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Our Changing World for Thursday 25 January 2007

  • Problem Gambling

    9:45 PM.Gambling Helpline is a new approach to tackling the problem. Audio

  • Insects

    9:33 PM.Dean Williams meets Te Papa's curator of insects, Ricardo Palmer. Audio

  • Kereru Project

    9:20 PM.Dean Williams explains how to attract Kereru into urban gardens. Audio

  • The Comet McNaught

    9:06 PM.Dacia Herbulock joins a group of astrnomers to find out more about the bright comet. Audio

Science

Dacia Herbulock joins astronomers from throughout New Zealand at the annual star-gazing event Stardate to find out more about Comet McNaught.

Dean Williams meets Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa's entomology curator Ricardo Palmer for a tour of the insect collection and to discuss his favourite topic - lice and fleas.

Environment

Also at Te Papa, Dean Williams talks to the museum's bicultural science programme developer, Hokimate Harwood, and the director of natural environment, Carol Diebel, about a project to encourage kereru into urban areas.

Health

Louise Wallace talks to Gambling Helpline chief executive Krista Ferguson about a new approach to dealing with problem gambling.