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  • Planetary scientist Alan Stern

    Alan Stern is a planetary scientist, aerospace engineer and the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission, which launched a plutonium-powered spacecraft set for Pluto over nine years ago. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Turtle Invasion

    They're pesky critters and they're taking over Auckland waterways. Read more Audio

  • Tony Merriman: sugar, gout and genes

    Professor in the Biochemistry Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, and an associate investigator at the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Moelcular Biodiversity. His research takes a… Read more Audio

  • Junior Champ: Attitude Award Winner Nic Brockelbank

    Nic Brockelbank has just won the Junior section of the annual Attitude Awards; awards that recognise the achievements of people living with disabilities. The 13 year-old lives in Cambridge, has… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Cooking for trampers and campers

    Paul and Rebecca Garland have recipes for camp scones, four cheese pasta or gnocchi and steamed ginger pudding. Paul Garland has been a keen tramper for 50 years, he's walked the length of New Zealand… Read more Audio

  • Sino-English a new global language

    business education

    Not “Chinglish” anymore. Professor Jonathan Stalling has created Sino-English, a new alphabet for 350 million speakers with world-wide applications. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Eye in the Sky: A Drone Above New Zealand

    An asset or a pest? It all depends on how you look at drones. But for photographer Grant Sheehan, they've opened up all kinds of opportunities to photograph New Zealand from different aerial angles… Read more Audio, Gallery