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Nights Mathematics
Dr. Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics is talking Pi. Audio
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Tool for assessing farm water quality not reliable
Scientists say the widely-used Overseer water quality system for estimating farm run-off might not be reliable - and one says it was flawed from the start.
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New Wallisian party has kingmaker roll in New Caledonia
A party formed in New Caledonia just two months ago has become the potential kingmaker after the weekend election of a new Congress. Audio
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17-year-old uni graduate: 'Maths is an infinite, beautiful puzzle'
A 17-year-old has graduated from the University of Auckland, making him one of the country's youngest university graduates ever.
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False accounting: why calorie counting is based on dodgy science
For more than 100 years the calorie has been the centrepiece of nutrition and diet advice, but it's woefully inaccurate and misleading, says journalist Peter Wilson. Audio
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Science camp for girls in Fiji
Fiji's Ministry of Women is hoping to encourage more women into science-based study with a four-day camp for 30 girls this week.
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Science camp for girls in Fiji
Fiji's Ministry of Women is hoping to encourage more women into science based study with a four day camp for thirty girls being held next week.
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PNG growth rate inflated by quake recovery - economist
While the Asian Development Bank expects an economic upturn in Papua New Guinea, a veteran economist has a different view.
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Solomon Island MPs playing 'the numbers game'
With the date for the Solomon Islands parliament to elect a prime minister expected to be announced this week, MPs may be trading more than just horses, writes RNZ Pacific's Koroi Hawkins.
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From dark stars to an idealised point: The story of seeing a black hole
Opinion - The photograph of the "cosmic belly button" that is a black hole is a staggering culmination of 200 years of inquiry, writes Richard Easther.
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A star is born: Focus on woman behind first black hole image
Twenty-nine-year-old computer scientist Katie Bouman has earned plaudits worldwide for helping develop the algorithm that created the first-ever image of a black hole. Video
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Maths and dance combine in The Fibonacci
There are many things that inspire art, and for kiwi choreographer Victoria Colombus, she's made her latest piece a tribute of one of the world's most famous mathematical formula - The Fibonacci… Audio
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Welcoming refugees after the events of 15 March
In this episode of Voices; we find out how refugees are feeling after the Christchurch shootings. Produced by Claire Crofton. Audio
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Welcoming refugees after the events of 15 March
In this episode of Voices; we find out how refugees are feeling after the Christchurch shootings. Produced by Claire Crofton.
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Sean Gourley: NZ maths genius warns about the future of AI
New Zealander Dr Sean Gourley is a prominent international expert in the mathematics of conflict situations. He speaks to Jim about the role future role of A.I in our lives. Audio
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Good gut reaction: PM Science Prize winner Dr Peng Du
Prime Minister's MacDairmid Emerging Scientist 2018 Prize-winner Dr Peng Du has developed a world-leading cutting edge non-invasive tool which records gut activity to help diagnose and treat gut… Audio
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Matt Parker on the not-so-serious side of mathematics
Many people get put off maths at a young age and think they're no good at it, but none of we humans are much good at maths, even though it underpins modern society, says mathematician and… Video, Audio
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What mathematicians do, now machines do the maths?
Stanford University Emeritus Professor Keith Devlin tells Kathryn how despite technology, maths can remain relevant, including being used to track networks of people involved in planning terrorist… Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 18 March 2019
A Vanuatu-based business adviser is warning Pacific nations placed on a new EU tax blacklist they could get locked out of trade with Europe; the PNG's Trades Union Congress hopes Bougainville chooses… Audio
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Push for more Pasifika to consider STEM careers
There is a push for greater Pasifika participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Audio
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Young physicist wins the PM's Future Scientist Prize
Modelling granular materials such as corn and salt has earned Onslow College physics student Finn Messerli the school's third Prime Minister's Future Scientist Award. Audio
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Young physicist wins the PM's Future Scientist Prize
Modelling granular materials such as corn and salt has earned Onslow College physics student Finn Messerli the school's third Prime Minister's Future Scientist Award.
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Call for Pasifika parents to encourage STEM careers
A Tongan engineer says there is not enough awareness about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, for Pasifika parents to encourage their children to choose careers in those…
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Pacific peoples fight to find themselves in NZ's Far North
The New Zealand charitable trust Fale Pasifika says Pacific people in New Zealand's far north need spaces where they can practice their culture.
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PM's science prize winners include a crime-busting software team
2018 Prime Minister's Science Prizes awarded to crime-busting software used in forensics labs, a climatologist, a young physicist, a primary teacher and a bioengineer. Video, Audio
