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21 May 2021
ChristchurchNZ | Christchurch A Winner As Government Confirms Scott Base Redevelopment
ChristchurchNZ is delighted the Government confirmed funding in today’s Budget announcement for the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica, New Zealand’s home on the icy continent. Read More
21 May 2021
Newstalk ZB | Budget 2021: Scott Base investment 'welcome news'
Antarctic Science Platform director at Antarctica New Zealand Nancy Bertler told Tim Dower the news is amazing. "Hugely welcome and incredibly important to us, so a very happy Antarctic community here and overseas." Read More
21 May 2021
The Guardian | Saving Scott Base: New Zealand’s ageing Antarctic station gets $300m lifeline
Life-support systems at Scott Base are operating beyond their lifespan, with leaking buildings and old electrics in one of Earth’s harshest climates. Read More
20 May 2021
Beehive | Budget 2021 safeguards the future of Scott Base
A major redevelopment of Scott Base will create hundreds of jobs while ensuring Aotearoa New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is safeguarded. Read More
20 May 2021
NZ Herald | Budget 2021: $344m boost for Scott Base makeover
A long-overdue upgrade of Scott Base has received a near-$350m Budget boost - ensuring New Zealand's continued presence on the frozen continent. Read More
20 May 2021
Successful budget for Scott Base
Antarctica New Zealand is thrilled the Government has committed $344 million to rebuild New Zealand’s home in Antarctica, Scott Base.The announcement has just been made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Nanaia Mahuta, as pa… Read More
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2025
- RNZ I Governor-General visits Scott Base
- 2024–2025 Antarctica New Zealand Annual Report Available Online
- Resourceful Navy musician realises Antarctic dream, armed with plastic French horn
- Science Update - October 2025
- New construction partner announced for Scott Base Redevelopment
- Scott Base Redevelopment seeks main contractor for reset
- New Chief Executive for Antarctica New Zealand
- Beehive | Land Information Minister to tour Antarctic monitoring sites
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2024
- NZDF | First flight to ice for Air Force’s new C-130J Hercules
- A year in review: the 2023-24 Annual Report
- Beehive | Climate Minister to see Antarctica research first-hand
- Antarctic cooperation at centre of Scott Base visit
- Scott Base Redevelopment confirms exit from port of Timaru land
- Scott Base Redevelopment regains momentum
- Antarctica New Zealand Acting Chief Executive Appointment
- Metropol | Antarctica New Zealand is resetting its Scott Base Redevelopment project
- Antarctica New Zealand chief executive update
- Beehive | Antarctica New Zealand Board appointment
- New plan for Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 5: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 4: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 3: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 2: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Appointments to Antarctica New Zealand Board
- Scott Base Redevelopment Project Director
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2023
- Update 1: Scott Base Redevelopment
- SBR Update | June 2023
- Feeling sad or SAD? Lessons from Antarctica on how to get through winter
- Connecting with Scott Base now easier after Starlink installed
- Starlink for Scott Base – but no phones during dinner!
- SBR Update | April 2023
- Stuff | Wind turbine replacement project to power Antarctica's Scott Base
- New turbines for the windiest continent
- 9 News | Perth man braves freezing Antarctic winter night to capture natural spectacle
- Stuff | New Scott Base research station set to sail for Antarctica in 2027
- Antarctic voyage to echo history
- Join us at Scott Base. We're hiring!
- The Guardian | ‘Sunlight streams in at 2am’: life inside New Zealand’s Antarctica base
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2022
- SBR Update | December 2022
- WSP | Anything but ‘boring’: What lies beneath at Scott Base wind farm
- Viral penguin at Scott Base
- 1 News | Timaru school kids experience Antarctica through Minecraft
- NZ Herald | PM in Antarctica: Jacinda Ardern on ‘childhood hero’ Shackleton’s Hut, what ‘contested’ world means for the continent and climate change
- NZ Herald | Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern lands in Antarctica
- Newshub | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to visit Antarctica for 65th anniversary of Scott Base
- Scott Base to welcome PM Jacinda Ardern
- SBR Update | October 2022
- Come and celebrate Days of Ice with us!
- Let the science begin!
