Skip to content
Science Media Centre
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • For journalists
    • How we can help
    • Covering science
    • Scimex registration policy
    • Science in NZ
    • Resources for Māori media
    • Science Journalism Awards
  • For experts
    • How we can help
    • Science Media SAVVY
      • Upcoming workshops
      • Full-length SAVVY
      • SAVVY for Māori researchers
      • Video workshops
      • SAVVY Express
      • Free monthly webinar
      • Tailored training
      • Online SAVVY resources
    • Providing expert reaction
      • Expert selection policy
      • Writing a good quote
    • Working with media
    • Who’s covering science?
    • Scimex – register
    • Working with illustrators
    • Dealing with online harassment
  • For comms advisors
    • How we can help
    • Who’s covering science?
    • Science Media SAVVY
      • Upcoming workshops
      • Full-length SAVVY
      • SAVVY for Māori researchers
      • SAVVY Express
      • Tailored training
      • Online SAVVY resources
    • Scimex – register
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Search

Square Kilometre Array

NZ to play key role in SKA telescope

In the News  |  Published: 27 November 2013

New Zealand research groups have been confirmed to play a critical role in the development one of the the world’s […]

Continue reading

SKA in SA – Astronomy for Africa

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 29 May 2012

In a guest post for the Australian science site The Conversation,  Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, Dean of Engineering at University of […]

Continue reading

Dual site decision for SKA – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 26 May 201228 May 2012

After many months of waiting, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation has finally announced that the massive telescope array will […]

Continue reading

Political pressure may split SKA between two continents

In the News  |  Published: 11 April 2012

Political lobbying may claw back some chance for New Zealand to participate in the $US2 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA), […]

Continue reading

The SKA bid – an insider’s perspective

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 02 February 201202 February 2012

Lisa Harvey-Smith, a scientist working for the CSIRO in Australia, writes about the impending decision on the Square Kilometre Array […]

Continue reading

Dom Post: NZ may put up $30m to join outer-universe study

In the News  |  Published: 15 February 2010

Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports on the joint NZ-Australia bid to be a part of the ‘world’s biggest […]

Continue reading

Southland Times: Govt jumps on board SKA bid

In the News  |  Published: 24 August 200931 August 2009

A piece in the Southland Times on the Government’s official support of Australia’s big to host the Square Kilometre Array. […]

Continue reading

A scientific project of epic proportions – the SKA

Blog  |  Published: 23 April 200923 April 2009

It’ll be one of the biggest scientific projects since the Large Hadron Collider was constructed beneath the Franco-Swiss border and […]

Continue reading

Kiwis back Aussie bid for radio telescope

In the News  |  Published: 19 August 200822 September 2008

What is the Square Kilometre Array? A network of antennas working at centimetre to metre wavelengths with 100 times the […]

Continue reading

Science Media Centre

New Zealand’s trusted, independent source of information for the media on all issues related to research, science, and innovation.

Publicly funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment through A Nation of Curious Minds.

  • About us
  • For journalists
  • For experts
  • For comms advisors
  • Scimex
  • Science Media SAVVY
  • Global SMC Network
  • Events calendar
  • 11 Turnbull St, Thorndon, Wellington
  • (04) 499 5476 | A/H: 027 3333 000
  • smc@sciencemediacentre.co.nz
  • FacebookTwitterfollow us

Disclaimer  |  Privacy Policy  |  © Copyright 2025 Science Media Centre (New Zealand)

Close search overlay×
Search these categories