Our Changing World

University of Auckland engineers join forces with the German Fraunhofer Institute to develop robots for industry. Read more Audio

A pilot food processing plant will help in the hunt for bioactive compounds from fruit processing waste such as apple skins. Audio

Landcare Research scientists are using mobile spectroscopy to analyse soil, allowing geostatisticians to create better soil maps Audio

Algae may be a way of extracting phosphorus from effluent ponds so it can be re-used as a fertilizer. Audio

The president of the Royal Society of NZ, David Skegg, announces the winners of the 2013 PM's Science Prizes. Read more Audio

Red-crowned parakeets, or kakariki, are making themselves at home in Wellington's Zealandia sanctuary. Read more Audio

Rebecca Sutton is studying what happens to blue organic LEDs as they degrade, and she demonstrates how they are made in a cleanroom. Read more Audio

Fenella Colyer, a physics teacher at Manurewa High School, wins the PM's Science Teacher Prize. Read more Audio

Ben O'Brien, Ceo of StretchSense Ltd, wins the 2013 PM's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize. Read more Audio

University of Auckland microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles wins the 2013 PM's Science Media Communication Prize. Read more Audio

University of Auckland engineers John Boys and Grant Covic win $500,000 for their inductive power transfer technology. Read more Audio

Using metal ions and organic ligands, Shane Telfer is creating porous materials called metal-organic frameworks which can store or separate gases Audio