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Antarctica New Zealand and Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA), marking the start of a future collaboration in Antarctic research between the two countries. The MoA was for… Read More

Kia ora, I’m Caitlin Berquist, a Waikato University student originally hailing from Whakatāne in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. I was lucky enough to be awarded the 2024/25 BLAKE Antarctica ambassadorship in partnership with Antarcti… Read More

Antarctic researchers are invited to attend an in-person workshop on 30 May in Christchurch to learn about the new Strategic Catalyst funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Up to five million do… Read More

The Antarctic conditions can be bearable at the height of the summer season, but when Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Flight Lieutenant Carter Bland arrived on a supply flight in the dying days of winter the -40°C temperature… Read More

New Zealand Army Sapper Nathan Laurie, from Kerikeri, has just returned from his first summer season in Antarctica, working as an emergency responder at the Antarctic Fire Department at McMurdo Station, the American base near New… Read More

As New Zealand experienced severe southerly gales and flooding this morning, new funding was announced to continue climate change science in Antarctica. Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Dr Shane Reti, was in Chri… Read More