Construction or the Observatory building is now essentially complete with the telescope installed and operational. Today some control rods, manufactured by Duncan Hall, were installed on the Declination Lock and Declination fine adjustment. Only the attac
Construction or the Observatory building is now essentially complete with the telescope installed and operational. Today some control rods, manufactured by
With the dome now in place all efforts are focused on turning the Gifford into an
operational Observatory. Now that the roof is sealed and the internal observing floor in
place a window has been installed and even on the ra
Join author Richard Shaw as he takes his through his new book, The Unsettled (2024, MUP), which is based on responses he received to an earlier account of his great-grandfather’s […]
Jason Love entering William Jones Park with his young family in support to play his 200th match for Wainuiomata this past Saturday against Petone. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Jason Love (Te Āti Awa/Ngāti Poro) is an unapologetic original. So, when the veteran Wainuiomata rugby player was asked to describe himself, he invented his...