Geo Radio - Waitaki Whitestone Geopark

Sasha Say’s – Website during lockdown Real Radio: Time to talk Geopark, as usual. But not quite as usual because we're doing this remotely, of course, being in lockdown. Joined by Geoeducator Sasha from home. How are you, Sasha? Geoeducator: Hi. Yeah, good thank you. How you Dan? Real Radio: Doing okay. Now, what we've got basically at this situation at the moment obviously can't really get out an...

Geopark Sasha – Pop-up shop Radio announcer: Time to talk Geopark once again joined by the Geoeducator Sasha Morriss. Sasha, what are we talking about this week? geoeducator: Yeah, hi. Today we're gonna be talking about our pop-up shop. So it's in number 27 Thames Street in Oamaru. We just opened last Monday. So we're going to be open Monday through Friday, 12:30 through to 4:30. Radio announcer:...

Today we're gonna be talking about an area down the coast of Otago. It's a place called Shag Point that's not far from Palmerston. So there's a few different things to see down there. So I'd just like to touch on that. First of all I know lots of our listeners out there are really interested in fossils. And down at Shag Point, a number of years ago, there was a plesiosaur fossil pretty much intact...

Geoeducator: So we turned off the main road from between Omarama and Tekapo up to Lake Ohau and immediately when you leave there you're just surrounded - the road is just on either side this beautiful long yellow grass it's just stunning with the backdrop of these just sharp grey mountains. With this, you can just see the rock slides coming off down the side. And we made our way across some really...

GEOPark - Sasha Says - Katiki – kekeno (fur seals),  hoiho (yellow eyed penguins) and a lighthouse! Real Radio: Time to talk Geopark, joined once again by the Geoeducator Sasha Morriss. Unusual to see you with a map in front of you. You like maps, don't you? Geoeducator: I love maps Dan. Everyone should know - I love maps. And actually, I went out in the field yesterday. I've been asking abou...

Geopark - Sasha Says – Pop up shop and maps Geoeducator: We're in the pop up shop, which is and Thames St in Oamaru. So we're going to be opening in March time as a kind of information centre for people to drop by, learn about what the Geopark is, and some of the things on offer. So we're currently just renovating, getting our displays ready, painting - we're going to have this very impressive mur...

Geopark - Sasha Says ‘pop up shop’ Real radio: Time to talk Geopark. Joined once again by the Geoeducator Sasha Morriss. Sasha, what are we talking about this week? Geoeducator: Hi. I've got a couple of things I want to talk about today. First is our pop-up shop. We went over and had a look at that yesterday. It's 27 Thames Street. So that's where the Christian bookshop used to be. It's a great sp...

Geopark - Sasha  - Zealandia Real Radio: Time to talk Geopark. Joined by the Geoeducator Sasha. What are we talking about this week, Sasha? Geoeducator: Well, this week I want to just discuss what I did over the weekend. I went out to Vanished World at Duntroon and I met up with a whole lot of their volunteers out there. If you haven't been out to Vanished World, take a trip. It's great - the...

Geopark - Sasha – Anatini 2020 Real Radio: Time to talk Geopark once again, joined by the. Geoeducator Sasha Morriss. Now, Sasha, what are we talking about this week? Geoeducator: Yeah, hi. This week I'm going to be talking just briefly about a geosite that many may have heard of, but not necessarily visited. It's called Anatini.  Now Anatini actually means 'many caves', and it's just a few m...

GeoPark - Sasha – Moeraki Boulders January 2020 Real Radio: For the first time in 2020, joined by the GeoPark Educator Sasha Morriss. Now, what are we talking about today, Sasha? Geoeducator: Yes, happy new year, everybody. Today, I am going to be talking about Moeraki Boulders. I'd be interested to actually hear who made a trip down there. We'd like to see your photos.  Send them in to us to...

Geopark - Sasha M – Oamaru Volcano 2019 Real Radio: Time to Geopark once again. And with the Geoeducator Sasha Morriss. Now this week, we're going to talk about the differences of some of the structures that you can see around town. Geoeducator: Yes that's right.  So just when people are out and about around town, I thought it would be quite interesting for people to look at the differences i...

Geopark - Sasha M dossier 2019 Real Radio: Time to talk Geopark,joined as usual by Geoeducator Sasha Morriss. Now, Sasha, you've got a dossier in front of you. Does it make for interesting reading? Geoeducator: It does.  Look the dossier is now available in several places around the district, which I'll go through soon. And it's not a not a massive document, but it is jam packed with informat...

