Our Changing World

By RNZ

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.... more

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The podcast currently has 1,596 episodes available.

Our Changing World episodes:

March 03, 2020 Voice of the Kākāpō 3: Nest checks
Kākāpō breeding is in full swing after an early start, and DOC's Deidre Vercoe and Andrew Digby are checking to see if eggs are fertile, in part 3 of Voice of the Kākāpō.
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13min
February 27, 2020 Voice of the Kākāpō 2: Whenua Hou, kākāpō island
The kākāpō team know all the signs are good for a big kākāpō breeding season - the question is exactly how big and when will it start? Part 2 of Voice of the Kākāpō.
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12min
February 25, 2020 Voice of the Kākāpō 1: Kākāpō - night parrot
The kākāpō is a giant flightless parrot whose fortunes are tied to the rimu tree and to a dedicated team of rangers from the Department of Conservation.
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11min
February 19, 2020 Our Changing World for 20 February 2020
Social scientist David Johnston investigates the way people behave during and after earthquakes, and what the consequences of their behaviour is.
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25min
February 19, 2020 What we do during an earthquake & why it matters
Official advice in an earthquake quake is to 'drop, cover, hold.' But is this what we actually do? And what happens if we do something else?
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25min
February 12, 2020 Our Changing World for 13 February 2020
Peter Griffin and two Wellington entrepreneurs are in search of local yeasts to impart distinctive NZ flavours to craft beers, and the wine indusry is on a similar hunt.
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30min
February 11, 2020 Using local yeasts to make distinctive NZ beers & wine
Yeast is one of the key ingredients in beer and wine - and local yeasts could add a distinct Kiwi flavour.
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31min
February 04, 2020 Psychopathic traits - "everybody has them"
Sonia Sly is in search of psychopaths. Are they born or are they made? What are the traits that a psychopath exhibits? And is everyone a psychopath to some extent?
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24min
February 04, 2020 Our Changing World for 6 February 2020
Sonia Sly is in search of the psychopathic mind with psychology researcher Hedwig Eisenbarth, from Victoria University of Wellington.
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24min
January 29, 2020 Our Changing World for 30 January 2020
Fire researchers from Scion talk about the latest wild fire research that is giving new insights into how fires burn and how people behave when flames threaten.
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29min

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How many episodes does Our Changing World have?

The podcast currently has 1,596 episodes available.