Science ed funding cuts bite: 'children missing out'

Science advocates say thousands of children around the country are missing out on important science education as funding cuts for outreach programmes bite. The last government cut spending on the Unlocking Curious Minds fund - administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Ministry. 14 projects around the country were funded last year at a cost of $1.6 million. The last of that funding is now running out - and programmes are shutting down, including Otago Museum's Tuhura Tuarangi Showcase. It has been travelling the country for the last two and a half years, with a hands-on interactive science programme which more than 130,000 have experienced in schools , marae, libraries and community centres. Kathryn speaks with Otago Museum senior science engagement coordinator Dr Andrew Mills, and Dr Lucy Stewart, co-president of the Association of Scientists.