Our Changing World

Coming up, Our Changing World joins a research expedition in Fiordland studying it’s iconic black corals. Audio

Cooper’s orchid is New Zealand’s rarest and most elusive - with fewer than 250 plants left in the wild. It belongs to the group of potato orchids, which grow mostly as tubers, except for a brief… Read more Audio

Claire Concannon spoke to RNZ's climate correspondent Eloise Gibson for the last episode of the Voice of the Sea Ice series. Listen to the full interview between Eloise and Claire in which they talk… Read more Audio

KÄkahi are a keystone species in lake and river ecosystems, keeping the water clean by filtering one litre of water every hour. These native mussels once blanketed lakebeds across Auckland â€" but… Read more Audio

Human-induced climate change is impacting Earth’s global systems, including ice melt in Antarctica. What is the world doing to combat it? Signed in 2016, the Paris Agreement is the current global… Read more Audio

In February 2025, the world hit a new low for global sea ice extent. Arctic sea ice has been declining for several decades now, but Antarctic sea ice had been holding steady, until recently. With low… Read more Audio

In February 2025, the world hit a new low for global sea ice extent. Arctic sea ice has been declining for several decades now, but Antarctic sea ice had been holding steady, until recently. With low… Read more Audio

After holding steady for a long time, the area that Antarctic sea ice covers has shrunk dramatically in the last few years. What does that mean for Antarctica, and for the planet? Audio

Penguins that return to the ice in the middle of winter to lay their eggs. Seals that use cracks in the ice to keep their pups safe. And fish that have antifreeze proteins to survive in the icy cold… Read more Audio

What is it like to live and work on the frozen ocean? A team of researchers are camping out on the sea ice to investigate the small critters that live on the bottom of the ice, and among the sloshy… Read more Audio

Step out on the sea ice just outside New Zealand’s Scott Base with researchers studying the physics of its annual cycle. Each year a massive patch of ocean around Antarctica freezes and then melts… Read more Audio

Welcome to Antarctica - a land of ice, extremes, and ambition. From historic expeditions to modern day science projects, Antarctic exploration is a unique, and dangerous, experience. We meet one… Read more Audio