Alison Ballance

In May, the Kermadecs Biodiscovery Expedition spent three weeks in the island group surveying the diversity of marine life around the coast. Alison Ballance was on the boat, and Auckland Museum's Tom… Audio

More than a hundred marine scientists have gathered at Stewart Island this week to talk about the management and protection of New Zealand's seas. Audio

A 47-kilometre long predator-proof fence is the key to making Maunagtautari mainland island a safe home for rare forest birds. Audio

Alison Ballance accompanies some rowi, New Zealand's rarest kiwi species, on a transfer to Blumine Island in the Marlborough Sounds. Audio

When you see photos of Antarctica the ice looks white and pretty sterile, but surprisingly, the sea ice that covers the ocean around Antarctica each winter teems with life. Alison Ballance visited a… Audio

Scientists have discovered several new species of tropical fish during New Zealand's largest ever scientific expedition of the Kermadec Islands. Audio

2011 Royal Society of NZ Science Book Prize won by Alison Ballance's 'Kakapo - rescued from the brink of extinction'.

If you've ever driven the Desert Road around this time of year you may have noticed a purple haze in the roadside vegetation. Audio

On one small stream north of Wellington, an engineering tweak to flood-gates might be just the thing to help more whitebait move in and out. Audio

Don Merton - the man who saved the Chatham Island black robin from extinction - passed away last week. He is also famous worldwide for his work with kakapo and saddlebacks. In his last interview… Audio

A New Zealand conservationist famous around the world for his work with endangered bird species, Don Merton, has died at the age of 72. Audio

A multi-disciplinary team from Waikato and Canterbury universities is mapping the Dry Valley ecosystem to create a GIS model Audio

Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour is being restored to natural forest, which involves some weeding of NZ native species Audio

Gary Wilson takes a sensitive gravity meter into the field in Antarctica to measure very tiny differences in gravity Audio

Introduced fish are making a real nuisance of themselves in many New Zealand lakes and rivers. Audio

A tortoise that was half a metre long, probably had horns and a clubbed tail once roamed New Zealand. Audio