- Engineering NZ | Inside Job: Karissa Hyde
- INTERFACE | Creating a new Scott Base, one Minecraft block at a time
- Better connected thanks to Antarctica
- Build in Digital | Scott Base redevelopment: Offsite construction at the edge of the world
- Stuff | Scott Base Redevelopment on track with detailed design phase almost complete
- NZ Herald | Ōtautahi Christchurch - Our gateway to Antarctic science
- SBR Update | Green is the new base
- Stuff | Colour of Antarctica's Scott Base rebuild to reflect history
- NZ Herald | Keep it green: Scott Base to stay its signature colour
- Keeping Antarctica kākāriki: A green Scott Base wins New Zealanders' hearts
- The race for the base
- SBR Update | June 2022
- NZ Herald | Antarctica New Zealand get first look inside Scott Base redesign
- SBR Update | May 2022
- We need you to Colour Our Place, Scott Base!
- New building for science at Scott Base
- Successful resupply mission to Antarctica proves capability of NZ Navy ship
- We're hiring! Come work at our place, Scott Base
- Scott Base supply run: Science and machinery, with a side of sauce
- NZ Navy's new replenishment vessel sails on maiden voyage to Antarctica
- SBR Update | January 2022
- The new face rebuilding Scott Base
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2021
- Secret Santa at Antarctica's Scott Base
- We're hiring! Wind Farm Upgrade positions
- SBR Update | December 2021
- WSP | Testing times at Scott Base
- Science Update - November
- SBR Update | November 2021
- It’s all about that Base
- Request for proposals | Independent Commissioning Agent
- We're hiring! Project Manager - Scott Base Redevelopment
- SBR Update | October 2021
- Green light to rebuild Scott Base
- Stuff | Government green lights renewal of historic Antarctic research base
- SBR Update | August 2021
- DHL | Delivered. goes sub-zero with Nick Murdoch for Antarctic Logistics
- Science Update July 2021
- Newshub | Revealed: Scott Base rebuild cost comes with warnings over project size and scale
- Science Update June 2021
- Request for proposals | Procurement for Geomagnetic Huts
- Subscribe for redevelopment updates
- SBR Update | May 2021
- Science Update - May 2021
- Take a look inside our new base
- TVNZ | Revealed: Inside Antarctica's soon to be re-vamped Scott Base
- Stuff | Watch: Take a sneak peek of the new $300m Scott Base
- NZ Herald | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Antarctica New Zealand after $344m funding boost for Scott Base makeover
- ChristchurchNZ | Christchurch A Winner As Government Confirms Scott Base Redevelopment
- Newstalk ZB | Budget 2021: Scott Base investment 'welcome news'
- The Guardian | Saving Scott Base: New Zealand’s ageing Antarctic station gets $300m lifeline
- Beehive | Budget 2021 safeguards the future of Scott Base
- NZ Herald | Budget 2021: $344m boost for Scott Base makeover
- Successful budget for Scott Base
- Science Update - April
- Science Update - March 2021
- 2019/20 Annual review of the New Zealand Antarctic Institute
- Stuff | Antarctica NZ needs $300m from Government to fund Scott Base rebuild
- Stuff | Scott Base: She's creaky but done us proud
- Keystone Trust | Scott Base Redevelopment - Karissa Hyde
- Stuff | More plants could begin to 'invade the Antarctic Peninsula' as the frozen continent warms
- Stuff | Leaky buildings and ageing electrics: Report reveals poor state of Scott Base
- Science Update - February 2021
- Scott Base Redevelopment: Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation
- Science Update - January 2021
- Scott Base Redevelopment: Weather Station relocation
- Science Update - December 2020
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2020
- Science Update - November 2020
- Science Update - October 2020
- Can kids ace our base?
- Webinar | Are we on the cusp of a healthy building revolution? Wellbeing, workplaces and the new normal
- Presentation | Designing and validating a sustainable Antarctic station
- Presentation | Antarctic Station Modernization: Future‐proofing Infrastructure
- Science Update - September 2020
- Stuff | Antarctica NZ planning for sea level rise – and fall – at Scott Base
- Science Update - August 2020
- New Board members for Antarctica New Zealand
- Ice-olation for Antarctica New Zealand
- A Green Building on the White Continent
- Science Update - July 2020
- We're Hiring!
- NZ company to rebuild our home in Antarctica
- COVID-19 Impacts Antarctic Field Season
- Polar Journal | Facelifting for New Zealand’s Antarctic station
- Webinar: Redeveloping Scott Base for the future
- New additions to the Redevelopment project team
- Business as unusual – designing through COVID-19
- Antarctica New Zealand Update
- Update from the ice
- Antarctica New Zealand COVID-19 response
- Kiwi construction companies vying for Earth's iciest rebuild in Antarctica
- Is this the world’s coldest job interview?
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