since moving to dunedin in 2013! have - very dramatic. since moving to dunedin in 2013!dark night chasing around remote parts of southern — chasing around remote parts of southern new zealand when we -et southern new zealand when we get to _ southern new zealand when we get to see the australis. a few years— get to see the australis. a few years ago— get to see the australis. a few years ago i realised if i wanted _ years ago i realised if i wanted to see the aurora australis i have to get away south — australis i have to get away south of _ australis i have to get away south of new zealand. we have to get _ south of new zealand. we have to get an — south of new zealand. we have to get an airliner, basically. find — to get an airliner, basically. find the _ to get an airliner, basically. find the act of area and then start— find the act of area and then start orbiting around until you -et start orbiting around until you get fantastic views, and that is what — get fantastic views, and that is what we are doing tonight. we are ten hours, really chasing _ we are ten hours,

since moving to dunedin in 2013, i've become completely and utterly bonkers about this amazing phenomenonthern new zealand where we get to see the australis. but a few years ago i realised that actually if i really wanted to see the aurora australis, i've get to way south of new zealand. so to do that, we need — i guess you'd call it an airliner, basically. find the active area of the aurora and then start orbiting around till we get fantastic views, and that's what we're doing tonight. we're ten hours, really chasing auroras across the southern ocean, 41,000 feet in an amazing aircraft, boeing 787. we've just seen the numbers and it looks like the aurora is kind of brewing for a bit of a storm, which is good. you can tell there's been a bit of a party here in christchurch. i always like to hold off on the champagne after we've seen the aurora, that's my personal way of doing things, but this is pretty exciting times. this stuff is important, right. tourism is important to our country, and whatever happens tonight, and i hope to god we see an aurora, 'cause otherwise i'm hiding in the toi

since moving to dunedin in 2013 i've become completely and utterly bonkers about this amazing phenomenonil you get fantastic views, and that's what we're doing tonight. we are ten hours, really chasing auroras across the southern ocean, 41,000 feet in an amazing aircraft. boeing 787. we've just seen the numbers and the aurora is brewing for a bit of a storm. there is a bit of a party here in christchurch. i always like to hold off on the champagne until we've seen the aurora. that's my personal way of doing things but this is pretty exciting times. this stuff is important. tourism is important to our country, and whatever happens tonight, and i hope to god we see an aurora because otherwise i'm hiding in the toilet, this is really important. ijust want to say, rachel, what an amazing job you have done. thank you. the flight�*s our pivot project. we came into covid as specialists and traveled to latin america and antarctica. covid put an end to that so we knew we had to do something else. as it turned out, there had been an astronomer, doctor ian griffin, who in 2017 and 2018 had done som