Please note: We'll be closing for a private function at 4pm on Friday 10 September. Make sure you give yourself time to walk through the exhibits prior to the last planetarium show.
Public Talk by Peter McLeish -
Wed 8 Sep - 7pm start (doors open from 6.30pm)
Peter McLeish is a multimedia artist, filmmaker and painter from Montreal. He is an international artist, who has been involved in a collaboration with American scientist Walter A. Lyons, (2005 President of the American Meteorological Society, President-2007-08 of the National Council of Industrial Meteorologists, and President of FMA Research Inc. (Colorado, USA)) on multi-media projects based on an upper atmospheric optical phenomenon (associated with thunderstorms) named Red Sprites.
Peter's presentation will include the award winning documentary 'The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite' which documents one of the most unexpected scientific findings in the atmosphere during the late 20th century.
Costs: $25 adults / $20 concessions / $15 child / $10 adult star pass holders / $5 child star pass holders
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Peter McLeish's tour of New Zealand is undertaken with the support of the Canadian High Commission in Wellington.
Public Talk - "Gardening by the Moon" - Wed 22 Sep - from 6.30pm
As part of the Wellington Botanic Festival, Carter will be hosting a public talk on "Gardening by the Moon".
Diary this date - more details will follow.