Our Changing World

The Coastwatchers were small groups of men posted to New Zealand's subantarctic islands during the Second World War to watch for enemy shipping. Ian Telfer visits one of their historic huts. Read more Audio, Gallery

A project to develop and commercialise better bone grafting material using the antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles is underway at the University of Otago. Read more Audio

The Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust has been trying to solve the many mysteries of our smallest seabird, the New Zealand storm petrel, which breeds on Hauturu / Little Barrier Island. Read more Audio, Gallery

Matthew Savoca talks about seabirds' fatal attraction to plastic, and how their incredible sense of smell is being fooled by rubbish. Read more Audio

Whales, dolphins, earthquakes and boats are some of the sounds that make the underwater world of Cook Strait a noisy place. Read more Video, Audio

In a democratic society striving to give everyone a voice, have we lost the ability to listen? Read more Audio

The University of Otago team behind the long-running Dunedin Study has won the 2016 Prime Minister's Science Prize. Read more Audio

A science writer who says that science communication is an important way of enabling democracy, has won the 2016 Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize. Read more Audio

Smart electronic transmitters are revolutionising the way Department of Conservation rangers keep track of kākāpō. Read more Audio

In a city as culturally diverse as Auckland, how is the Kiwi accent changing and evolving? Read more Video, Audio

Chemist Sally Brooker is developing a catalyst that could be used to produce biodegradable plastic from corn. Read more Video, Audio

Drones - or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - can get a bad rap, but they can now generate meaningful data for a range of different industries. Read more Video, Audio