Our Changing World

Peter Devane performs revision surgery on Fiona James to replace her existing hip implants with a newer, more robust material Read more Audio

Research into extremely toxic cyanobacteria levels in a New Zealand lake could help clean up water supplies around the world Read more Audio

The Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group is tackling the growing problem of wilding pine trees in the Queenstown basin Read more Audio

The Kopuatai peat bog on the Hauraki Plains is a natural laboratory to study how the planet breathes and uses carbon. Read more Audio

New Zealand climate scientists discuss the consequences of the irreversible melting of glaciers in West Antarctica. Read more Audio

Auckland Zoo's captive breeding programme for wetapunga is so successful that offspring are now retunring to the wild. Read more Audio

A study using ancient DNA shatters the idea that the kiwi is most closely related to the emu. Instead, its closest cousin is the elephant bird. Read more Audio

A helikite is a small helium-powered balloon that can be used to hoist meteorological instruments above ground to measure local weather conditions. Read more Audio

Rosemarie Neuninger is investigating whether wine awards influence consumers' perception of the wine's quality Read more Audio

Victoria University immunologist Laura Green won the 2014 Zonta Science Award for research on using antipsychotic drugs to treat MS. Read more Audio

A once buried stream returns to the surface as part of Auckland's first daylighting project in the La Rosa reserve in Green Bay. Read more Audio

An increase in wasp numbers is making life difficult for Monarch butterflies but a tiny mite could help cull wasps. Read more Audio