RNZ: Our Changing World

Engineer Geoff Rodgers is designing a new generation of low-damage buildings that move in an earthquake and remain useable afterwards.

Testing dogs to find out how smart they are and how they think, and designing low-damage buildings that move during an earthquake and remain useable.

Science communcation student Tegan Good goes on a road trip to find out what's happening with the declining quality of frshwater and what we can do to improve it.

Science communication student Tegan Good, from the University of Otago, takes a look a freshwater issues in New Zealand.

If technologies like meat grown from stem cells and milk grown in vats take off, how will the New Zealand agricultural sector respond?

The first ground visit to the Hutton's shearwater breeding colony since the November 2017 Kaikōura earthquake shows damage not as bad as feared.

Good news about Hutton's shearwaters in the wake of the 2017 Kaikoura earthquake, and a special feature on how New Zealand agriculture could respond to the challenge of synthetic foods.

Waikato University research shows that drinking socially makes it harder to tell when you're too drunk to drive - and even a low blood alcohol level makes our driving unsafe.

Scientific curiosity was the order of the day when Koraunui School, in the Hutt Valley, hosted its recent Bioblitz.

Some sobering science advice about why drinking alcohol and driving cars don't go together well, and Koraunui School gets curious about their neighbourhood during a Bioblitz.

Scientists are discovering that tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins, living in MIlford Sound are thriving - and breaking all the penguin rules.

Penguin researchers head to Fiordland's forests to study the mysterious tawaki or Fiordland crested penguin.

A hunt for urban lizards in New Zealand involves more than a thousand buckets as well as citizen scientists.

An atlas containing hundreds of coronary arteries mapped using MRI scans will help improve heart health.

A project to map coronary arteries in healthy and sick people, and on the hunt for lizards in city parks and gardens.