New Zealand International Science Festival

New Zealand International Science Festival NZISF celebrates & explores science through an extensive programme of events for all ages, hosted in Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ.

Join us in 2026 for our smaller, more local NanoFest! 15-19 July, 2026 The Science Festival is a well established non-profit community event in Dunedin which aims to showcase and celebrate science in our community - to inspire us all to think about science in ways we never have before and how it impacts our everyday lives. The festival programme features entertainment, International guest speakers

, world class practitioners, hands on workshops, demonstrations and much more. The festival is generously supported by a number of sponsors, partners and volunteers in Dunedin - without them it would not be possible. This year's Festival is set to attract the world’s finest in science, technology and innovation - see you there!

📣Calling all keen scientists in Years 12 and 13!!Our friends The MacDiarmid Institute offer this amazing opportunity eac...
14/08/2026

📣Calling all keen scientists in Years 12 and 13!!

Our friends The MacDiarmid Institute offer this amazing opportunity each year and applications close soon - 23 August 2026.

👉NanoCamp is a four-day residential lab experience with top scientists, completing hands-on investigations into a range of topics including electron microscopy, laser physics and nano-electronics. All flights, accommodation, meals and fun activities are included!!!

🔍They are looking for current year 12 or 13 students with a strong academic background who are planning to continue with science, so if that is you, or someone you know.. get your application in now!

https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/news-and-events/events/nanocamp-2027/?mc_cid=88bdfb65dc&mc_eid=73276c7d76

🥰We LOVE hearing your thoughts.These are some of our favourite comments from our Festival Hub. It's so special to see th...
28/07/2026

🥰We LOVE hearing your thoughts.

These are some of our favourite comments from our Festival Hub. It's so special to see the impact on our youngest visitors especially - the next generation of scientists and science lovers!!

👉If you didn't leave us a note on your visit (or even if you did), it's not too late.... please fill in our 2026 Attendee Survey
https://forms.office.com/r/P5Nb8v7KyB

Your comments are SUPER helpful for planning future festivals and funding applications to keep the festival going every year!

Thanks to our funders, over 70% of our events are free, and most paid events are just to cover costs. By filling out this survey, you're helping us show our funders the true benefits of the festival to the community

🚀Attention Rocket-Building Superstars!!!🚀If you won a prize at the Rocket Launch event on Sunday 19th July, you can come...
27/07/2026

🚀Attention Rocket-Building Superstars!!!🚀

If you won a prize at the Rocket Launch event on Sunday 19th July, you can come and pick it up now from our office at 19 George St (shared with the Fringe Festival Office)

Decoration Spot Prizes:
-Ella, Janet, Darren and Marie

Age Group Distance Prizes:
Olaf, Indie and Tim Vick

Thanks for these amazing prizes!

📣Put the date in your calendar... 22 July 2028.Between 4:16pm and 4:19pm, Dunedin will be right on the centre line of th...
22/07/2026

📣Put the date in your calendar... 22 July 2028.

Between 4:16pm and 4:19pm, Dunedin will be right on the centre line of the first total solar eclipse seen from any location in the South Island of New Zealand since the year 1163!

And after that the next eclipse for Dunedin won’t be until 2068.

We are extra excited about it because it naturally falls at Science Festival time, so of course we will have lots of amazing events planned around it.

Our friends at the Dunedin Astronomical society have lots of great info about it on their website.  https://www.dunedin.astronomical.nz/eclipse/about-the-eclipse
Dunedin Astronomical Society

✅Did you attend Nanofest this year?👇If so, we would really love to hear from you...https://forms.office.com/r/P5Nb8v7KyB...
22/07/2026

✅Did you attend Nanofest this year?

👇If so, we would really love to hear from you...
https://forms.office.com/r/P5Nb8v7KyB

Results from this survey are incredibly helpful for planning future festivals and funding applications to keep the festival going every year!

❤️Thanks to our funders, over 70% of our events are free, and most paid events are just to cover costs. By filling out this survey, you're helping us show our funders the true benefits of the festival to the community.

All questions are optional; go into as much or as little detail as you like and it's completely anonymous.

It was great to have our local MP Rachel Brooking MP celebrate Nanofest and the incredible appetite for science and crea...
19/07/2026

It was great to have our local MP Rachel Brooking MP celebrate Nanofest and the incredible appetite for science and creativity in our city.

That's a wrap on The Science Train 2026!A huge thank you to the New Zealand International Science Festival team for brin...
19/07/2026

That's a wrap on The Science Train 2026!

A huge thank you to the New Zealand International Science Festival team for bringing The Science Train to life, and to everyone who climbed aboard to experiment, discover and enjoy a day of science on the rails.

We couldn't have asked for better weather, with beautiful winter sunshine making the journey through the Taieri Gorge even more spectacular.

19/07/2026

❤️Nanofest 2026 is officially done!

Thankyou so much to everyone who made it happen - presenters, speakers, educators, event hosts, sponsors, partners and of course all of the many, many volunteers!!!

We couldn't do it without you.

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