Rebecca Priestley
Review: End Times by Rebecca Priestley
Rebecca Priestley’s new memoir explores the complications of living in a world under threat across two parallel timelines.
Rebecca Priestley: navigating end times
Rebecca Priestley's new memoir End Times moves between recollections of teen punk nihilism and a flirtation with born again Christianity, to a modern day climate anxiety-fuelled South Island road… Audio
An icy obsession – Antarctica looms large in the career and imagination of science writer Rebecca Priestley
At the NZ Arts Festival 2020, Rebecca Priestley talks about Antarctica with the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor Juliet Gerrard. Audio
Rebecca Priestley - Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica
In 'Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica' science journalist Rebecca Priestley tells the story of her visits to the 'wide white continent' that started in 2011. With a lifelong interest in the place, a… Audio
It’s been art vs. science – should it instead be art and science?
The connection between science and art is tested by Siouxsie Wiles, Rebecca Priestley, Huhana Smith and Anne Noble in conversation with Kim Hill. Audio
Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize 2016 - Rebecca Priestley
A science writer who says that science communication is an important way of enabling democracy, has won the 2016 Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize. Audio
Ice Science
Sexually depraved penguins, polar sunrises, fish soaked in anti-freeze. Hear Antarcticans Rebecca Priestley, Tim Naish and Rhian Salmon from Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Science talk… Audio
Rebecca Priestley: anthologising Antarctica
Senior Lecturer in the Science in Society Group, Victoria University of Wellington, and editor of Dispatches from Continent Seven: an Anthology of Antarctic Science, a new collection of writings by… Audio
The Big Chill
In conversation with Ed Butler, Chris Turney, Rebecca Priestley and Veronika Meduna explore their different perspectives on writing about Antarctica. Audio
Kermadec Whales and Dolphins
Humpback whales & bottlenose dolphins are common at Raoul Island but there is some doubt as to which populations they belong to Audio
Our Changing World - Mysterious Pumice in the Kermadecs
Science writer Rebecca Priestley was on board MHNZS Canterbury a few weeks ago, en route to the Kermadec Islands, when the ship encountered a large floating mass of newly erupted pumice - the mystery… Audio
Kermadec Pumice Mystery
En route to the Kermadec Islands, the HMNZS Canterbury encountered a large raft of pumice, but which volcano did it come from? Audio
Our Changing World - Nuclear Past
In her new book, 'Mad on Radium', science historian Rebecca Priestley charts New Zealand's unexpectedly rich history as a nuclear nation. Audio
New Zealand in the Atomic Age
Science historian Rebecca Priestley talks about her new book, Mad on Radium, which charts New Zealand's nuclear history Audio
The Art of Science - Rebecca Priestly
The Art of Science, curated by Rebecca Priestly, opens at Shed 11 in Wellington on Thursday and will be travelling around the country until 2013. Audio
The Art of Science - Rebecca Priestley
The Art of Science, curated by Rebecca Priestley, opens at Shed 11 in Wellington on Thursday and will be travelling around the country until 2013. Audio
Rebecca Priestley
Rebecca Priestley is the inaugural winner of the NZ Science Book Prize. Audio
Science Anthology
New Zealand's first science anthology, edited by science historian Rebecca Priestley, is launched this week. Audio
Science with Veronica Meduna
In our science story - the first collection of writings by New Zealand's scientists. Audio
Rebecca Priestly: science stories
Editor of the Awa Book of New Zealand Science, and co-author of Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA: 68 Great Scientists. Audio