Our Changing World

Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University Read more Audio

Computer scientist Hamidf Sharifzadeh is regenerating a natural-sounding voice for people who lost the ability to speak Read more Audio

Landscape architect Mick Abbott wants to involve as many people as possible in meaningful ecological restoration projects Read more Audio

Vikki Smith introduces Alison Ballance to a trapdoor spider called Sweetheart - and you can hear the amazing sound of a spider chewing a beetle. Read more Audio

Trapdoor spiders live on mud banks in long silk-lined tunnels with a camouflaged trapdoor, and Vikki Smith has developed a cunning way of luring them out Read more Audio

Adding air puffs that we produce during speech to mobile phones and hearing aids might make understanding conversations in noisy environments easier Read more Video, Audio

Veronika Meduna joins Pacific archaeologists at the oldest cemetery in the pacific to find out about the Lapita and their epic voyage of discovery. Read more Audio

Environmental scientist Lin Roberts argues that nature's ecosystem services are good for our well-being as well as the planet Read more Audio

New Plymouth has more pockets of urban bush than any other NZ city, and ecologists study them to improve the success of ecological restorations Read more Audio

Geologists are using a cannon, a trebuchet and silly putty wrapped in condoms to investigate volcanic ballistics and better understand volcanic eruptions Read more Video, Audio

The Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust is working towards building three community-owned wind turbines that will help build the community's resilience and energy independence Read more Audio

UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says a global, legally-binding agreement will be reached at Paris climate summit, but concedes it falls short of two degree target. Read more Audio