Alison Ballance
‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize. Audio
‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize.
AudioWheelie bin robot inventor wins science prize
Student Thomas James wanted to help his elderly neighbour, so he invented a wheelie bin robot to take her large recycling bin to the kerb. Audio
Wheelie bin robot inventor wins science prize
Student Thomas James wanted to help his elderly neighbour, so he invented a wheelie bin robot to take her large recycling bin to the kerb.
AudioPassionate maths teacher wins a PM’s Science Prize
Michelle Dalrymple, winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Teacher's Prize, says being mathematically literate is an important life skill. Audio
Passionate maths teacher wins a PM’s Science Prize
Michelle Dalrymple, winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Teacher's Prize, says being mathematically literate is an important life skill.
AudioOur Changing World for 2 July 2020
Winners of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prizes include a team studying melting ice and rising seas, a maths teacher and a young inventor. Audio
Prime Minister's science prizes awarded
Prizes worth a million dollars were handed out yesterday afternoon at the virtual Prime Minister's Science Prizes award ceremony.
The Prizes recognise the impact of science on New Zealanders' lives… Audio
Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors
Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors
Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere.
AudioVoices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world
Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent Audio
Voices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world
Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent
AudioVoices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines.
AudioVoices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut. Video, Audio
Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut.
Video, AudioVoices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time.
AudioOur Changing World for 21 May 2020
Two gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus. Audio
Little bit of sea-level rise = lots more coastal flooding
Scientists warn that a small amount of sea-level rise could have big consequences for some low-lying parts of New Zealand. Audio
