East Coast Museum of Technology - Gisborne
Here are some ok photos from the ECMOT. There was soo much to take in it was hard to capture nice photos.
Hope you like it.
This museum was founded in 1969 and was located at the A&P showgrounds. In 1988 museum was sold and moved to the new location.
The Museum Address:
East Coast Museum of Technology
PO Box 971
4040, Gisborne
New Zealand
Music: Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955)
( I don't own the copyright for this song.)
ECMOT Gisborne NZ
Live demo of the Ruston stationary engine at East Coast Museum Of Transport and Technology in Gisborne New Zealand
New Zealand Vlog: Auckland, Gisborne, Mahia Sightseeing [CubeSat Rocket Lab It's Business Time Trip]
A trip to New Zealand during the week of October 15-21, 2018. I miss the sunny slopes of New Zealand already and I would love to go back and visit again, especially for the South Island region!
It's been a while! I have been editing this vlog on and off since first semester and finally got to finish after months of delay. I had to miss a whole week of classes for this trip, but it was fully sponsored by Rocket Lab in New Zealand so I couldn't say no to the offer (especially since the only other country outside the good ol' USA I've visited is Taiwan)!
As context, I am in a STEM program called Irvine CubeSat in which we design, build, test, and send a nanosatellite into low Earth orbit. IRVINE01 was the first cubesat to be completed by the Irvine CubeSat Program, and it was finally scheduled to be launched with Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket on November 11, 2018.
I had the honor of being chosen as the representative of the entire team of 100+ high school students to go on a sponsored trip to NZ to charge the batteries and ensure that the power supply was all in check before the satellite's launch to space. I also worked with Vidur from Tyvak and Amanda from Rocket Lab throughout the trip. My mom was also present for the trip since a guardian was required to accompany me. We had time after my first business trip to explore the sights of Auckland and the nearby areas for almost 2 days before heading back home. NZ, you have been good to me!
Rocket Lab Pictures/Media:
Music:
Destination - Ruck P
Chocolate Covered Dreams - The Breed
Indelible - oddfish
close my eyes - WYS
Ji-Euns Sunset - City Girl
City At Night - Elyon
Days Like These - LAKEY INSPIRED
Vlog Camera: Canon G7x, Samsung Galaxy S9
Action Camera: Yi 4K
Gimbal: Feiyu Tech Vimble 2
Editor: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Gisborne Civil Defence Emergency Controller Peter Higgs
Wind speeds are picking up in Gisborne following a night of heavy rain brought by Cyclone Pam as it started its sweep down the east coast of the North Island...
Making Waves on a Waka
Sail the open seas on a traditional Maori Waka in this amazing culture experience along the coast of New Zealand.
White Island (New Zealand) deep-sea fish imaging and sampling
The Fish Team of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has been sampling the deep fish diversity around White Island, an active volcano (New Zealand) in March 2009. Deep sea videos have captured fish diversity from 50 to 900m of depth and fish traps have collected specimens from 50 to 1500m. This footage shows what this work involved, from station finding, gear preparation, video and traps deployments, processing and reviewing.
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hempcrete house in NZ -- 2014.12.01
a building material which is self-insulating, soundproof, non-toxic, pest-resistant, fire-resistant, & mould-resistant; resulting in homes which are constant-humidity, ultra-durable, don't need much in the way of heating or cooling, aren't damp, won't rot, are ecologically sustainable with an extremely low environmental impact, & absorb carbon dioxide both before & after construction.
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hundreds more hempcrete videos here ...
Hemp lime has been under development since the early 1990s, mainly through work in France & Belgium, but also including research work in the UK.
Hemp-lime construction is a composite construction material & building method that combines fast growing renewable & carbon sequestrating plant-based aggregates (hemp shiv) with a lime-based binder to form a lightweight material that is suited to solid walls, roof insulation & under-floor insulation & as part of timber-framed building.
Normal practice is to construct a simple timber frame or sub-frame which provides the principal structure of the building supporting any floors & roofs, the hemp lime is then sprayed or cast around the timber frame to provide solid walls, & possibly floors & roof.
This creates a composite structure that is very strong. This form of walling is also a breathing wall, allowing the passage of moisture vapour. The hemp is able to absorb quite high quantities of water & then release it again without damage. It is normal to render the outside of a hemp wall with a lime plaster to keep the rain off.
The composite provides a reasonably good level of thermal insulation with the added advantage of retaining warmth due to its thermal mass. There are very few materials which are both an insulant & able to retain warmth. This makes the material especially good for climates where there is a high level of humidity.
The lime in the mixture helps to preserve the timber frame & the hemp lime mixture sticks to the wood very well. The lime protects the shiv from biological decay, mainly through its ability to wick water away from the hemp shiv & its high alkalinity, as well as providing essential fire resistance.
A particular benefit of hemp lime construction is its capacity to sequester carbon dioxide into the building fabric. As government policy becomes increasingly concerned with reducing carbon emissions & finding more efficient ways of meeting current targets, it seems possible that hemp lime can make a major contribution to this offering a genuinely zero-carbon solution to sustainable construction.
