Alison Ballance
Alison Ballance retrospective 4: ocean acidification
Alison Ballance's foray into the vaults finds a feature on ocean acidification, The Acid Test and adds a 2021 update. Audio
Our Changing World for 22 April 2021
In this week's retrospective, Alison Ballance revisits an ocean acidification special feature called The Acid Test. Audio
2020 Prime Minister's Science Prize winners
There are some familiar names as well as some new faces among the winners of the 2020 Prime Minister's Science Prizes. Audio
Our Changing World for 15 April 2021
2020 Prime Minister's Science Prize winners talk about their research and teaching. Audio
Alison Ballance retrospective 3: Voice of the Iceberg
Alison Ballance digs into Our Changing World's Antarctic treasure chest and finds part 2 of Voice of the Iceberg. Audio
Our Changing World for 8 April 2021
Alison Ballance digs into the Our Changing World archives for an Antarctic blast from the past with Voice of the Iceberg 2: Revelation. Audio
Alison Ballance retrospective 2: Kaikōura earthquake science
Alsion Ballance revisits a story looking at the complexity of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. Audio
Our Changing World for 1 April 2021
In this week's retrospective, Alison Ballance looks at the 'big ones': a big earthquake in Kaikōura in 2016 and a big science effort to understand it. Audio
Alison Ballance's world is changing
With more than a thousand conservation stories under her waterproof parka, science journalist Alison Ballance is retiring from RNZ's Our Changing World programme. Audio
Alison Ballance retrospective 1: shags & eagle rays
Alison Ballance looks back at the 1,000+ stories she has made, and revisits stone-eating spotted shags and urban eagle rays Audio
Our Changing World for 25 March 2021
Alison Ballance plays favourites from the archives - stone-eating spotted shags and urban eagle rays. Audio
More seabirds for Mana Island
The story of a seabird translocation to Mana Island, involving fluffy white-faced storm petrel chicks, artificial burrows and sardine smoothies. Audio
Our Changing World for 18 March 2021
Seabird species are being reintroduced to Mana Island to help restore the ecology of the island. Audio
Our Changing World for 11 March 2021
Rare dolphins and whales were among the discoveries when the Far Out Ocean Research Collective surveyed the seas off Northland. Audio
A new test for IVF embryos
Fertility researchers are developing a new way of testing IVF embryos that have too many chromosomes. Video, Audio
Glaciers as barometers of climate change
Shaun Eaves talks about glaciers in the North Island and how evidence left behind by glaciers can help reconstruct past climates. Audio
Our Changing World for 4 March 2021
Developing a new test for detecting IVF embryos carrying too many chromosomes, and what past and present glaciers can tell us about climate. Audio
Our Changing World for 25 February 2021
Mapping the hidden reservoirs of underground water across New Zealand and a mātauranga Māori view on moving freshwater species. Audio
Weka: a wily but wary bird
Ornithologist and author Ralph Powlesland is intimately acquainted with the weka families on the regenerating Marlborough Sounds farm where he lives. Audio
Disaster law
University of Canterbury's John Hopkins and Toni Collins explain disaster law and shortcomings in NZ's legal system highlighted by the Canterbury earthquakes. Audio