Science & Factual
Programmes are divided into two categories - those with audio on the web, and those only broadcast via radio and live streaming.
Programmes with Audio
- A To B
- How we get from A to B and the people who take us there.
- Advancing Sustainability
- This series provides five public panel discussions from the PCE20 Environmental Sustainability Conference.
- Are Angels OK
- A series of programmes arising from a collaboration between eminent New Zealand writers and physicists.
- Big Science
- Justin Gregory accompanied the winners of the Royal Society of New Zealand's Big Science Adventure competition on their trip to visit astronomers and other scientists in the UK and Italy.
- Brainstorm
- Kim Hill talks with some of Britain's top scientists
- But Is It Science?
- Kim Hill and a panel of experts explore the issues around alternative medicine.
- EarthWorks
- A six-part series that explores, reveals and celebrates all the many factors that support life on this planet.
- Four Regional Parks
- David Steemson visits four Auckland regional parks - Tawhitokino, Awhitu, Duder and Scandrett's.
- Human Rights in Papua
- This year is the 40th anniversary of the incorporation of the Papua region into Indonesia. A controversial UN sponsored referendum decided the former Dutch colony's destiny in 1969, but there's still resistance to Indonesian rule. Johnny Blades of Radio New Zealand International looks at whether the events in 2009 might bring the issue to a head.
- Humour
- In this New Zealand society feature Amelia Nurse takes a look at humour.
- In the Goldilocks Zone
- A six-part series about climate, life, extinction, the great migrations, the rise of civilization, human diseases, and asks the Big Question: what happens now?
- Mary MacKillop
- A look at New Zealand aspects of the life of Mary McKillop - the Melbourne woman who co founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart) and is to become Australia's first Saint later this year.
- Monumental New Zealand
- Justin Gregory explores our nation’s fascination with monuments, memorials, plaques and statues.
- Ngā Uruora
- A six-part series paralleling the 1995 book: Ngā Uruora - The Groves of Life Ecology and History in a New Zealand Landscape by Geoff Park.
- On Safari
- A three part documentary from Lynn Freeman about her experiences in Tanzania and Kenya.
- Our Changing World
- Our Changing World covers topics across all scientific disciplines, natural history and environmental issues, and developments in health as well as exploring the human side of science and the personalities behind it.
- Pathfinders
- Keith Richardson talks to members of the British Pathfinder squadron whose job was to highlight enemy targets for following bomber crews in the 1940's.
- Pole to Pole
- This three-part documentary series marks the International Polar Year by exploring some of the world’s most remote and vulnerable regions.
- Sailing
- In this New Zealand Society series Amelia Nurse looks into what keeps us returning to the sea.
- Smart Talk 2009
- Exploring the theme of migration from a variety of perspectives – economic, environmental, linguistic, historical, social, and geological.
- Smart Talk 2010
- Exploring the theme of The Treaty of Waitangi and innovation from a variety of perspectives – economic, environmental, linguistic, historical, social, and geological.
- Specola Vaticana
- Located in Castel Gandolfo in the hills above Rome, Specola Vaticana is one of the oldest observatories in the world.
- The Darwin Lectures
- Eminent New Zealand scientists explore the ideas of Darwin and their impact on society over the last 150 years.
- The E=mc2 lectures
- A series of lectures from the Royal Society in association with Radio New Zealand to mark the centenary of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
- The Galileo Lectures
- A lecture series marking 400 years since Galileo used a telescope to view the solar system and transformed our understanding of Earth’s place in the Universe.
- The Rutherford Memorial Lecture
- Lord Rees is a cosmologist who described himself as 'a worried member of the human race'. He talks about what he thinks the world will be like in 2050.
- The Trouble Begins at Eight
- A four-part documentary series on American author Mark Twain’s 1895 lecture tour of New Zealand.
- This Way Up
- A weekly two-hour radio show with Simon Morton, broadcast on Saturdays from 12pm-2pm exploring the things we use and consume.
- Two Views of Creation
- British Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse looks at two views of creation.
- Untold Tales of New Zealand Chinese History
- Much is known about early Chinese settlement from the first influx of Chinese gold-miners in the mid 1800's, to the anti Chinese immigration policy that evolved soon after. But some stories have rarely been told.
- Watching the whales in Vava'u, Tonga
- Justin Gregory visits Tonga for an ocean field trip with scientist Kirsty Russell from the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium.
Replay Radio
A variety of science and environment documentaries and lectures are available for purchase through Replay Radio.
(Please note that not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.)