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Nasa probe launches to metal asteroid Psyche
The launch of the investigating spacecraft, also named Psyche, took place from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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Rebecca Priestley: navigating end times
Rebecca Priestley's new memoir End Times moves between recollections of teen punk nihilism and a flirtation with born again Christianity, to a modern day climate anxiety-fuelled South Island road… Audio
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University cuts the 'wrong direction to go' - professor
An agricultural academic has blasted Massey University's plans to slash jobs in plant science, natural sciences and food tech.
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Pet obesity is a bigger problem than you think
When a cat called Harry arrived at the Dunedin SPCA, he tipped the scales at 11.72 kilograms. That's nearly three times the weight that he should have been. But our next guest says that although… Audio
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Massey University students plea for science courses to remain
Yesterday we looked at the issue of university cuts - and how Victoria and Otago universities are working together to save their language courses. Today, we're looking at a change proposal out of… Audio
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Rural students face bigger climb to enter university
New research has laid bare the challenges rural high school students face getting into tertiary education, compared to city students.
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Why a local council is X-raying trees
Deciding whether to chop a tree down has often been a fraught process at the Marlborough District Council, but new technology could change that.
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Renee White: how to be a more peaceful parent
Audio 12 Oct 2023When Renee White had kids she was determined to raise them how she wished she had been raised. But when her son Eli was one and a half, in the middle of a tantrum, Renee found herself saying things… Audio
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Why are penguins so cool?
Giant penguins weighing up to 150 kilograms once roamed the waters around New Zealand. Claire Concannon speaks to a palaeontologist and learns about penguin evolution, extinct species that dwarfed… Audio
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Why are penguins so cool?
Giant penguins weighing up to 150 kilograms once roamed the waters around New Zealand. Claire Concannon speaks to a palaeontologist and learns about penguin evolution, extinct species that dwarfed…
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Our Changing World – Penguin evolution
How did penguins go from flying in the air, to 'flying' underwater? Claire Concannon speaks to a palaeontologist to learn about penguin evolution across 62 million years and the extinct giant penguin… Audio
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How used scooter batteries could power our fight against pests
Using old e-scooter batteries and artificial intelligence, a Christchurch-based charity and company is developing technology to target possums, stoats, rats and other pests. Shaun Ryan is the managing… Audio
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Rivers in the sky, heatwaves in the sea: Aotearoa's climate outlook
Bigger, heavier 'rivers in the sky' - like the atmospheric river that brought record rainfall to Auckland in January - are on the cards as the planet heats, the latest report on Aotearoa's climate…
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'Gold-plated project': $503m Scott Base upgrade stalled amid govt-contractor fall out
A polar expert is calling for transparency over why the planned half-a-billion-dollar redevelopment of New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica has stalled at the contract stage.
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Midday Rural News for 10 October 2023
Massey University is proposing reducing staff in food technology and plant and natural sciences by 60 percent with more than 100 jobs expected to go.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
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Te Whatu Ora finds 'significant' risks at labs, workers catch typhoid from samples
Te Whatu Ora is moving to check the safety of hospital labs nationwide after staff at one in Auckland were exposed to toxic fumes, at others two caught typhoid and delays jeopardised patients' care.
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Nobel economics prize awarded to Goldin for work on women's pay
This year's Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an American economic historian, for her work on women's employment and pay.
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Our fascinating, yet forgotten forest
Audio 10 Oct 2023Glow-in-the-dark fungi, parasitic orchids, slime moulds that hunt the forest floor for prey - it's a lost world hiding in plain sight. According to ecologist Robert Vennell our forests are overflowing… Audio
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Smart mouthguards to be introduced at WXV
World Rugby will introduce smart mouthguard technology as part of the Head Injury Assessment and it will make its debut in the WXV women's competition this month.
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Predicted $50m loss for Massey University this year
Massey University is forecasting a loss of more than $50 million this year, but is not saying how it sank into a financial hole.
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How to talk politics with your mates: Don't mention the E word
Talking politics is never easy, but tricky conversations are getting harder to avoid ahead of the election. The experts weigh in on how to emerge from a political conversation with dignity intact.
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What happens when nowhere is safe for a 13-year-old fighting everyone - including her parents
Audio 9 Oct 2023At one point, Michelle says, she was convinced her 13-year-old daughter was going to kill her. She was desperate for help.
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Report into Covid-19 response advises masks in some settings
New Zealand's restrictions during the pandemic saved the lives of about 20,000 people, according to new research.
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Christchurch will host major climate conference in 2025
The United Nations has announced Christchurch will host an international climate conference in 2025.
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Kim Stanley Robinson: Imagining the future and finding hope
US writer Kim Stanley Robinson spends a lot of time imagining the future. The author of more than 20 novels, including his best-selling The Mars Trilogy, he's considered one of the greatest writers of… Audio
