Veronika Meduna

The director of the Pew Charitable Trusts' Global Ocean Legacy discusses the importance of protected marine areas. Video, Audio

Climate scientists are using the spare capacity of thousands of home computers to zoom in on links between extreme weather events and climate change Video, Audio, Gallery

University of Canterbury physicist Jenni Adams explains how high-energy neutrinos could help track the origins of cosmic rays. Video, Audio

The government has held a series of consultation meetings asking people how New Zealand should manage its greenhouse gas emissions Audio

The Hop Lab in Motueka is a small research brewery, where a Plant and Food Research scientists are breeding, growing and testing new varieties of hops Audio

For the first time, geologists find direct evidence for large subduction earthquakes underneath central New Zealand Audio

Scientists discover a new process, in which mitochondrial DNA is exchanged between cells in the body Audio

A discussion held at 2015 New Zealand Association of Scientists annual conference, Going Public Audio

Archaeologist Atholl Anderson discusses the climate conditions and socio-political circumstances that led groups of Polynesian navigators to discover and settle in New Zealand Audio

Archaeologist Atholl Anderson explains why he thinks that the first people to make landfall in New Zealand were exiles escaping from conflict in their homelands Audio

A team of NIWA marine scientists investigates methane seeps that bubble up from the seabed off the North Island's east coast. Audio

Space scientist Duncan Steel explains what will happen to the out-of-control Russian space capsule that failed to reach the International Space Station. Audio

An AgResearch team identifies five compounds that reduce methane emissions from livestock by up to 90 per cent in initial trials. Audio

A discussion with organisations and individuals who decided to move their investments out of the fossil fuel industry. Audio

University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay discusses the DEVORA project and its aim to assess volcanic hazard and risk for Auckland's metropolitan area. Audio

Climate scientists are using the spare capacity of thousands of home computers to zoom in on links between extreme weather events and climate change Audio

A new book presents a comprehensive analysis of New Zealand's biodiversity loss and the drivers behind it Audio

Geologists samples fossils of microscopic plants and animals to study ancient climate change and extinctions. Audio

New Zealand is home to the world's only luminescent freshwater limpet, which lives among the rocks in North Island streams. Audio

This programme marks the 50th anniversary of Scott Base, New Zealand's science station in Antarctica, which was established in 1957. Audio