Our Changing World

Ocean floor rock cores drilled into the sunken continent of Zealandia are revolutionising our understanding of Earth's history and how continents form. Read more Audio

More than four months after it formed, a large blob of sooty dust from Australia's massive bushfires is still circling the southern hemisphere. Read more Audio

There is a fine art to how pedestrians, cyclists, and cars and buses navigate the shared thoroughfares of our towns and cities. Read more Audio

Modern-day citizen scientists are following in the footsteps of a well-known Wellington naturalist, collecting moths to document a century of change. Read more Audio

Mathematician Alex James, from Te Pūnaha Matatini & the University of Canterbury, explains the art and science of modelling the coronavirus pandemic. Read more Audio

The human immune system is a complex system where T cells, B cells and antibodies battle invaders such as bacteria and viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19. Read more Audio

Is New Zealand’s environment benefiting from the lockdown? Read more Audio