RNZ: Our Changing World

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

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

Testing kauri seedlings to find individual trees that might be resistant to kauri dieback disease, and native forest birds are thriving in Wellington city parks and reserves.

Seabed 2030 is an international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, much of which is unmapped.

Astronomer Duncan Steel is an expert in detecting asteroids and comets, and in defending the earth from potential impacts.

Seabed 2030 is an ambitious international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, and astronomer Duncan Steel is concerned asbout asteroids hitting earth.

Research reveals new evidence about past, present and future impacts of climate change on Antarctica's ice.

Wasps are a big problem in New Zealand, and scientists hope that knowing the genomes of common and German wasps will help them find novel ways of controlling the pests.

Antarctic experts discuss the latest research on how fast Antarctic ice is melting and why it matters, and sequencing the genomes of introduced common and German wasps.

Geologists have discovered that the 2012 eruption of Havre volcano, on the Kermadec Arc, was the world's largest submarine volcanic eruption.

Michele Prinsep is a 'drug hunter' - she looks for potential pharmaceuticals in marine organisms and cyanobacteria.

A chemist talks about sourcing potential new drugs from marine creatures, and understanding the largest deep-ocean volcanic eruption ever documented.

University of Otago researchers are developing the ultimate heat-and-eat: an edible bioplastic food wrap, using waste from the corn and shellfish industries.

Psychologist David Moreau is working with New Zealand schools to find out if exercise combined with a computer game aimed at brain training could help improve kids' brains.

Combining high intensity exercise with a computer game-based brain training is having good results for struggling school kids, and developing an edible plastic wrap from corn and shellfish waste.