Podcasts

Hear our scientists and researchers talk about their work on Radio New Zealand’s Our Changing World, Country Life, This Way Up, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, First Up, Summer Times 2021/2022, The Weekend and Nine to Noon via RNZ podcasts:

2022

Future forest industry - from Our Changing World, 15 September 2022 (26:44)

Leading biofuels scientist backs mandate - from Nine To Noon, 24 August 2022 (14:28)

Protecting New Zealand pine trees from disease - from Summer Times 2021/2022, 12 January 2022 (6:52)

2020

Can we make plastic that's better for the environment? - from Nanogirl's Great Science Adventures, 13 March 2020 (21:08)

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 - from Our Changing World, 29 January 2020 (28:42)

2019

Identifying Myrtle Rust is like finding a needle in a haystack - from First Up, 13 November 2019 (6:01)

Upper North Island kauri seed collection - from Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, 27 March 2019 (9:23)

Are corporates taking responsibility for plastic waste? - from The Weekend, 20 January 2019 (17:03)

2018

Giant willow aphids - a sticky invasive nuisance - from Our Changing World, 29 November 2018 (17:28)

Myrtle rust research - from Our Changing World, 24 October 2018 (14:19)

From poo to plastic - from Our Changing World, 4 October 2018 (14:22)

3D printing - the future is 4D - from Our Changing World, 6 September 2018 (12:39)

Putting cardboard boxes to the test - from Our Changing World, 23 August 2018 (11:41)

Can an introduced parasitic wasp control a nuisance beetle? - from Our Changing World, 9 August 2018 (Dr Toni Withers and Andrew Pugh, 17:01)

Eco-friendly wood glue - from Our Changing World, 2 August 2018 (Warren Grigsby and Rob Lei, 10:49)

Biofuels made from sawdust - from Our Changing World, 19 July 2018 (12:52)

Hunt for kauri that are resistant to kauri dieback disease - from Our From Our Changing World, 5 July 2018 (Nari Williams and Colin Faulds, 14:44)

2015

Wilding pines go up in flames in the name of science - from Our Changing World, 22 October 2015 (19:14)

Fire danger signs not hitting mark - from Rural Report, 22 January 2015 (4:06)

2014

LED lighting technology - from This Way Up, 26 July 2014 (Dr Steve Pawson, 12:18)

Scion and precision forestry - from Country Life, 9 May 2014 (Jonathan Dash, 6:14)

The biodegradable kiwifruit spife - from Country Life, 28 February 2014 (Dr Martin Markotsis, 10:13)

Indigenous forestry - from Country Life, 21 February 2014 (Dr Greg Steward, 10:44)

Crown Research Institute Scion - from Country Life, 14 February 2014 (Dr Warren Parker, 11:25)

2012

Bio-based timber preservatives - from Our Changing World, 30 August 2012 (Dr Tripti Singh, 12:53)

2011

The National Forest Health Reference Collection - from Our Changing World, 1 December 2011 (John Bain and Margaret Dick, 14:44)

Rotorua's Waste 2 Gold Programme - from Our Changing World, 17 November 2011 (Robert Lei, 14:28)

Bioplastics - from Our Changing World, 3 November 2011 (Jeremy Warnes, 23:11)

Modified Zeolite - from Our Changing World, 27 October 2011 (Robert Lei, 7:19)

Buddleia biocontrol - from Our Changing World, 20 October 2011 (Dr Toni Withers, 13:37)

Torrefaction - from Our Changing World, 13 October 2011 (George Estcourt, 14:35)

Termite gut microbes - from Our Changing World, 6 October 2011 (Dr Gareth Lloyd-Jones, 12:42)

Biofuel potential of waste pine - from Our Changing World, 29 September 2011 (Dr Michael Jack, 12:56)