(Woolley 2004,2009)
Another important property of hempcrete observed from compression tests is the large deformation it can undergo after reaching the ultimate load. This shows hempcrete has a quasi-ductile behavior unlike the sudden brittle failure associated with concrete.
(Mukherjee 2012)
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On a four hectare lifestyle block a few minutes north of New Plymouth, New Zealand's first hemp house is being built.
Amongst wandering sheep, chooks & bee hives, the house is being constructed out of timber & hempcrete - a mixture of hemp, lime & water.
The hempcrete comes from company Hemp Technologies, which was founded by Taranaki-born man Greg Flavall in the US state of North Carolina.
In about 2008 Flavall, who had worked as a builder, came across hempcrete, which he says has been successfully used in construction in Europe for about 30 years.
He took it back to the US & from there, he took it all over the world. In 2010 Hemp Technologies' hempcrete was used to build the first Hemp House in the US, in Asheville, North Carolina.
The business has branches in New Zealand, the US, Canada & Romania & Flavall says it employs about 300 staff, from admin & distribution to chemical scientists. Today the company has projects in the US, Mexico, South America, Canada, Australia & right here in New Zealand.
Flavall says he has 24 building projects on the go here at the moment.
He has four Hemp houses in the pipeline in New Plymouth. Two have been pre-sold.
Hemp Technologies & Venture Taranaki are working on crop trials with Massey University, & in February [2014], Lincoln University's Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit penned a Venture Taranaki funded report that identified hemp as a crop that would enable diversification in a region dominated by dairy farming.
The report, which was presented by senior research officer Dr Glen Greer, said hemp had been used for many centuries as a building material & was light, hypo-allergenic & had the highest insulation & noise-reducing properties of any cellulosic product.
(Taranaki Daily News 2014.03.17)
New Zealand Trip 2017 [Day 1 & 2] • Bianca Havika
Halooo ini adalah vlog pertama yang aku buat! jadi maaf buat ke-amatiran megang kamera dan ngeditnya HEHE udah di stabilize tapi tetep shaky BGT, semoga bisa berbagi saran gimana untuk memperbaiki editan menggunakan Final Cut Pro.
dan semoga bisa cukup membantu buat yang mau traveling ke New Zealand!
Day 1
AUCKLAND
00:55 – Sky Tower
03:10 – makan di Country Fried Chicken
04:25 – Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)
09:15 – Western Springs Lakeside Park
12:30 – Countdown Supermarket
13:00 – Nando’s
13:45 – jajannn Churros dipinggir jalan
Day 2
AUCKLAND
15:35 – ke Western Spring Lakeside Park lagi
17:35 – perjalanan ke tempat buat nuker Camper Van
19:50 – Waitomo Glowworm Caves
24:00 – Burger King
25:50 – Moana Roa Reserve
J1211 Test Run
Prior to the first steam excursion as part of the Rail 125 celebrations in October 1988, J1211 went for a test run from Christchurch to Rolleston and return. Some locos that were stored in the yard at Christchurch were used as a train, to provide some weight. We managed to catch the return of the train near Islington and near Addington.
Waikato Hospital
Waikato Hospital opens up a new ward. A vision of things to come.
Western Springs Railway DSA223 (2018)
A quick look at DSA223 a 1953 Diesel Locomotive at MOTAT in Auckland on the Western Springs Railway
Room 5, Nelson Central School, Launches DigitalNZ
Room 5 at Nelson Central School were the stars of the DigitalNZ Launch on Wednesday 3rd December 2008 at National Library of New Zealand in Wellington. Their fantastic video officially launched DigitalNZ and they all got huge applause from all the people that attended. We were very proud of them and loved the stories they told about using the DigitalNZ Memory Maker.
This is the video from part of the launch.
John Truesdale, Director, National Digital Library, National Library of New Zealand Introduces Room 5.
Penny Carnaby, Chief Executive and National Librarian, thanks Room 5 at the end.
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Exploring te ao Māori through gaming
Metia Interactive produces games situated within te ao Māori. In Guardian Māia, you guide Māia through a treacherous journey and help her gain mana. In Māori Pā Wars, you defend yourself against warriors and creatures with special powers and pā fortifications. Founder Maru Nihoniho tells us why she loves games and why Māori games are important for the rangatahi.
Standard Railcar RM 31 to Napier 7 2016
New Zealand Timber Industry Federation CD-ROM 1997
Te Toki Waka Hourua: Pacific wayfinding
Te Toki Waka Hourua is revitalising the ancient art of Pacific wayfinding, keeping alive traditional waka culture and knowledge in the Pacific. Taylor Aumua joined the crew on their sail to raise money for a training voyage in September.
Donate to ‘Navigating to Norfolk’ here:
Nile Valley Tramway, Slideshow, Westland, New Zealand
A slideshow oif a trip along the Nile Valley Tramway, Westland, New Zealand
Innovative solution to sold out kapa haka comps
Te Kura Wiwini Te Kura Wawana, the National Secondary Schools Kapa Haka Competition, kicked off at Houhoupiko, Gisborne today. Tickets sold out for some sessions months ago, but organisers have come up with an innovative solution to ensure whānau get a chance to see their rōpū on stage.