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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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00:30:14

Precious field books part of enormous heritage project

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/16

Field notebooks from some of NZ's first surveyors are among 1000s of historic documents digitised by LINZ in one of the world's largest cultural heritage projects.

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00:29:53

Our Changing World for 16 August 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/16

LINZ has almost completed one of the largest cultural heritage archiving projects in the world, of notebooks and plans that underpin property boundaries in NZ.

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00:17:01

Can an introduced parasitic wasp control a nuisance...

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/09

After years of trials, Scion entomologists believe New Zealand could safely introduce a parasitic wasp to control the eucalyptus tortoise beetle.

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00:09:58

Micro-fossils, filing cabinets and past climate change

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/09

Tiny grains of fossil pollen are helping GNS Science researchers piece together the big picture of past environments.

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00:26:37

Our Changing World for 9 August 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/09

Finding out if an introduced parasitic wasp could be a biocontrol agent for a pest of eucalpytus trees, and how fossil pollen can tell us about lost worlds.

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00:16:37

Mussels on the move

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/02

Kākahi or freshwater mussels are being moved to Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington as part of an ambitious restoration project.

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00:09:34

Te Papa responds to scientists' concerns about...

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/02

Te Papa says it will undertake an internal review of the way it manages its collections, and an international external review of its natural history collections.

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00:10:49

Eco-friendly wood glue

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/02

Scion has developed a bio-based adhesive to make fibreboard that is environmentally friendly and even compostable.

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00:35:28

Our Changing World for 2 August 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/08/02

Kākahi or freshwater mussels on the move to Zealandia, Scion's green bio-based wood adhesive, and Te Papa announces international review of its natural history collections.

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00:20:23

DNA in fossil bone fragments reveals NZ's lost world

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/26

Bags of bone fragments are casting a genetic spotlight on New Zealand's lost natural world, and on the impact of early Polynesians on its biota.

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00:16:58

Scientist worried for Te Papa's biological collections

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/26

A world-renowned fossil expert is concerned about the impact of a restructure at Te Papa on its important natural history collections.

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00:36:38

Our Changing World for 26 July 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/26

Ancient e-DNA from bits of old bones is shedding new light on New Zealand's "lost world" and the impact of humans, and concerns about Te Papa's natural history collections.

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00:19:29

Robots - Nao and the Bristlebots

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/19

A humanoid robot called Nao, and swarms of bio-inspired little robots that behave like social insects, wowed crowds at Dunedin's International Science Festival.

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00:12:52

Biofuels made from sawdust

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/19

Researchers say that liquid fuels made from sawdust from specially planted plantation trees could be a winner in New Zealand.

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00:31:07

Our Changing World for 19 July 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/19

A humanoid robot called Nao and tiny bristlebot robots charmed kids at the International Science Festival in Dunedin, and using pyrolosis to make biofuels from sawdust.

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00:15:30

Southern right whales returning to mainland New Zealand

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/12

A southern right whale in Wellington Harbour is a sign that the species is recovering after being hunted nearly to extinction.

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00:13:45

Bringing the river into the lab

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/12

In the Water Engineering Laboratory at the University of Auckland, engineers are recreating rivers, to understand how water flows, and how floods behave.

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00:27:41

Our Changing World for 12 July 2018

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/12

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.

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00:14:44

Hunt for kauri that are resistant to kauri dieback...

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/05

Researchers at Scion hope that thousands of tiny kauri seedlings might include some that are resistant to kauri dieback disease.

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00:08:56

Native birds doing well in Wellington

Our Changing World ·

2018/07/05

A renaissance in native forest bird numbers in the capital is helped by urban bush and Predator Free Wellington efforts.

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