Our Changing World

Botanists have banded together to bring native mistletoes back to Wellington city, using seeds rescued from a plant growing on a dying tree. Read more Audio

New Zealand's first underwater observatories are recording the 'creaks and groans' of our largest fault to better understand slow-slip earthquakes. Read more Audio

Geologists on board the JOIDES Resolution research ship are attempting to drill into the flanks of the submarine hydrothermal Brothers Volcano. Read more Audio

An environmental historian charts the transformation of the Otago Peninsula from rich forest to grassy pasture in the book "The Face of Nature." Read more Audio

Olly Hills, aged 11, is a big fan of insects, and author of the field guide 'Cicadas of New Zealand.' Read more Audio

Blake Porter is investigating what happens in our brain when we decide to quit something that is good for us or persist with something that is bad us. Read more Audio

Dilys Johns is an archaeologist who specialises in conserving waterlogged Māori taonga such as ancient waka and wooden gardening tools. Read more Audio

One of Australia's smallest wallabies - the nabarlek - shares an unlikely dental similarity with sharks: the ability to continually replace its teeth. Read more Audio