LEARNZ in the News
- EQC Media Release
Students go on volcano field trip without leaving classroom
Or read at Rotorua Now | Sun Live | Live News NZ | School News NZ
21 August 2019
- Virtual Learning
Selwyn Times
March 2019
- NZ Schools visit Antarctica
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1811/S00036/nz-schools-visit-antarctica.htm
15 November 2018
- Virtual trip full of in-depth learning
https://education.nzta.govt.nz/news/virtual-trip-full-of-in-depth-learning/
5 November 2018
- CORE wins Best Student Resource and Best Digital Resource in Copyright Licensing Education Awards 2018
http://www.copyright.co.nz/about/news-and-event/winners-announced-for-the-copyright-licensing-education-awards-2018
11 October 2018
- Virtual learning earns defribillator
https://issuu.com/thewanakasun/docs/wanaka_sun_890 (Page 9)
3 October 2018
- Virtual field trips bring natural hazards into classrooms
https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trips-bring-natural-hazards-into-classrooms-2018
12 September 2018
- Whangārei Heads class plants kauri as part of dieback lessons
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12097907
31 July 2018
- School students go on virtual field trip to Southland satellite station
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/104134758/school-students-go-on-virtual-trip-to-southland-satellite-station
23 May 2018
- Virtual field trip focuses on design thinking behind transport system + Other LEARNZ trip looks at the tech inside self-driving vehicles
http://education.nzta.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trip-focuses-on-design-thinking-behind-transport-system
23 April 2018
- Virtual field trips bring natural hazards into classrooms
https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trips-bring-natural-hazards-into-classrooms
1 November 2017
- Getting Outta Class on a Virtual Field Trip - School News
https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2017/02/getting-outta-class-on-a-virtual-field-trip/
February 2017
- Virtual Classroom at Waterview
October 2016
- 3,000 Kiwi kids descend on the Alpine Fault
http://www.eqc.govt.nz/sites/public_files/36261%20EQC%20Update%20370x260%20September-2016%203-0_0.pdf
September 2016
- EQC & Civil Defence ‘ShakeOut’ virtual field trip gets top marks
http://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/eqc-civil-defence-'shakeout'-virtual-field-trip-gets-top-marks
22 Oct 2015
- ShakeOut and LEARNZ on CTV News
Watch on YouTube - Go to 3 minutes 40 seconds and play item, which runs for 5-6 minutes.
October 2015
- Field trip in Johnsonville - Raumati School, the Smart Motorway and TOC
View the PDF
September 2015
- Students get rare look inside Waterview Connection
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/students-get-rare-look-inside-waterview-connection/5/228686
August 2015
- Students to experience engineering on a grand scale. The Waterview Connection is the largest and most complex roading construction project ever undertaken in New Zealand. Teachers can sign up their classes for a virtual field trip, which starts August 4.
July 2015
- Winners in "Name the Drone" competition
http://www.linz.govt.nz/news/2015-05/introducing-manu-linzs-biosecurity-drone
May 2015
- Minister presents prizes at Waterloo School in "Name the Drone" Competition
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/68812422/waterloo-school-drone-ranger-names-government-drone-manu
May 2015
- Virtual Great Walker competition connects classrooms with conservation
http://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2015/virtual-great-walker-competition-connects-classrooms-with-conservation/
February 2015
- Virtual trip prepares for Anzac centenary
http://interfaceonline.co.nz/2015/02/10/virtual-trip-prepares-for-anzac-centenary/
February 2015
- Deep Argo video. Video made by Ocean Today oceantoday.noaa.gov (Smithsonian Institution and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and features video and still imagery from the LEARNZ Argo Floats virtual field trip.
http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/deepargo/
December 2014
- Awards put spotlight on location innovation
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/awards-put-spotlight-location-innovation
Press release from Land Information Minister, Louise Upston, re inaugural New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) - LINZ and LEARNZ.
November 2014
- Teachers give feedback on virtual field trips to Waterview Connection tunnels and National War Memorial Park
From NZ Transport Agency Education portal newsletters
October 2014
- LEARNZ videos and photos on Argo floats feature in major media outlets
Media release from CORE Education
October 2014
- Deep Argo: probes in ocean abyss explore mysteries of global warming
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/deep-argo-probes-ocean-abyss-explore-mysteries-global-warming-n223406
From NBC News
October 2014
- Deep Sea Instruments May Solve Missing Energy Mystery
From Reporting Science Climate
October 2014
- In the Ocean, Clues to Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/science/in-the-ocean-clues-to-change.html
From The New York Times
August 2014
- Digging deep for virtual learning
http://interfaceonline.co.nz/2014/02/14/digging-deep-for-virtual-learning/
From New Zealand Interface Magazine
February 2014
- World Wetlands Day
http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/world-wetlands-day-2013-brings-schools-from-both-ends-of-nz-together/
From media releases on the DoC website.
March, 2013
- Schools Geospatial Virtual Field Trip
http://www.geospatial.govt.nz/schools-geospatial-virtual-field-trip
From New Zealand Geospatial Strategy blog
Nov 19, 2012
- Project allows virtual field trip to special lagoon
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/7664702/Project-allows-virtual-trip-to-special-lagoon
From Southland Times
Sep 13, 2012
- CORE Education acquires LEARNZ
Sep 3, 2012
- Chasing Sir Peter Blake's vision
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/7551925/Chasing-Sir-Peter-Blakes-vision
From Southland Times
Aug 27, 2012
- Pupils Mine Information
Te Awamutu Courier
Aug 9, 2012
- Cook Strait whale count
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1206/S00010/cook-strait-whale-count.htm
June 5, 2012
- Virtual Field Trip For Class
From Selwyn Times - go to Page 4 at http://issuu.com/the.star/
Mar 27, 2012
- Field trips coming to the classroom
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/field-trips-coming-classroom/5/112129
Jan 11, 2012
- Blake's spirit lives on in Kermadec adventure
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10771457
Dec 7, 2011
- Virtual crowd to climb mountain
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6009244/Virtual-crowd-to-climb-mountain
Nov 22, 2011
- Team ready to count whales
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/5109433/Team-ready-to-count-whales
Jun 8, 2011
- Whale survey reaches classrooms
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3791030/Whale-survey-reaches-classrooms
Sep 6, 2010
- Taking whales strait to kids
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/picton/3864715/Taking-whales-strait-to-kids
Jun 29, 2010
- Real Learning
Northern Outlook
Feb 27, 2010
- Learnz Wind And Water Power Field Trip Generates Huge Interest
http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=40740
Aug 12, 2009
