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Our Changing World Stories about science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs across Aotearoa.

Our Changing World is a thought-provoking weekly programme that airs at 9pm (New Zealand-time) each Thursday night on RNZ National. It features a varied mix of field-recorded interviews about science, the environment and health research. Our Changing World shares the excitement and discovery of science by getting scientists to share their passion and enthusiasm for their work. It’s about how scien

ce works and the nature of scientific discovery, as well as the latest results and their significance.

08/08/2025

Coming up next week, Claire finds out how non-alcoholic beer is made at Garage Project brewery, and learns about a project searching for new strains of yeast for making delicious non-alcoholic beers at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

Tune in on Tuesday.

🎧 Listen now: Claire is back in the central North Island with Project Tongariro Mahi Aroha, learning more about their 40...
05/08/2025

🎧 Listen now: Claire is back in the central North Island with Project Tongariro Mahi Aroha, learning more about their 40-year history. Plus, wicked weeders team up with school kids for urban restoration efforts, and the biggest planting day of the year with Greening Taupo 🌿

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/ourchangingworld/2025/turning-taup-green

📷: Rachel Thompson

31/07/2025

Coming up next week, Claire visits Project Tongariro Mahi Aroha and Greening Taupo as they prepare for their biggest planting day of the year.

Tune in on Tuesday.

📷: Rachel Thompson

25/07/2025

Coming up on Tuesday: Claire heads to the central North Island to check out the conservation efforts of Project Tongariro Mahi Aroha, including an ongoing battle against willows and replanting a forest.

In World War II, naval sonar operators noticed something strange: a false 'seafloor' hundreds of metres below the ocean...
21/07/2025

In World War II, naval sonar operators noticed something strange: a false 'seafloor' hundreds of metres below the ocean's surface that appeared to shift upward at nighttime.

Turns out, this 'deep scattering layer' is actually a huge concentration of marine life. The anchovy-sized, bioluminescent lanternfish are the most abundant in this deep-sea commuter crowd.

Researchers at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are investigating how this small but numerous fish might have an outsized impact on our oceans...

🎧 Listen now: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/ourchangingworld/2025/the-dance-of-the-lanternfish

📷: Claire Concannon / Steven Haddock/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

18/07/2025

Coming up next week, meet the lanternfish: small but super-abundant, these deep-dwelling critters rise to the surface at night to feed – part of the world's largest animal migration.

Claire Concannon meets some Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers investigating the lanternfish's role in the Earth's carbon cycle, and their effects on the fish we like to eat.

Tune in on Tuesday.

📷: Scott and Jeanette Johnson/uwkwaj via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

11/07/2025

Coming up next week: nuclear fusion promises clean, abundant energy – if we can make it work.

Claire Concannon visits a Kiwi company giving this technology a red-hot go.

Tune in on Tuesday – online from 5am, or on RNZ National at 7:30pm.

📷: OpenStar Technologies

04/07/2025

Coming up next week, Justine Murray finds out how 'sea pods' are helping to revitalise the marine life along Tauranga's sea wall.

Episode coming Tuesday 8 July – online first from 5am, or tune into RNZ National at 7:30pm.

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Our Changing World is a thought-provoking weekly programme that airs at 9pm (New Zealand-time) each Thursday night on RNZ National. It features a varied mix of field-recorded interviews about science, the environment and health research. Our Changing World shares the excitement and discovery of science by getting scientists to share their passion and enthusiasm for their work. It’s about how science works and the nature of scientific discovery, as well as the latest results and their significance. It is presented and produced by Alison Ballance.