Stories about how inspirational New Zealanders - young and old - are exploring what’s happening in our backyards, communities, schools, workplaces and even abroad.
“Soil Your Undies” and other ways to get your hands dirty

Exploring Papatūānuku with pūtaiao

A roller coaster ride towards a cooler classroom

When kelp needs help: saving our sea forests

Otago farmers foster healthy streams

Creating maths wizards with AR gaming

Unique study of Otago sharks launched

Teen project could power teachers' cars

Kids love tracking their sleep patterns

Restoring mahika kai with tuna research

Discovering life in awa playgrounds

Watt about the weather?

Cameras spot elusive island predators

Source to sea: the wellbeing of water

Weird worm ignites care for creepy crawlies

Cleaning up Lake Wānaka

3D printing brings kūmara history to life

Can creepy crawlies help us watch our wetlands?

Delving into the drylands

Bincurity: recycling with robotics

Fitbit for fur babies: tracking cats' hunting

Trashformers: making waste useful

Indigital: creating game-changers

Teens drive creek care in Ōtara
Project Litter: tracking beach trash

Dunedinites discover backyard biodiversity

New frog leaps into North Taranaki

Making urban homes self-sufficient

First study of Taranaki’s little blue penguins

Aquavan: sea life on wheels

Tuākana, tēina: smashing barriers with siblinghood

From empty field to eco farm

Te Kura Moana: gems of the sea

Stamp out those stinkin' fruit pests!

Preserving the past to protect the future

Plumcots and compost: creating a healthy orchard

Can apps boost environmental care?

Growing green dollars with eco enterprises

Kids of Hazard: exploring natural disasters

Can gaming help air quality research?

House of Science: from start-up to sustainable

Making science child’s play

From class to crayfish: science gets real

Getting wet, wild and wise for whitebait

Īnaka Kōrero: whitebait poetry by Teoti Jardine

Will bigger ships shake up our sea life?

Life through a lens: finding nature with film

Vets, volts and virtual technology

Can radio tags ‘tune in’ to penguin life?

Shake it off: grand designs get teens quake-savvy

He ika, he taonga: can nurseries help our fish?

Tackling Tomahawk's troubled waters

Ngā Hekaheka: fungi with a Māori lens

Mānuka: the sweetest weedkiller?

'Floating classroom' shares waka science

Investigating īnaka: kindy kids become kaitiaki

How can origami shape your brain?

How are wetland bugs like pizza lovers?

Not so blue now: teens explore cheese

Distilling down the science of scents

Papatūānuku and pūtaiao: the science of soil

Building robots: from pieces to partnerships

Reconnecting roots through virtual tech

Science, Singapore style!

Capturing river cleanliness on camera

Watercress watchers: securing wild food

Wi-finding a way to better internet

Kaitiaki kids: from bees to bioblitzes

Diving into underwater engineering

Taking science to the extremes

Community knowledge: a scientist's perspective

Can litter art help keep our islands clean?

Fantastic beasts bust maths myths

How do we revive our beehives?

Getting a buzz out of a bee-themed box

Drilling down into Dunedin’s floods

How can Māori stories help whitebait?

How can we keep tabs on our tuna?

Weaving new materials with old

3D thinking sparks imagination

NZ plugs into electric cars

Can your bike help you explore space?

Exploring the science behind Hawke’s Bay

Does Wānaka have too many grebes?

How is sport like digital animation?

Which compost is best for our gardens?

Kitchen science excites mums and dads

Can art make science a breath of fresh air?

What lives in the South Taranaki reef?

How do you test water quality?

Can scientists be storytellers?

How can we handle climate change?

Why are weeds bad?

How can you find safe spots for kiwi?

How can sharks help us keep our teeth clean?

What do businesses teach the teachers?

Shining a Māori light on moths

How is the Kaipara's health changing?

How can you make your own Minecraft?

Can hairdryers help solve a big problem?

Fire, ice and… poo?!
How do you get bots to bop?

Can we make Mars our Plan(et) B?

Motunui carvings: metal or stone tools?

Finding the wild side of urban life

Are fruit tree pests proliferating?

How can poo save the wētā?

How to float over big balloon hurdles

Tsunami demo smashes learning barriers

A light for sore eyes

Can you find your way without a compass?

Can recycling help homelessness?

Where do whitebait fritters come from?

Learning to code like a pro

What’s going down the drain in your street?

Mould in your home, worse than ugly

A fascination with designer bacteria

What can paddling a waka help you think about?

Young engineers get together in Waikato

Something positive and unique for New Zealand

Let’s see how our reef has changed in 15 years

Richard Hendra’s six months as a plant biologist

Extreme citizen science in New Zealand
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Tracking small feet on the ground

Discovering the butterflies of the night

Sustainable Seas, a National Science Challenge