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Our People Stars

Dawn Muir - Marketing & Communications Manager

What do you do at Carter?  I manage and coordinate a range of marketing, advertising and promotional activities designed to raise awareness about Carter and to encourage people to visit us.

What’s the best part of your job?  Witnessing our visitors being inspired by their Carter experience.

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter?  The Māori navigation exhibit.  I am fascinated with the naming of New Zealand by early Māori, who had no GPS positioning or satellite photography available to them. How did they know the North Island was shaped like a fish - Te Ika a Maui?

If you met an alien what would you say?  “Where have you been all my life?”

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Dr Claire Bretherton - Education and Public Programmes Manager

What do you do at Carter? I manage the schools’ and public programmes and events at Carter. Along with the rest of the education team I aim to inspire people about the wonders of astronomy and science in general, and encourage them to look up at the beautiful southern skies.

What’s the best part of your job? Seeing the reactions of the public when they learn about a subject that I love.

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter? The columns of sand and the Milky Way

If you met an alien what would you say? “Do you come here often?”

Karryn Baudet - Business Manager

What do you do at Carter?  I look after the management of Commercial Operations and Visitor Services for the Museums Wellington group,  ensuring the delivery of exceptional customer service and a quality visitor experience at all times.

What’s the best part of your job?  Spreadsheets ...

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter?  Our amazing planetarium

If you met an alien what would you say?  "Do you have a valid Visa?"

Catherine Worsfold - Visitor Services Coordinator

What do you do at Carter? I am the ‘manager of first impressions’, greeting and taking care of visitors as they arrive at Carter, as well as looking after the Retail Shop.

What’s the best part of your job? Getting to meet a wide variety of people, and hearing their positive feedback once they have experienced an amazing time at Carter.

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter? The library

If you met an alien what would you say? Would you like to purchase a souvenir from my shop?!

John Field - Programmes Officer

What do you do at Carter? My role is varied and includes working with, presenting, and producing shows for the public and educational sessions. This has involved learning a new digital planetarium system that has lots of exciting presentation opportunities.

What’s the best part of your job? Working with a wide variety of people from around the world!

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter?  The Digital Orrery

If you met an alien what would you say?  “Na-nu Na-nu! “

Kim Victoria - Office Co-Ordinator

What do you do at Carter? My official job title is Office Co-ordinator, but every day is different. Along with trying to keep everyone in line (!), I also help with our marketing, finance and operations. Every day is a new challenge, a new opportunity and a new achievement. It’s great fun.

What’s the best part of your job?  Learning from everyone I work with - we have a variety of people here with different experience and backgrounds so every day I learn something new.

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter? The Thomas Cooke telescope. It’s beautiful.

If you met an alien what would you say? “Where on earth did you come from?”

Cory Anderson - Venue Hire Coordinator

What do you do at Carter? I organise special events for people and businesses.

What's the best part of your job? The variety of the work

What's your Favourite exhibit at Carter? I like talking to people about the Moon rock in the Pickering Gallery

If you met an alien what would you say? “Been here long?”

Becky Bateman - Educational Presenter

What do you do at Carter?  I am a part of the Education team; I present live Planetarium shows to the public and to school groups, and I teach educational workshops along with Claire and John. I also help to develop the holiday programmes and the activity booklets for schools.

What’s the best part of your job?  When I see children get excited about space!

What’s your favourite exhibit at Carter?  The Tūhura module. 

If you met an alien what would you say?  “How did you find us?”

Contact details

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phone: +64 4 910 3140

Carter Observatory, PO Box 893, Wellington 6140

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