Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 1:53 am NZ time
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Our Changing World
with Veronika Meduna & Dean Williams
Thursdays 9 - 10pm
Audio from Thursday 8 February 2007
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- 21:06 Alan MacDiarmid
A tribute to Alan MacDiarmid, who died on February 7. (2′15″)
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- 21:12 Whaling
Dean Williams discusses Japan's scientific whaling programme. (13′39″)
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- 21:26 Stardate
Dacia Herbulock reports from the annual astronomy event. (12′49″)
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- 21:38 Climate Change
The recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and what it means for the New Zealand region. (5′43″)
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- 21:45 Breast cancer
The Liggins Institute's associate director explains the role of a growth hormone in the development of breast cancer. (12′22″)
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Our Changing World pays tribute to Alan MacDiarmid, who died on February 7.
Dacia Herbulock reports from Stardate, an annual astronomy gathering in Hawke's Bay.
Veronika Meduna talks to Jim Renwick and Dave Lowe, both climate scientists at NIWA, about what the recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change means for the New Zealand region.
Environment
Dean Williams discusses Japan's scientific whaling programme with New Zealand's scientific advisor to the International Whaling Commission, Mike Donohue, and Phil Clapham from the US National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle.
Health
The Liggins Institute's associate director Peter Lobie explains the role of a growth hormone in the development and spread of breast cancer.
The Team
Presenters:
Alison Ballance
Ruth Beran
Veronika Meduna
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