3390″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.bayofplentynz.com/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4115″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.tauranga.govt.nz/community/events/event-funding-framework/tauranga-western-bay-community-event-fund”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][wpl_section_title text_align=”text-center” title=”Headline Sponsor 2022″][vc_single_image image=”3388″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.manawaenergy.co.nz/”][vc_column_text]Manawa Energy is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest renewable electricity generators.
Our goal is to develop renewable generation to support our country’s ambitions for a thriving, low-emissions and climate-resilient future.
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