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Our Changing World
Stories about science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs across Aotearoa New Zealand. Winner 2022 New Zealand Radio Awards Best Factual Podcast - Episodic
Thursdays 7:30pm, repeated 1:15am Sundays. One feature plays 3:35pm Wednesdays.
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Our Changing World for 1 November 2018
1 Nov 2018Te Awaroa o Porirua Whaitua committee has been thinking about freshwater in the Porirua catchment and what could be done to improve its health. Audio
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A flower map to help NZ beekeepers
25 Oct 2018A Honey Landscape Map for New Zealand could help beekeepers find the best flower-rich sites for their beehives. Read more Audio
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Myrtle rust research
25 Oct 2018Scientists are working to better understand the invasive plant disease myrtle rust, and how it might impact native plants and ecosystems. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 25 October 2018
25 Oct 2018A project to map manuka flowering and help bee keepers pick the best places for their hives, and screening native plants to find resistance to myrtle rust. Audio
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Mathematician wins top science award
18 Oct 2018Rod Downey, a mathematics professor at Victoria University of Wellington, has won New Zealand's top science honour, the Rutherford Medal. Read more Audio
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Snapper may be next farmed fish
18 Oct 2018Maren Wellenreuther, from Plant and Food Research, has won the 2018 Hamilton Award for her work developing snapper as a future aquaculture species. Read more Audio
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Using DNA to study human migrations a winner
18 Oct 2018Lisa Matisoo-Smith, from the University of Otago, has won the 2018 Mason Durie Medal for her work using DNA to understand the migration of people to Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 18 October 2018
18 Oct 2018Among the 24 researchers honoured with science awards this year are mathematician Rod Downey, molecular anthropologist Lisa Matisoo-Smith and aquaculture expert Maren Wellenreuther. Audio
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NZ’s top researchers honoured
18 Oct 2018Half of this year's science prizes have been awarded to women. Read more Video
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Banding together for banded dotterels
11 Oct 2018George Hobson is a teenager with a passion for birds - especially the banded dotterels that nest on Eastbourne's beach. Read more Audio
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Over-eating might be in the brain
Mei Peng is investigating whether we each have a 'sensory fingerprint' that determines how we react to food. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 11 October 2018
The seaside community of Eastbourne has banded together to keep an eye on banded dotterels, and the reason we over-eat might be in our brains. Audio
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