Our Changing World

A 100-strong team of researchers from Plant and Food Research have won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prize for using science to solve the kiwifruit PSA crisis. Read more Audio

A four minute conversation led to a revolutionary tooth decay treatment using silver nanoparticles and a PM's science award for the chemist who worked on it. Read more Audio

Film-maker Damian Christie has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize to help tell science stories on film. Read more Audio

NIWA is testing small 'safe houses' for baby paua, with the idea of boosting the population on the earthquake-damaged  Kaikōura coast. Read more Audio

Michél Nieuwoudt uses light to uncover hidden information in different kinds of material, from milk to works of art. Read more Audio

Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin. Read more Video, Audio

A male stick insect belonging to an all female group of New Zealand stick insects has been discovered for the first time - in the UK. Read more Audio

How do dogs think? Do they experience emotions such as jealousy? The Clever Canine Lab at the University of Auckland is investigating. Read more Audio