Ready Steady Learn

Dr. Veronika Sander from the University of Auckland's Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, is growing kidneys in a petri dish. Rachel and Tess chat to Veronika about this process, whilst learning a few new phrases along the way.

From the University of Auckland's School of Architecture and Planning, Masters student Rosemary Li joins us to talk about the upcoming event as part of Artweek 2020. Rosemary’s piece, the Wish Tree, is a large-scale walk-in structure constructed using traditional Chinese joinery called Dou Gong, one of the Chinese joinery techniques she is studying for her masters thesis research topic. You can check out more here.

Kiara Miller, from the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute, chats to Rachel about developing a training app for healthcare workers for particular medical equipment after travelling to Uganda on an Engineering World Health (EWH) internship for three months.

From the Unviersity of Auckland's School of Environment & the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment, Dr. Brendon Blue joins us to discuss the way people interact and the relationship we share with our environments. Specifically looking at Predator Free 2050, and how real the community buy-in is.