Veronika Meduna

A tribute to Scott's last journey in Antarctica

Christchurch people want a greener inner city. A view that comes through in the recovery plan for the city. Landcare Research ecologist Colin Meurk, whose award-winning display at the Ellerslie… Audio

The Kermadec Trench, north of New Zealand, is one of the deepest places on Earth, with under-water pressures equivalent to more than a thousand elephants standing on a Mini. Audio

Worldwide, glaciers are receding at an unprecedented rate. For several years, the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers on the West Coast bucked this trend and continued advancing, but now, they too are… Audio

Blue penguins nest along many coastal areas throughout the country but their numbers are in decline. In most places introduced predators are to blame, but on the West Coast of the South Island it… Audio

A hundred years after Captain Robert Scott and his team died in Antarctica, Veronika Meduna retraces their journey in words.

Scott’s Last Journey - the centenary

Veronika Meduna meets University of Canterbury chemist Alison Downard whose research in electrochemistry shows that microscopic power plants could be feasible in the future. Audio

Veronika Meduna travels to Scott Base to join drillers and scientists as they unearth sediment cores from underneath the Ross Ice Shelf. Audio

Large multi-national companies have made unsuccessful attempts to design robotic petrol pumps, but a group of University of Canterbury students might just have the solution for people who can't - or… Audio

Designing a self-correcting system to stabilise hyper-sonic rockets. Audio

To mark Conservation Week, Veronika Meduna visits the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve, a favourite feeding spot for birds. Audio

Many of the recent big earthquakes, including this year's magnitude nine quake off Japan, have happened along tectonic plate boundaries known as subduction zones that are similar to what lies… Audio

Waikato University scientists have developed a machine that can age wine within minutes by exposing it to an electric field. Audio

The Liggins Institute is best known for uncovering a connection between a mother's diet and the later health of her child. Conditions such as obesity and diabetes are partly triggered in the womb, and… Audio

What old bones from Vanuatu can tell us about the lives and deaths of the early Lapita people Audio