Alison Ballance
Kermadec 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.
AudioMoving animals for conservation
There have been hundreds of relocations of animals for conservation reasons in New Zealand and Australia - so what lessons have we learnt Audio
Moving animals for conservation
There have been hundreds of relocations of animals for conservation reasons in New Zealand and Australia - so what lessons have we learnt
AudioOil off a duck's back
It takes 400 litres of freshwater to clean a seabird that has been covered in oil, but new research using ducks shows that seawater is a viable alternative Audio
Oil off a duck's back
It takes 400 litres of freshwater to clean a seabird that has been covered in oil, but new research using ducks shows that seawater is a viable alternative
AudioRethinking enzyme evolution
Proteins have evolved over many millions of years - but they can also evolve rapidly, in just years, and this offers insights into how evolution itself works Audio
Rethinking enzyme evolution
Proteins have evolved over many millions of years - but they can also evolve rapidly, in just years, and this offers insights into how evolution itself works
AudioThe worm returns
Many farms in New Zealand are missing deep burrowing earthworms, that can help better grass growth, so Nicole Schon is relocating worms to farms in need Audio
The worm returns
Many farms in New Zealand are missing deep burrowing earthworms, that can help better grass growth, so Nicole Schon is relocating worms to farms in need
Audio'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties Audio
'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties
AudioDoes your first language influence your trombone playing?
Matthias Heyne is investigating whether the tongue positions we learn as part of our native language influences the way trombonists play their instruments Video, Audio
Does your first language influence your trombone playing?
Matthias Heyne is investigating whether the tongue positions we learn as part of our native language influences the way trombonists play their instruments
Video, AudioComplexity, resilience and bees
Jason Tylianakis is an ecologist trying to understand how our complex natural world responds to change Audio
Complexity, resilience and bees
Jason Tylianakis is an ecologist trying to understand how our complex natural world responds to change
AudioTheta-R - a sound and light installation
Among the works at the recent Lux festival in Wellington was an audiovisual kinetic sculpture called Theta-R Video, Audio
Theta-R - a sound and light installation
Among the works at the recent Lux festival in Wellington was an audiovisual kinetic sculpture called Theta-R
Video, AudioHuman hunting and Stewart Island Shags
Hunting by Maori had very different effects on the Stewart Island and Otago populations of Stewart Island shags. Audio
Human hunting and Stewart Island Shags
Hunting by Maori had very different effects on the Stewart Island and Otago populations of Stewart Island shags.
AudioJunk Food: plastic pollution is a growing threat to seabirds
A new study says that 90% of the world's seabirds ingest plastic, and those seabirds that feed in the Tasman Sea are most at risk from plastic Audio
