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Our Changing World

Dr Claire Concannon follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-between to cover the most fascinating research being done in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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00:35:04

Our Changing World for 4 March 2021

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2021/03/04

Developing a new test for detecting IVF embryos carrying too many chromosomes, and what past and present glaciers can tell us about climate.

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00:21:37

Mapping NZ's underground water

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2021/02/25

Much of New Zealand's freshwater flows underground, and a team from GNS Science is in the process of mapping it.

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00:15:52

Collaborating to move freshwater species

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2021/02/25

University of Canterbury freshwater biologists are using a joint mātauranga Māori and western conservation science framework for their work translocating species.

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00:36:51

Our Changing World for 25 February 2021

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2021/02/25

Mapping the hidden reservoirs of underground water across New Zealand and a mātauranga Māori view on moving freshwater species.

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00:20:05

Weka: a wily but wary bird

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2021/02/18

Ornithologist and author Ralph Powlesland is intimately acquainted with the weka families on the regenerating Marlborough Sounds farm where he lives.

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00:24:32

Disaster law

Our Changing World ·

2021/02/18

University of Canterbury's John Hopkins and Toni Collins explain disaster law and shortcomings in NZ's legal system highlighted by the Canterbury earthquakes.

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00:42:46

Our Changing World for 18 February 2021

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2021/02/18

The natural history of Marlborough's weka and disaster law: what it is and its role in disaster resilience.

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00:23:29

Liquefaction: lessons from the 2011 Christchurch...

Our Changing World ·

2021/02/11

Misko Cubrinovski is interested how the ground and the structures on - and in - it behave during an earthquake.

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00:09:58

Fixing environmental problems one plant at a time

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2021/02/11

Biotechnologist David Leung finds ways to make plants solve environmental issues.

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00:32:40

Our Changing World for 11 February 2021

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2021/02/11

Liquefaction lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and biotechnologists doing interesting things with plants.

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00:21:39

Engineering new ways to treat dirty water

Our Changing World ·

2021/02/04

University of Canterbury engineers plan to 3D print the next generation of wastewater treatment filters.

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00:11:58

How to behave better towards the environment

Our Changing World ·

2021/02/04

Victoria University of Wellington's Wokje Abrahamse talks about environmental behaviour change, and projects to get people to save energy and use their cars less.

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00:33:21

Our Changing World for 4 February 2021

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2021/02/04

Designing a new kind of filter to treat wastewater and how to encourage people to behave in a more environmentally friendly way.

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00:24:19

The value of community gardens

Our Changing World ·

2021/01/28

Summer students from Victoria University of Wellington have been helping the Innermost community gardens in Wellington put numbers on their social and environmental values.

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00:12:45

Growing dune plants a challenging passion

Our Changing World ·

2021/01/28

Each year Jo Bonner and the team at Coastlands Plant Nursery in Whakatane grow 300,000 spinifex and pingao plants for dune replanting at beaches around the North Island.

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00:37:01

Our Changing World for 28 January 2021

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2021/01/28

Measuring the value of a community garden and the challenges of growing dune plants for restoring sand dune communities.

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00:09:10

Talking about abortion law reform

Our Changing World ·

2021/01/17

University of Otago student Ruby Parker says it's important to talk about abortion. She is in conversation with researcher Emma Harcourt.

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00:26:02

Rising water, rising problems

Our Changing World ·

2021/01/10

University of Otago student Jenny Stein is finding out how rising sea levels are a growing problem for many coastal settlements, including the densely populated suburb of South Dunedin.

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00:12:27

Horsing around: ketamine and me

Our Changing World ·

2021/01/03

When University of Otago student Asia King got the call to take part in a study using ketamine to treat depression, she said yes - and made a podcast about the experience.

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00:19:24

Epiphytes - high-rise plants

Our Changing World ·

2020/12/17

Discover the hidden world of arboreal plants, which get a leg-up in the world by living on trees.

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