NZISF 2026

The New Zealand International Science Festival is a Dunedin-based festival focused on making science accessible and affordable, with a mission to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the role science plays in everyday life.

Established in Ōtepoti Dunedin in 1996, with its first festival held in 1998, it has since engaged more than 300,000 participants across Aotearoa and covers a wide range of topics, from space and robotics through to the more curious and hands-on parts of science, alongside guests from around New Zealand and overseas.