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Preview: Terror-Fi Festival
Dan Slevin previews three titles from Aotearoa’s number one festival celebrating genre films. Video
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Bioheritage science challenge teaching youth about biodiversity
Entries for the BioHeritage National Science Challenge closes later this evening. The competition gave kids young and old the opportunity to make and colour their own paper kanakana in the hopes of… Audio
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'World renowned' study still going after 50 years gets its third director
Moana Theodore will take over the long-running research project, following the death of former director Richie Poulton. Audio
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New Dunedin Study director named
The University of Otago this morning has named Moana Theodore as the new director for its famous research programme, the Dunedin Study.
The Otago epidemiologist is only the third director the study… Audio
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Maori health collaboration licence to cultivate mushrooms
Audio 24 Oct 2023A Maori health science collaboration which has just been granted New Zealands's first licence to cultivate an indigenous fungi containing psilocybin. Rangiwaho Marae, based south of Gisborne, is… Audio
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Fiji PM's fossil fuel comments 'harmful and destructive', climate network says
Pacific climate network, representing communities deeply impacted by the climate crisis, are disappointed with the recent remarks made by the Fiji PM regarding the fossil fuel industry.
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The warnings before NZ's spending on measuring cattle burps from space
How did New Zealand come to invest $29m in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan that will not improve New Zealand's methane estimates?
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Hearing, vision tests for students lead to 'significant transformation'
Wearing glasses for the first time or getting their hearing problems treated had been life changing for students at Edmund Hillary School - both inside and outside the classroom, according to…
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Auckland Anniversary floods: Computerised weather modelling performed poorly, review finds
Improving MetService's severe weather forecasts to accurately predict freak destructive storms, such as the Auckland Anniversary downpour, will take "substantial and ongoing investment".
That's one… Audio
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MetService on criticism: Auckland Anniversary flooding was 'unprecedented'
MetService is defending itself against criticism it was unable to forecast the extreme rainfall that led to deadly flooding in Auckland in January.
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Ted Cheeseman: Can AI and citizen science save our marine mammals?
Happywhale.com - a global database of of marine mammal images - harnesses the power of citizen science and rapid advancements in AI, to track some of the ocean's largest and most endangered creatures… Audio
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'Never seen anything like it' - Explorers travel to ends of earth to create card game
A group of 22 inspiring explorers have returned from South Georgia after a week on one of the most remote islands in the world.
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Will Stone: The Benefits of a cold plunge
Audio 22 Oct 2023Reported benefits of a cold plunge include relieving sore muscles, helping recovery post-workout, reducing inflammation, and boosting immunity. Some also report mental health benefits, like reducing… Audio
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Disappearing dotterel nests: Defence Force implicated
Banded dotterel nests in the Waimakariri River have disappeared after Defence Force vehicles were seen doing driver training in the area.
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India launches test flight ahead of sending man into space
India's space agency has carried out the first in a series of tests flights ahead of its planned mission to take astronauts into space in 2025.
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Answer to New Zealand's maths problem remains elusive
New Zealand has a maths problem. Our grades are getting worse. What is the solution? By Venetia Sherson.
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Long Read: There and back again
By Kate Evans: Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of animal migration and navigation for centuries. Audio
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Long Read: There and back again
By Kate Evans: Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of animal migration and navigation for centuries.
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2022 Wellington Jazz Festival: Sunday Mixtape
The Sunday Mixtape, commissioned by the Wellington Jazz Festival, was an opportunity for three very different Aotearoa jazz musicians to present sets of brand new music. Video, Audio
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The school with a farm on site – but should it have animals?
A Canterbury school is weighing up the future of animals on its farm as urban life spreads into the traditionally rural area.
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'Wouldn't want to do anything else' says head shepherd at Otapawa Station
A young man who switched from working in insurance to working the land was one of the finalists for Beef and Lambs emerging leaders award. Audio
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'Wouldn't want to do anything else' says head shepherd at Otapawa Station
A young man who switched from working in insurance to working the land was one of the finalists for Beef and Lambs emerging leaders award.
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Massey University job cuts: Protesters demand vice chancellor's resignation
Students and teachers at Massey University are calling for the vice chancellor to resign as the education provider plans significant job cuts.
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How fear has driven modern civilisation
Audio 20 Oct 2023Fear is what keeps us alive but it can also be destructive and divisive. In his new book Fear: An Alternative History of the World, historian Robert Peckham looks at the role fear has played across… Audio
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Tongan volcanic eruption caused ozone depletion
The eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai early last year chewed up about 5-percent of ozone over the tropical south-western Pacific and Indian Ocean.
The volcanic plume, which reached… Audio
