Current New Zealand Activities in Radio Astronomy: Building Capacity in Engineering & Science for the Square Kilometre Array

Abstract

We present an update on the NZ-wide advances in the field of Radio Astronomy and Radio Engineering with a particular focus on contributions, not thus reported elsewhere, which hope to either directly or indirectly contribute to New Zealand's engagement with the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. We discuss the status of the SKA project in New Zealand with particular reference to activities of the New Zealand Square Kilometre Array Research and Development Consortium.

6 pages, 2 figures, published in Proceedings of the 16th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZcon), held 18-20 Nov, 2009, Dunedin, New Zealand

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