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Bringing back nature to Nelson
1 Sep 2022Alison Ballance visits the Brook Waimārama sanctuary, and discovers that the old saying "many hands make light work" is particularly true when it comes to community conservation. A relatively new…
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Plasma jet technology and encouraging Pacific students in science
Claire Concannon catches up with Dr. Taniela Lolohea of Auckland University of Technology. He is researching in the relatively new field of low temperature plasma surface coatings, and explains how it…
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Investigating the virosphere
18 Aug 2022While we might have heard all we ever want to know about viruses in the last few years, the truth is, known viruses represent less than zero point one percent of the estimated total of viruses out…
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For the love of seabirds
11 Aug 2022Edin Whitehead inherited a love of birds from her father and became captivated by the majesty of seabirds on a trip to the Subantarctic Islands. Now a PhD student at the University of Auckland, she is…
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The Living Laboratories project
4 Aug 2022The Auckland University of Technology Living Laboratories project is all about investigating how best to grow back native forest. At Pourewa creek, this collaboration between AUT and Ngāti Whātua…
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Secrets of Antarctic microbes
28 Jul 2022The most extreme places in Antarctica give rise to the toughest and weirdest types of life. From creatures living a very different chemical life to ours at underwater methane seeps to the secret tools…
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Why the Tongan volcano triggered a worldwide tsunami
21 Jul 2022The eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai in January triggered a tsunami of unprecedented proportions, impacting the entire Pacific. How did this volcanic eruption lead to a tsunami detected across…
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The battling beetle
14 Jul 2022With their antler-like mandibles, Helm's stag beetles often get stuck in to one another. But they are fighting a bigger battle too - against predators and habitat loss. PhD student Luna Thomas is…
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Machine learning for environmental data and needle free injections
7 Jul 2022The New Zealand data science programme, Taiao, aims to help researchers make sense of environmental data so they can make useful predictions to guide good decisions. Claire Concannon meets the team at…
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The resilience of crayfish in Tauranga Harbour
30 Jun 2022PhD student Kiamaia Ellis describes crayfish as a vulnerable taonga species. Local iwi in Tauranga believe the crayfish population is decreasing because of urban, industrial and harvesting pressures…
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Helping seabirds return to Karioi
23 Jun 2022Working with the community and local schools, the Karioi Project aims to turn the tide on biodiversity loss in their area. In recent years they've rallied around the grey-faced petrel, or Ōi, who they…
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The promises and perils of chemistry research
Two stories about the promise and perils of chemistry research. From a team recreating Renaissance beauty recipes in the hopes of rediscovering a 'miracle ingredient', to a researcher investigating…
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Digging into the past of sleeping giant faults
The Nevis Fault is a sleeping giant fault, one that awakens only every 10,000 years or so. This week, a team of geologists use paleoseismic trenching to answer questions about this fault and to figure…
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Meet the winners of the 2021 Prime Minister's Science Prize
2 Jun 2022It's Prime Minister's Science Prize time! We meet some of the people awarded the 2021 prizes for their mahi.
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Biodiversity and the city
26 May 2022Researchers from the University of Waikato are tackling the tricky question of how to restore native biodiversity in our urban areas.
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The red seaweed of Otago Harbour
19 May 2022We join Marine Science PhD student Namrata Chand on her Autumn field work collecting seaweed samples to learn more about this 'underdog of the ocean'.
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Business not as usual for heart health
Pūtahi Manawa / Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa has an ambitious goal – to close the inequity gaps in heart health. Researchers in this Centre of Research Excellence explain the gaps that exist and how…
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Naturally rare and threatened
5 May 2022Claire Concannon meets with some of the people working to protect New Zealand's naturally rare ecosytems and the endangered plants found within them.
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Bonus Episode: 2022 A Boomer Year for Kākāpō
28 Apr 2022Alison Ballance joins the kākāpō recovery team on Pukenui Anchor Island to hear how the 2021/2022 kākāpō breeding season is going.
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Frozen in time
A visit to Scott's Terra Nova hut to learn about the care given to the objects by Antarctic Heritage Trust conservators. This is an edit of the Antarctic Heritage Trust's podcast 'Frozen in Time…
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Researching best care for the smallest of patients
Justin Gregory finds out about a study investigating how pre-term babies are fed during their first few weeks, and whether there is a better way.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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