Geopark - Sasha M Torless Terrane 2019 Real Radio: Time to talk Geopark once again with the geoeducator Sasha Morriss.  You've been on a wee field trip up to Wellington. Geoeducator: That's right. Yes, I met with Julian Thompson, who's the outreach educator for GNS that's Geological and Nuclear Sciences. And their main office is based just outside of Wellington. And I meet up with him and we...

Waitaki whitestone geopark Geo-educator, Sasha, answered a Facebook enquiry about what the limestone is actually called, Otekaike or Otiake. Transcript: Radio Announcer: Time to talk Geopark and joined by the Geopark Educator Sasha Morriss. Now, you've had a question come in via the website, Sasha. Geoeducator: That's right. Yeah, it actually came in on our Facebook page. We had a group of kids fr...

Waitaki whitestone geopark Geo-educator, Sasha, talked about her experience at the Travelling Science Show in the Waitaki Community Recreation Centre. Transcript: radio announcer: Managed to escape the studio and head out to the Waitaki Community Recreation Centre. A different venue for you to Sasha, Sasha from the Geopark, our educator for the Geopark. A really cool event going on at the moment....

Waitaki Whitestone geopark Geo-educator, Sasha, went out to a Geosite called, Wai O Toura, at Gards road in Duntroon earlier in the week to join DOC and some of their volunteers to do a whole lot of native planting out there.  Transcript: Radio announcer: Time to talk Geopark, joined by the Geoeducator Sasha. What are we talking about today Sasha? Geoeducator: Hi. Well, today we're talking ab...

Sasha shared her experience in the 2019 Oamaru Victortian Festival.  Transcription: Real Radio: What was the major point of interest for people? Geoeducator: Well one of the main things that people were wanting to talk to us a bit about was, you know, what is a Geopark? And we had some really interesting exhibits there that attracted kids en masse. So we had there was a big tray there full of...

Geo-educator, Sasha, invited the public to join Andy at DOC on Wednesday at Wai O Toura at Gards Rd in Duntroon to carrying out some planting there of the site.  Transcript: Radio announcer: Time to talk Geopark, joined by the Geoeducator Sasha. Big day on Wednesday for the Geopark. Geoeducator: Yes, that's right. A few of us are going to be joining Andy at DOC on Wednesday at Wai O Toura at...

Geo-educator, Sasha talks about how the Whitestone Geopark is working towards the UNESCO accreditation for the Geopark. Transcript: Radio announcer: Time to talk Geopark, joined by the Geoeducator Sasha once again. Now, UNESCO's status for the Geopark is quite an important landmark this, isn't it. Geoeducator: That's right. So, currently we're working towards our UNESCO accreditation for our Geopa...

This week, Sasha, Geo-educator of Waitaki Whitestone geopark, talks about what exactly is a Geopark and introduces the best way to explore Waitaki Whitestone geopark. Transcript Radio announcer: Time to talk Geopark and are joined again by our new Geo-educator, Sasha Morriss. Sasha, what are we talking about this week? Geoeducator: Okay, well, this week we're going to be talking about what exactly...

The Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Trust has appointed a geo-educator to help educate the community on the district’s geology.  Sasha Morriss, who has a masters degree in geology from Otago University, has been appointed to the role. Transcript Real Radio host: Time to talk GeoPark and joined by the new Geoeducator, Sasha Morriss. Sasha, new to the role only been in it a week. Geoeducator: That's...

"Meet the park" had a big success at Palmerston Field day 2019. 

"Meet the park" is coming to Palmerston Field day 2019. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to meet the Geopark trustees and understand more about the Whitestone Geopark. 

Co-chair Helen Jansen was on Real Radio 104 and talked about what a Geopark is and its great opportunities for the community. Missed it? No problem, you can listen to it here. Transcript: Host: Right, time to talk about Geopark. And we are joined by Helen Jansen, one of the trustees of the Whitestone Waitaki Geopark project. How are you doing?  Helen: Absolutely splendid. It's a great day. Ab...

Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Coordinator, Lisa Heinz introduced Waitaki Whitestone Geopark App on Real Radio 104. Missed it? No problem, you can listen to it here. Transcript: Host: Time to talk Geopark and joined by Lisa. Now Lisa you're going to tell us a wee bit about the app the brand new app that's out. Lisa Heinz: Exactly. We released the app one or two weeks ago by now and you would love to s...