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Our Changing World
Stories about science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs across Aotearoa New Zealand. Winner 2022 New Zealand Radio Awards Best Factual Podcast - Episodic
Thursdays 7:30pm, repeated 1:15am Sundays. One feature plays 3:35pm Wednesdays.
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Getting ready for our warmer future
7 Apr 2022Stories about looking our warming world in the eye, and preparing for what is coming next. Collecting data about extreme temperatures in estuaries to help manage shellfish populations. Plus what might… Read more Audio
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The future of cancer treatment
31 Mar 2022At the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research a team of scientists are working on what they believe will be the future of cancer treatment in New Zealand. Read more Audio
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The energy problem
24 Mar 2022Two stories on addressing our energy problem - using AI to maximise locally produced renewable energy and reducing the carbon footprint of ammonia production. Read more Audio
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The first glance
A story of a community taking the lead to investigate their own history. Near the small fishing village of Moeraki, whānau members are doing the work of excavating, sorting, and identifying artifacts… Read more Audio
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When good science takes time
10 Mar 2022This sea week Our Changing World joins Dr. Kim Currie on the Munida transect time-series - a long running investigation of how the chemistry of the oceans off New Zealand is changing. Read more Audio
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Conservation benefits
3 Mar 2022Creating safe spaces for wildlife to thrive means benefit for the local community too. This week, two stories on that theme. Read more Audio
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Finding faults and eavesdropping on earthquakes
24 Feb 2022Alison Ballance catches up with two earthquake researchers. Geologist Carolyn Boulton is a "fault finder", interested in how faults slide. And geophysicist Martha Savage eavesdrops on the earth to… Read more Audio
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Multi-talented macroalgae
17 Feb 2022Claire visits a macroalgae research facility in Tauranga to learn how and why the team there are growing large quantities of seaweed and freshwater macroalgae. Read more Audio
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Honey fingerprints and plant powers
10 Feb 2022Claire learns about honey fingerprinting while Katy Gosset meets a scientist studying the anti-microbial properties of some native plants. Read more Audio
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Hunting for meteorites
3 Feb 2022Claire Concannon joins a meteorite hunt on the South Island's West Coast and learns what these rocks from space can tell us about the early formation of our solar system. Read more Audio
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Tuning in to nature
27 Jan 2022The story of titipounamu, New Zealand's smallest bird, on Otago Peninsula, told by Karthic SS, a wildlife film maker and podcast producer based in Dunedin. Read more Audio
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Summer Science: Voices - To spray or not to spray
20 Jan 2022Summer science continues with a play of a science related episode from RNZ's Voices podcast. In 'To spray or not to spray' we meet Tim Vandervoet as he investigates ways to reduce insecticide use in… Read more Audio
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