Alison Ballance

Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio

Tsunami hazards for New Zealand were recently revised based on new knowledge about very large earthquakes on plate boundaries Audio

NIWA has been measuring how wind speeds up across rough ground in the Belmont Hills with the aim of improving the building code Audio

Pacific geckos are nocturnal and searching for them involves using spotlights at night in the hope of catching a glimpse of their eyes or belly Audio

Pacific geckos are nocturnal and searching for them involves using spotlights at night in the hope of catching a glimpse of their eyes or belly Audio

The Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group is tackling the growing problem of wilding pine trees in the Queenstown basin Audio

The Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group is tackling the growing problem of wilding pine trees in the Queenstown basin Audio

The Kopuatai peat bog on the Hauraki Plains is a natural laboratory to study how the planet breathes and uses carbon. Audio

Okarito rowi are New Zealand's rarest kiwi, and chicks that hatch in the wild have a 95% chance of being killed by a stoat. To avoid this grisly death every rowi egg is 'rescued' from the wild and… Audio

Conservationist Gerry McSweeney talks about old growth forest and using 1080 for biodiversity restoration at a landscape scale Audio

Marine reserves, how marine life responds to protection and how much progress New Zealand is making in protecting 10% of its marine environment Audio

Since 2005, 13 dogs have died from eating toxic algae in the Hutt River. Greater Wellington already carries out regular monitoring and issues warnings if necessary, but Mark Heath at Victoria… Audio

For more than a hundred years the New Zealand storm petrel was thought to be extinct. Its rediscovery ten years ago made headlines in the birding world, but it was just a few months ago that it was… Audio