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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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00:14:21

When the Kekerengu Fault ruptured

Our Changing World ·

2016/12/08

Geologists are combing the ground in the wake of the 7.8M Kaikōura earthquake looking for clues, to understand what happened when 9 faults rupture at the same time.

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00:13:13

Climathon - new ideas to deal with climate change

Our Changing World ·

2016/12/08

Take a hundred people motivated to do something about climate change, give them 24 hours to brainstorm ideas about practical solutions, do that around the world and you have a Climathon.

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00:24:32

Giant underwater landslide in the Kaikōura Canyon

Our Changing World ·

2016/12/01

The magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake triggered a massive underwater landslide that swept down the offshore canyon system and was still flowing more than 300 km away.

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00:18:21

When orchids smell like mushrooms - a tale of...

Our Changing World ·

2016/12/01

Spider orchids that smell like mushrooms are fooling fungus gnats into pollinating them, and Carlos Lehnebach wants to find out more about this botanical deception.

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00:18:05

Mena the penguin-detector dog

Our Changing World ·

2016/11/24

Alastair Judkins is a penguin hunter - and his secret weapon is a 'super nose', a dog called Mena. Alison Ballance joins them on a little penguin search in Wellington.

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00:19:53

Science winners - 2016 Research Honours

Our Changing World ·

2016/11/24

The 2016 Research Honours have been awarded and we talk to the 2016 winners of the Rutherford, Macdiarmid and Callaghan medals.

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00:15:05

Written in stone - the first Māori gardens

Our Changing World ·

2016/11/03

The Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve, in South Auckland, is home to New Zealand's earliest gardens and is a significant archaeological site.

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00:07:19

Tour de Science

Our Changing World ·

2016/11/03

David Klein is taking his award-winning one-man science show on tour, by bicycle, around small town community halls.

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00:39:05

1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/27

A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media.

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00:24:56

Great white sharks of Australia and New Zealand

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/20

Electronic satellite tags have revealed details of the lives of great white sharks on either side of the Tasman Sea - and shown how the different populations are linked.

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00:09:19

Marine sponges may be climate change 'winners'

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/20

New research shows that ocean acidification may make some marine sponges more resilient in the face of climate change and warming water.

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00:16:22

In the footsteps of dinosaurs

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/13

Collingwood Area School students join GNS scientists in a search for dinosaur footprints on the shore of a Golden Bay estuary

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00:06:53

Muesli and sea ice - an unexpected maths tale

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/13

Industrial mathematician Mark McGuinness has applied maths to problems as varied as crispy cereal and the freezing of Antarctic sea ice.

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00:16:14

Nothing but the truth: can children be reliable...

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/06

Psychologist Deirdre Brown has been researching whether children are reliable eyewitnesses.

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00:11:52

Kākāpō - what genes can tell us

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/06

A new genetic study shows that a once abundant kākāpō population declined in numbers and genetic diversity soon after stoats were introduced in the late 1800s.

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00:04:50

When it comes to average, what does 'mean' mean?

Our Changing World ·

2016/10/06

Statistician Thomas Lumley explains different ways of calculating an average, and the difference between median and mean.

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00:25:06

Takahē - back from the brink

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/29

Joan Watson was there when takahē were rediscoverd in 1948, and DOC ranger Glen Greaves says the population of the giant flightless bird has just reached 300.

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00:11:27

Bad air is bad for health

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/22

Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor for disease, and it causes early deaths even in clean countries such as New Zealand.

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00:10:37

How is the air up there?

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/22

Households in Rangiora are being wired up, inside and out, with small devices that measure wood smoke.

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00:25:33

Community conservation on the Kapiti Coast

Our Changing World ·

2016/09/15

Residents on the Kapiti coast north of Wellington are working together to improve biodiversity and create thriving ecosystems in their local neighbourhoods.

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