Engineering
Reopening Urban Streams
We're joined by Tiffany Palmer, a civil engineer who has been investigating the benefits of reopening our urban streams. Audio
The journalist who went undercover to infiltrate a white nationalist group
When Winnipeg Free Press writer Ryan Thorpe saw flyers recruiting for white nationalist group The Base, he had two choices: write a bog-standard reaction piece or take a more drastic approach and go… Audio
Wuhan coronavirus continues to weave path of destruction
A coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan has now killed more than 40 people and infected more than 1,100, with the virus also spreading to at least nine other countries. Nathan VanderKlippe… Audio
Love of fixing things leads to Apprentice of the Year win
When it was time for Perrie Thomas to decide on his career pathway from school, a love of fixing things lead him to engineering. Audio
Up the wall: New research into sound-proofing
Noisy neighbours and their sounds are a familiar, but frustrating, element of modern living and more likely to increase as we all live more closely together. Now a small team of engineers at the… Audio
Shaped by the wind
The 20-metre long wind tunnel at the University of Auckland is used to test the aerodynamics of objects as varied as Olympic cyclists and buildings, as well as drones, ancient building designs & tiny… Audio
Our Changing World for 19 September 2019
The largest wind tunnel in New Zealand is used to test everything from the effects of turbulence on drones to ancient building designs and tiny gas turbines. Audio
Driverless future. New Zealand AV ace Dave Ferguson
Wellington born Dave Ferguson is the co-founder and president of Nuro, which has created the R1, an unmanned self-driving vehicle, custom-built to transport goods. Dave has worked on robotics and… Audio
Women in engineering
Even in this day and age, female engineers are still hard to come by. That could be because there is a still stigma in the industry that women aren't "suited" to the job. Professor Philippa Martin… Audio
New way to stop unwanted biofouling
Electroclear is a start-up company at the University of Auckland using electric fields to deter small marine organisms from settling on boats and underwater structures. Video, Audio
What connects dancing naked in Paris with escaping from Gloriavale, success in extreme sport, and a life as a female engineer?
Four women tell Mirama Kamo stories from their adventurous lives: Hollie Woodhouse, Lilia Tarawa, Michelle Dickinson and Margaret Austin. Audio
How Hyperloop could change the way we live
The future of transportation could see passengers hurtling through vacuum tubes of speeds of up to 900km/h. Senior Civil Engineer Ismaeel Babur explains the system. Audio
Truck-trailer design problems hidden - OIA documents
Documents say a heavy vehicle engineer kept quiet about deficiencies in his design for two years until a trailer snapped off a truck, exposing the problem. A safety alert went out about the engineer… Audio
Agricultural engineer doesn't miss a beet
Peter's most successful creation to date is a beet harvesting bucket for tractors. His BEETBOSS attracted worldwide interest recently when a YouTube video of some 'rugged bucket action' went viral. Video, Audio, Gallery
Bringing the river into the lab
In the Water Engineering Laboratory at the University of Auckland, engineers are recreating rivers, to understand how water flows, and how floods behave. Audio
Our Changing World for 12 July 2018
Whale expert Will Rayment tells us all about New Zealand's southern right whales, and engineers are studying the flow of rivers in the University of Auckland's Water Engineering Laboratory. Audio
Fee McLeod: Super STEM Fair
Auckland's MOTAT is having a Super STEM Fair for budding scientists, inventors, engineers and maths whizzes on 8 April. Fee McLeod from The Mindlab by Unitec talks about how to get children away… Audio
Buildings that better survive earthquakes
Engineer Geoff Rodgers is designing a new generation of low-damage buildings that move in an earthquake and remain useable afterwards. Audio
Building the Aspirational Target
The government has set the aspirational target of building 100,000 affordable homesin New Zealand over the next 10 years. We talk to engineer Geoff Hunt and discuss the practicalities of this. Audio
Quake engineering boss Peter Smith on CTV decision
Queen's Counsel Nigel Hampton, who represented some of the families of those who died in the CTV building, believes the decision not to prosecute the building's engineers was not warranted, and that a… Audio