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• Mixing oil and water, the greener way

  5:00 am today

  Oil and water don’t mix - unless surfactants step in. At Auckland University of Technology, a team of chemists has created a new kind of surfactant made from wood pulp rather than fossil fuels or… Audio

• Return of the kakapo files!

  17 Nov 2025

  This upcoming summer is likely to be the biggest ever kÄkÄpÅ breeding season, and RNZ will be following the twists and turns as they happen. The kÄkÄpÅ files with Alison Ballance return for a second… Audio

• Resurrecting Wellington’s Flowers of the Underworld

  11 Nov 2025

  Until a chance discovery in 2024, nobody had seen Dactylanthos taylorii, AKA te pua o Te RÄ"inga “the flower of the underworld†in the Wellington region for more than a hundred years. These unique… Audio

• Stories from Our Changing World

  5 Nov 2025

  Susana catches up with Our Changing World's Claire Concannon, who has recently travelled to the Waikato to learn more about the gold clam. Audio

• The rise of the gold clam

  4 Nov 2025

  An invasive species has taken hold in the Waikato River - and it’s multiplying fast. Gold clams, tiny but relentless, are now found along a large stretch of the awa. Through their huge, and growing… Audio

• Stories from Our Changing World

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  29 Oct 2025

  It's time to talk science with Our Changing World host Claire Concannon. Claire follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-between to cover the most… Audio

• SAR4SaR: The folding, floating search and rescue device

  28 Oct 2025

  New Zealand’s marine search and rescue region stretches from Antarctica to north of Samoa. If someone goes missing without any means of communication, that’s a lot of ocean to search. Now… Audio

• What makes Ruapehu tick and boom

  21 Oct 2025

  It’s been 30 years since a dramatic series of eruptions at Mount Ruapehu. In that time, there have been great advances in monitoring and modelling volcanoes - but we still can’t look inside a… Audio

• Our Changing World: Australasian Crested Grebe

  15 Oct 2025

  Dr Claire Concannon of Our Changing World chats to Jesse about the Australasian Crested Grebe and the Lake Wanaka grebe project. Audio

• When the fame fades

  14 Oct 2025

  Two years ago, the Australasian crested grebe, the pÅ«teketeke, took out the title of New Zealand’s Bird of the Century. But when the billboard on the Champs-Elysse got swapped out, and the clips of… Audio

• Our Changing World: How researchers are using AI

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  8 Oct 2025

  From the public service sector to businesses to individuals, AI's uptake across New Zealand has been rapid. And it's not just large language models. Claire Concannon meets researchers who are… Audio

• Putting AI to use in Aotearoa

  6 Oct 2025

  From the public service sector to businesses to individuals, AI's uptake across New Zealand is spreading. And it’s not just large language models. Claire Concannon meets researchers that are… Audio