Urbanisation
New research looks at climate impacts on Pac urbanisation
New research to look at pressures of climate change on Pacific cities and towns. Audio
Why do people freak out when they get lost?
Professor Kenneth Hill -- a psychologist who has dedicated his career to studying how lost people behave -- discusses his decades-long research into why people lost in forest and wildlands react the… Audio
Garden bacteria can combat anxiety and depression
Professor Chris Lowry from Colorado University is part of a team of scientists who have uncovered a bacteria found in soil which can help combat anxiety and depression. Audio
Growing on
Graham Jensen has been growing fruit just north of Auckland for 42 years. He used to be one of hundreds of orchardists in the Auckland area - now only four remain. Audio
Sophie Hunt: exotic mosquito explosion
New Zealand could become home to exotic disease-carrying mosquitoes because of climate change and urbanisation. Insect scientist Sophie Hunt's work demonstrates how easily such species could establish… Audio
Ben Schrader: New Zealand's urban history
"For 150 years people have wanted to live in the city and the country at the same time" says historian Ben Schrader. Audio
SOS for Soils
Soil scientists warn that we'll need to produce more than 50 per cent more food by 2050, while large areas of fertile land disappear under cities. Audio
Big Data: From Space to Place
The first discussion panel of the Big Data series considers the questions: what makes a place? How is place imbued with personal and communal meaning? How do urbanisation and globalisation affect… Audio