In this episode, Gus finds himself in Aoraki Mt Cook National Park, where 140 peaks above 2000 metres tower over the landscape. There is virtually no flat land in the entire park, and a third of it is ...

The fight to eradicate the yellow-legged hornet involves poison-puffing spears, spacesuits, Christmas tinsel, hectic chases through the bush—and an unflagging conviction that this time, we really ...

That land is made from rock seems such a truism as to be hardly worth stating. But different landmasses are made from different types of rock, and these distinctions can be informative as to how the ...

Experiencing Marine Reserves is a national programme of experiential learning that allows anyone to borrow a mask and wetsuit, take the hand of a guide, and wade into the most pristine sites in New ...

In the hills behind East Cape the forests are falling. Radiata pine planted 25 years ago is ready for harvest, and logging gangs are hard at work. Punishing labour, extreme weather and days way from ...

This massive buttress stands below Pilot Point Road, and one can see down the coast to White Cliffs and Mt Taranaki. Sand scour prevents the growth of mussels and algae on most rocks. Sea caves are ...

A unique breed of cattle from Enderby Island, in the subantarctic Auckland Island group, has been saved from extinction by a combination of luck and high technology. Using the latest artificial ...

This week on Our Changing World, a story about a community-led archaeology project taking place in the small fishing village of Moeraki, an hour north of Dunedin. Whānau from the Moeraki area have ...

The Ministry for Primary Industries is asking for feedback on proposed reforms to the organic sector. With producers able to choose from a range of voluntary standards to label their food as “organic” ...

Our next guest is a bird researcher, who looks into what happens when vulnerable populations get very small. How does she do that? Well, she studies their sperm. Dr Helen Taylor from the University of ...

Marlborough’s wine industry is booming, but there’s no industrial-sized solution to deal with its waste. Sewage fungus is not what the wine industry wants people to think of when they sip a sauvignon ...

Can you tell the difference between a korimako/bellbird and a tūī, or a morepork and a kiwi? Birdsong expert of 39 years Paul Cuming shares tips on how to tell one bird from another. He says birds ...