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Our Changing World for Thursday 14 November 2019

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  • Our Changing World for 14 November 2019

    environment life and society

    9:05 PM.Predator-free Miramar Peninsula kicked off in the middle of the year and aims to get rid of rats and stoats. It is part of a wider to goal to make Wellington a predator-free capital city. Audio

  • Making Wellington a predator-free city

    environment life and society
    Predator-Free Miramar team member Sebastian du Feu carrying one of the 1800 trap boxes positioned in a 100-metre grid across Miramar Peninsula.

    9:06 PM.By the end of this year Predator-Free Wellington hopes that the eastern suburbs on the Miramar Peninsula will be free from rat and stoats. Read more Audio

  • Tellurium - usually associated with gold

    science
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    8:00 AM.Tellurium is a metalloid often found with gold and the US town Telluride is named after it, says Prof Allan Blackman, in ep 82 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Terbium - turns up in old TVs & new Euro notes

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    8:00 AM.A discovery from the chemically prolific Swedish village of Ytterby, terbium produced the green on old TV sets & adds security to Euro notes, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 83 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 7 November 2019
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