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14 JANUARY 2025 | OUR SCIENCE Bridging New Zealand and Antarctica, the Southern Ocean's boundary laps against the south of the South Island.
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13 DECEMBER The DST Governance board had an exciting field trip to Whangaparāoa as part of our annual forward planning activity.
Read more about 'V-BAT - Shield AI Demo at Whangaparāoa'...
20 NOVEMBER | OUR SCIENCE The Meteorological Society of New Zealand’s Annual Conference is on this week at the University of Auckland and three of Defence Science and Technology's (DST) scientists…
Read more about 'DST research displayed at MetSoc 2024'...
15 NOVEMBER | OUR SCIENCE Detection of sea ice is an important aspect for safe navigation by the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Ross Sea and the Southern Ocean, where…
Read more about 'Detection of sea ice critical for RNZN'...
10 NOVEMBER 2024 | OUR PEOPLE We are pleased to announce that Matt Hopkins / DST Division Chief Science Excellence & Partnering has received the New Zealand Defence Force Civil Staff…
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Mō te tūnga | ABOUT THE ROLE Applications for this role are now closed.
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2 OCTOBER 2024 | OUR SCIENCE DST Sensing and Intelligence’s Programme is collaborating with the University of Auckland (UoA) and GeoINT NZ (GNZ) to understand whether low cost, low tech, passive…
Read more about 'Detecting small vessels in distress using SAR systems'...
1 OCTOBER 2024 | OUR PEOPLE DST Senior Research Scientist – Climate Intelligence, Brent Martin, met with NATO’s new Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE).
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20 SEPTEMBER 2024 | OUR PEOPLE DST Director and Chief Scientist, Dr David Galligan, partipated at the ADSTAR Summit 2024 in Canberra Australia earlier this month.
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