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Chatham Islands: spotlight on science

05:29 am on 18 August 2022

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The Chatham Islands have a population of just under 8 hundred. But, this week there may be a few more people roaming around. That's because researchers and science professionals from more than a dozen organisations have flown in to participate in the Chatham Islands Festival of Science. Nick Truebridge spoke to Tuhura Otago Museum's science engagement manager Jessa Barder, who is there with her team. She started by telling him a bit about the festival.