Out of that find came a two-year touring exhibition,
Dinosaur Footprints – A Story of Discovery, which featured four recreated footprints from Whanganui Inlet in two triangular display modules with in-built lighting and AV presentation.
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Dr Greg Browne last weekend at the site of the largest group of dinosaur footprints. This toured around 10 New Zealand museums starting in Auckland and included two months at the Nelson Provincial Museum. For many curious visitors, including thousands of school children, it was their first ‘real’ interactive with a dinosaur. And the curiosity has just kept going. Just three weeks ago, a group from Friends of Te Papa (led by Hamish Campbell and Chris Adams) included some of the footprint sites on their tour of Golden Bay, but they couldn’t have got worse weather.
In his obituary in the Nelson Evening Mail in 1915, Cawthron was described as “the grand old man of Nelson” – and had been the most generous contributor to the city during its early years. Arrivng in Nelson as 15-year-old in 1849 after emigrating with his family from England, Cawthron amassed a fortune as a shipping agent after spending his youth working in the mines during the Australian gold rush in the 1850s.
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A preliminary early-stage concept of proposed Science and Technology Precinct where the Cawthron Institute s new laboratories could move to in the future. His fingerprints can still be found all over the city, having funded iconic spots such as the church steps in Nelson and the stanchion and chain fence on Rocks Rd by the waterfront.
She said visitor numbers in Taranaki, where the exhibition was recently were “really, really strong”. “Everybody who’s seen it has just loved it. There’s been a lot of people going back to have a second look and even a third look.”
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The Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary is a National Geographic exhibition opening at the Nelson Provincial Museum, running until August 29. The last
National Geographic exhibition at the Nelson museum had been extremely popular, she said, “and this one is just as good, if not better”. Photos capture astounding moments, including a penguin colony in Antarctica, a festival of lights in Thailand and a snake and a humming bird facing off in Costa Rica.
He has published more than 220 peer-reviewed scientific papers, with many appearing in leading international journals, and he maintains numerous international research collaborations. Perhaps his most prominent work has been as a director of The Dunedin Study for more than 20 years. Known in full as the ‘Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study’, the project began in 1975, originally designed as a short-term project to explore how birth events affect later health. A growing interest in the results, however, enabled continuation of the Study and 45 years on it has become renowned across the world as one of the most significant projects of its kind.
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A van that was set alight at Isel Park in Stoke on Wednesday belonged to a family-run trade business.
A stolen van destroyed by fire not only gutted the vehicle but hurt the livelihood of a family-run trade business. Fenz Southern communications shift manager Simon Lyford said reports were received at about 5.30am on Wednesday morning of a fire taking place in the vicinity of Isel Park in Stoke, between Isel House and the Nelson Provincial Museum’s research facility. On arrival it was established that a lone vehicle was ablaze. Police were also called to the incident.