A time of change for kākāpō
So far, 2026 has been the biggest kākāpō breeding season of all time, with more chicks hatched than ever before. The current challenge is to...
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Listen to RNZ: Our Changing World, a Science & Medicine podcast by RNZ. Stream 302 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 302 episodesA taste for science
The food you see on the supermarket shelves doesn't end up there by accident. It's often been rigorously tested for likeability. This week o...
Keeping the South Island Psa-V free
In 2010 the Psa-V bacterial disease was found in a Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchard. This was the beginning of a terrible ordeal for many kiw...
The unexpected potential of ketamine
Ketamine was first developed as an anaesthetic, and today is taken by some as a party drug. But since 2000, research has emerged showing it...
Building an army to stop a stink bug invasion
In the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert there's a particular brand of doomsday prepping going on. Our Changing World visits the Bioeconomy Scien...
Monitoring plastic pollution in Northland, and the elusive bittern
Our Changing Word heads to Whangārei to speak to a Northland Regional Council scientist whose been using stormwater drains to estimate the s...
The tree keepers
In Dunedin the local tree crop association has been looking after a heritage apple orchard, but some mixed up labels meant they weren’t quit...
How to grow a kiwi
Take a (very) large egg, some insects (plus specially developed food), and a safe place to put on weight for a while. This is how you grow a...
Iwi-led conservation in the Kaimai Mamuku ranges
In the Kaimai Mamuku ranges iwi-led conservation projects are tackling pests, removing weeds and planting natives to restore their whenua. N...
The thorny issue of the long-spined urchin
A native species is taking over a jewel-in-the crown marine reserve. But what can be done? Centrostephanus, the long-spined urchin, is munch...
The Democratisation of Space?
New Zealand is third in the world for the number of orbital rocket launches from our shores, sitting just behind the US and China. Phil Vine...
Science for future fashion
We know there are issues with sustainability within the fashion industry - can science help create a better future? Claire Concannon visits...
Going for eradication - Predator free South Westland
Since 2018 there's been a massive effort underway to clear over 110,000 hectares of South Westland of possums, rats and stoats. As the pest...
Insect vibes
Some insects communicate using a secret language that we can’t sense – a language of vibrations. Now researchers at the Bioeconomy Science I...
Sight in the womb
When do humans begin to interact with the world, and develop our sense of self? When we are born? Or might it start even earlier than that?...
Summer science: Methane-busting seaweed
A Southland company is growing red seaweed as a supplement that’s been shown to significantly reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy cat...
Summer science: Why we spend
Why do we spend more than we need to? Is it mood, FOMO, the desire to impress? Or maybe some tricky behavioural triggers we're not even awar...
Summer science: The science of ageing
We’d all like to know how to live long healthy lives, and Kim Hill is no different. In this episode of Kim Hill Wants To Know, she talks to...
Summer science: Keeping it crisp
We all love a good crunchy apple – but how do they stay like that for months after being picked? The Our Changing World summer science serie...
Summer science: Dollars for nature
This week on the summer science series we play an episode of Country Life called Dollars for Nature. Can biodiversity credits fix New Zealan...
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