CityLink is assisting with the streaming of a Video Conference between Richard Taylor (Weta FX) and a number of schools on Wednesday. The event co-ordinators (TKI) have emailed a number of schools and hence this heads up. There is the potential for a large number of unicast streams from WIX on Wednesday morning 12 March between 10am and 11am. Here is the publicity material from TKI for those interested. Kia ora koutou TKI invites you to join us for the live video conference featuring Richard Taylor - the Oscar-winning special effects expert from the Lord of the Rings. This Wednesday between 10 and 11am, selected KAWM and Otago Net schools will be participating in a video-conference based conversation with Richard. To watch the live simulcast, click on the link below: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/school_improvement/climate/intro_taylor_e.php -------------- ABOUT THE VIDEO CONFERENCE The schools involved in the Richard Taylor video conference are: Turakina Maori Girls' College (Marton) Rotorua Lakes High (Rotorua) John Paul College (Rotorua) Rotorua Girls High (Rotorua) Mount Aspiring College (Wanaka) Te Waha o Rerekohu Area School (Gisborne) Te Wharekura o Rakaumanga (Huntly) Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Mana Tamariki (Palmerston North) Each of the schools will make a presentation to Richard on the theme "special effects". The students were guided by activities suggested in a teaching resource developed by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to complement The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy - The Exhibition. ------------ ABOUT RICHARD TAYLOR Richard Taylor is the co-founder and director of Weta Workshop Ltd, the special effects company best known for its work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Weta designed and produced all the weapons, armour, creatures, makeup, and miniature models for the film production.