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Food: The Unbakery
Megan May is all about getting people to eat more veges. The founder of Little Bird Organics and Auckland cafes, The Unbakeries has now launched an app to help make it easier for people to eat fresh… Audio, Gallery
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Science commentator, Siouxsie Wiles
Siouxsie Wiles gets to grips with sexy song birds and 'God spots' and talks about a recent New Zealand study that suggests there is no benefit to taking paracetamol when you've got the flu. Audio
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Kiwi learning about the US bird 'flu problem
A New Zealand veterinarian has just returned from the United States where he learned about its battle with avian influenza.
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Vanuatu Biosecurity firm on illegal food imports
Biosecurity authorities in Vanuatu have promised to punish a Chinese company over illegal food imports.
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Illegal birds' nests 'could devastate poultry industry'
The prosecution of a man who tried to import 68 birds' nests from Malaysia has been welcomed by the country's poultry industry.
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Egg industry backs hefty fine for illegal imports
The egg industry is pleased that the Ministry for Primary Industries has cracked an illegal egg importing case.
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Bird flu hits turkeys in US
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza hitting the poulty industry in the United States is having traumatic emotional and financial impacts on farmers.
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NZ disease control specialist honoured
Leading New Zealand scientist Roger Morris, who is an epidemiologist at Massey University, will be honoured at a symposium on disease control in Chicago tomorrow.
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Bird flu is confirmed at a British duck breeding farm
Audio 18 Nov 2014A poultry farm in the Netherlands has been closed after an outbreak of Bird Flu and officials in Britain have also discovered a case of Bird Flu in an East Yorkshire duck breeding farm. Audio
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EU to meet on Netherlands bird flu
The European Commission will hold an urgent meeting to establish what further measures to adopt to contain an outbreak of a highly contagious strain of bird flu in the Netherlands.
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Bird flu H5N8 found in Netherlands
Dutch authorities have banned the transport of poultry throughout the Netherlands after a strain of bird flu was found at a poultry farm.
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The Week In Review for week ending Nov 14 2014
Audio 14 Nov 2014A review of the week's news including... A likely swift deportation from Brazil for a recaptured fugitive, domestic violence is estimated to be costing the country as much as 7 billion dollars a year… Audio
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No border crackdown over Ebola - Key
New Zealand will continue with voluntary reporting on Ebola and will not follow Australia's lead on stronger border and quarantine measures, according to the Prime Minister. Audio
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NZ 'needs to be prepared for Ebola'
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says New Zealand had to be prepared for Ebola after taking a tour of one of the containment units set up to deal with the outbreak here. Video
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Avian flu ruled out in mass chicken deaths in Palau
Audio 10 Apr 2014Contaminated water and not avian flu may be behind the death of hundreds of chickens on a Palau poultry farm. Audio
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Palau not seeing outbreak of avian flu
Contaminated water and not avian flu may be behind the death of hundreds of chickens on a Palau poultry farm. A government team was called up to investigate nine days...
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Bird flu death confirmed in Canada
Health officials in Canada have confirmed the first known human death in North America caused by the H5N1 bird flu strain.
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Tourist with bird flu in Taiwan
Officials in Taiwan say they are monitoring hundreds of people who may have had contact with a tourist from mainland China infected with the H7-N9 strain of bird flu.
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Taiwan monitoring tourist with bird flu
Officials in Taiwan say authorities are monitoring hundreds of people who may have had contact with a mainland Chinese tourist infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu.
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Another case of deadly virus in China
China has confirmed another case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus.
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China H7N9 bird flu toll now 43
The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 43. The virus was first reported in late March.
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Naked Science
Audio 13 Jul 2013The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week, the way the H7N9 flu virus can pass from bird to human is revealed. Plus a way to safely sterilise medical equipment in the remotest parts of… Audio
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Tune Your Engine - Avian Influenza
Audio 14 May 2013The new H7N9 strain of avian influenza has so far affected 130 people in China, 32 of them confirmed dead. Dr. Ian Barr, who's with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on… Audio
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GPG sells shares in Ridley
Guinness Peat Group has agreed to sell its 19.5% shareholding in Ridley Corporation for about $A54 million to California-based AGR Partners.
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Naked Science
Audio 4 May 2013Dr Chris Smith with the latest on the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China. Plus a timely paper in 'Nature' on a drug that blocks flu infections, and how honey helps bees stay healthy and cope with… Audio
