Innovation

Three Minutes Max: Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. AUT's Dr Ella Henry on the topic of climate change and the students in the news trying to take the matter… Audio

John Mathers has spent nearly four decades in the brand and design industry. He's a visiting professor of design strategy at Shanghai's Tongji University and says there's a shift in China from… Audio

Veena Sahajwalla is the inventor of green steel and a Professor of Materials Science in the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales. She talks to Kathryn about revolutionising… Video, Audio, Gallery

One of Miles Anderson's key goals is to make strong wool great again. To achieve that, the South Canterbury sheep farmer and Federated Farmers Meat and Wool chair has his work cut out for him. Miles… Audio

The South Canterbury mother-of-two is developing an educational virtual reality programme with her husband Dave, a support hub for rural start-ups in Timaru and on the side is a marketing specialist… Audio

Episode Two of Beyond Kate explores politics, the reality of women at the polling booths, and Victorian attitudes that kept women in the home. Audio

A local surfboard production start-up which began with Callaghan Innovation money has now moved across the Tasman and is aiming to go global. By adopting robot technology, Kinaroad Surfboards is… Audio

The ways in Pacific communities and cultures are affecting New Zealand is explored by Damon Salesa, an associate professor of Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland. Discussing ideas set out in… Audio

Malcolm Smith and Robyn Curtis-Smith have transformed an abandoned West Coast gold mining valley into fertile farmland for their cattle. They've also built a house and a huge waterwheel that generates… Audio, Gallery

Whether it's on land, up in the air, under water, in the clouds or even in outer space there are a jaw-dropping number of Kiwi innovations. Audio, Gallery

Ian Taylor is one of this country's great inventors and runs a world-leading graphics company, Animation Research Limited. Its offshoot Virtual Eye brings to life sports such as cricket, the America's… Video, Audio

The race is on to develop the next generation of wearable technologies that will make our lives better, easier and more productive... in theory. Professor Paul Lukowicz, who specialises in AI, talks… Audio

NASA and Boeing are among those making big investments in electric aircrafts, plus an unusual approach to new product innovation by Apple. Audio

Tom Kelley is a partner at the Silicon Valley design studio that pioneered the concept of 'design thinking' and the author of Creative Confidence. Audio

Chris Hartshorn has a PhD in chemistry but was side-tracked from a career in science and now describes himself as an "innovation executive." After more than two decades living in the USA, where he… Audio