Coral

Sixteen years ago, Kiwi businessman Glen Craig took a one-year sabbatical from his work here to pick up a 12-month contract in Vanuatu. Little did he know that he would still be there in 2022… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about how fruit bats navigate through their sense of smell and large eyes, rather than echolocation. Researchers have discovered a cheap way of… Audio

Dead corals cast up the shore of Aitutaki, in the Cook Islands, provide a window into the Pacific Ocean's marine climate hundreds of years ago. Audio

Fish have been attracted back to dying parts of the Great Barrier Reef thanks to speakers under the water playing the sounds of a healthy reef. Audio

New Zealander Lorraine Cook is a Feilding-born former DOC worker who has been working as a conservationist in the Seychelles for the past two and a half years.  Audio

Pacific islands are being urged to consider following Hawaii and ban certain sunscreens to protect their coral reefs. The US state has banned sunblock containing chemicals harmful to coral from 2021.

The Crochet Coral Reef is a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world. It has been exhibited in… Audio