Engineering
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
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, AudioBringing 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
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.
AudioOur 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
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.
AudioFee 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
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.
AudioBuilding 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
Mapping the gut
A flexible tool to measure electrical signals in our gut could detect serious medical conditions. Audio
Mapping the gut
A flexible tool to measure electrical signals in our gut could detect serious medical conditions.
AudioThe physics of blood spatter
Engineer Mark Jermy has been helping forensics investigators understand the science behind blood spatter evidence at crime scenes. Audio
The physics of blood spatter
Engineer Mark Jermy has been helping forensics investigators understand the science behind blood spatter evidence at crime scenes.
AudioRecord number of women enrol in engineering
Record numbers of women are enrolling in engineering degrees, with a focus on environmental issues and health care attracting more and more female students.
Record breaking female engineering enrolments
More women than ever before are studying engineering in New Zealand. Audio
