YOUTH
WEEK “A space for the geek, the maker and the breaker in us all.”
T
hat is how Questionable Research
places and is now being run in the
Labs is described by organiser
ground floor of Manaia House at
Science and Technology Group, the
Kevin Waugh.
Rathbone St, Whangarei.
Robotics Group, Technohackers Coding
“It’s where kids can be curious
The club has grown to more than 60
There is a Geek Girls Group, the
Group and the teen Questionable
and try out different ideas. It is an
active members aged between nine
Projects Group, and just recently a
idea incubator where kids can
and 17.
Game Playing and Making Group.
feel comfortable and curiosity is appreciated. “We play with all things related to science, design and engineering,’’ Kevin says. The youth club has grown substantially since starting as a Whangarei coding club in 2015. It outgrew several different meeting
Groups have evolved into five after-
The Geek Girls Group meets on
school groups for all ages and one
Mondays after school and explores
evening group especially for teenagers.
“anything geekie and tech”, including
Kevin says he started the club
game development, graphic design,
when his own children were looking
music making, video making, coding or
for an outlet for their own interests in
even wildly creative mechanical projects.
computers.
Facilitated by Verena Pschorn, the
“It has been a slowly mutating format since then,’’ he says.
group’s projects range from simple to very complex, and members “figure it
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