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Our Changing World for Thursday 12 July 2018

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  • Southern right whales returning to mainland New Zealand

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    Mother and calf southern right whales, photographed from a research drone at the Auckland Islands breeding grounds.

    9:07 PM.A southern right whale in Wellington Harbour is a sign that the species is recovering after being hunted nearly to extinction. Read more Audio

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  • Bringing the river into the lab

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    Engineer Heide Friedrich. She is holding a piece of moulded 'riverbed' covered in small pebbles. Water flowing above this rough riverbed is photographed and videoed using the cameras mounted above the flume.

    9:06 PM.In the Water Engineering Laboratory at the University of Auckland, engineers are recreating rivers, to understand how water flows, and how floods behave. Read more Audio

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  • Our Changing World for 12 July 2018

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    9:05 PM.Whale expert Will Rayment tells us all about New Zealand's southern right whales, and engineers are studying the flow of rivers in the University of Auckland's Water Engineering Laboratory. Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 5 July 2018
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 19 July 2018
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