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Healthy streams - healthy harbour
Whaingaroa Harbour Care have planted more than 1.4 million native plants along streams around Raglan,and the harbour is much cleaner as a result Audio
Healthy streams - healthy harbour
Whaingaroa Harbour Care have planted more than 1.4 million native plants along streams around Raglan,and the harbour is much cleaner as a result
AudioKokopu condos and tuna townhouse
A housing project for native fish in suburban streams is hoping to provide safe refuges for giant kokopu and long-finned eels Video, Audio
Kokopu condos and tuna townhouse
A housing project for native fish in suburban streams is hoping to provide safe refuges for giant kokopu and long-finned eels
Video, AudioEat better, think better - diet and the brain
Psychologists and nutritionists at the University of Otago are studying how diet can have a positive impact on heart and brain health Audio
Saving the rarest of the rare - Endangered Species Foundation
The newly launched Endangered Species Foundation has identified some key threatened species that need urgent conservation work Audio
Hair of the kuri or Maori dog
Ecologist Cilla Wehi hopes that the hair and bones of kuri, or now extinct Maori dog, might hold clues to what they ate Audio
Hair of the kuri or Maori dog
Ecologist Cilla Wehi hopes that the hair and bones of kuri, or now extinct Maori dog, might hold clues to what they ate
AudioUltra-fast lasers
Ultra-fast lasers - or more properly ultra short-pulsed lasers - are very accurate, which makes them useful in industry and research Audio
Ultra-fast lasers
Ultra-fast lasers - or more properly ultra short-pulsed lasers - are very accurate, which makes them useful in industry and research
AudioKaika Energy - from food waste to fertiliser and biogas
A group of Year 13 students from Kaikorai Valley College in Dunedin have created a biotechnology company and installed a biodigestor at school Audio
Kaika Energy - from food waste to fertiliser and biogas
A group of Year 13 students from Kaikorai Valley College in Dunedin have created a biotechnology company and installed a biodigestor at school
AudioWhy kakariki are losing their feathers
Tiny skin mites are causing mange and feather loss amongst red-crowned parakeets on Tiritiri Matangi Island, and a screening programme is keeping an eye on the problem Audio, Gallery
Why kakariki are losing their feathers
Tiny skin mites are causing mange and feather loss amongst red-crowned parakeets on Tiritiri Matangi Island, and a screening programme is keeping an eye on the problem
AudioScience of stony soils and water
There are a million hectares of stony soils in New Zealand - and scientists are using lysimeters to measure how water and cow urine move through them Audio
Science of stony soils and water
There are a million hectares of stony soils in New Zealand - and scientists are using lysimeters to measure how water and cow urine move through them
AudioKermadec region becomes an open ocean sanctuary
This week, the government announced the creation of the Kermadec ocean sanctuary, which covers 620,000 square kilometres and bans mining, prospecting and fishing. Audio, Gallery
