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The Scots, Episode One: The Otago Settlers Museum

Sean Brosnahan discusses the Scottish roots of their collection and early settler John Buchanan (1804?-80) and his warm and welcoming family.

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Sean Brosnahan talks about the story behind the Highland chief, Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell, 17th Chief of Glengarry (1834-62), the last of his line who is buried in Dunedin's southern cemetery.

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Sean Brosnahan talks about Dr Donald McNaughton Stuart (1819?-94), a much-loved Presbyterian minister of Knox Church in Dunedin.

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Scientist Troy Baisden talks about his time on Easter Island, and discusses how the indigenous people there view recent research into the collapse of civilisations.

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Join Dr Lance Jennings, one of New Zealand’s leading virologists, as he discusses swine flu.

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Come and listen to physicist Marcus Wilson as he separates the popular myths from the scientific facts.

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Te Papa Press Publisher Claire Murdoch talks to botanical artist Audrey Eagle, author of the Montana medal-wining Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, about her remarkable life and work.

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Are we living in an era when we believe everything scientists tell us? How do stories influence science, and vice versa? Explore these issues with award-winning author Bernard Beckett.

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Join Professor Matt Visser for a discussion about dark energy and the acceleration of the universe. How good is the data, and are the alternatives any better? Proudly supported by GNS Science and the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington Branch.

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Peter Beck, the head of local rocket science company Rocket Lab, discusses New Zealand’s role in the global space industry.

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Find out how to attract a more ethnically diverse audience, with a broader range of ages, to your museum.

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Vicki Hyde, New Zealand’s keenest con-spotter, explains how critical thinking can protect your mind, body, and wallet from dodgy products, email scams, and psychic ‘exploitainment’ programmes.

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Te Papa, in association with the Friends of Te Papa, presented a one-day symposium on 13 September 2008, in association with the Rita Angus: Life & Vision exhibition.

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In the 1960s, the destiny of modern art in New Zealand art appeared to rest with McCahon, Woollaston and Angus. This paper re-examines that view from the perspective of the present.

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This presentation looks into the relationship between Rita Angus and Theo Schoon, focusing especially on the portrait of Theo Schoon that Rita Angus painted in the 1940s.

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Join Jill Trevelyan, author of Rita Angus: An artist’s life and co-curator of the exhibition, Philip Norman, Montana Award winning biographer of Douglas Lilburn, and Gordon Ogilvie, writer of the acclaimed Denis Glover: his life, in a discussion chaired by Lydia Wevers.

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Where does New Zealand’s official boundary end? The word is now out.

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Ralph Sims, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Massey University, discusses New Zealand’s role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Reusing plastic bottles can cause chemicals to leach into food and drink. Is this harmful and what are the safe alternatives? Explore the research with Professor Ian Shaw.

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'Functional foods' are foods with added nutritional benefit. But do we need them? Dr Roger Lentle, Associate Professor in Clinical Nutrition at Massey University, discusses the issues.

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