Siouxsie Wiles
Covid-19: Siouxsie Wiles on airline worker testing positive
There is one new case of Covid-19 at the border - an airline crew member who had returned to New Zealand from Japan on 28 February.
More information about the new positive case at the border is… Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Dr Siouxsie Wiles, head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland, talks about coral reefs and climate change, and how researchers are trying to measure lives lost to Covid-19. Audio
What new community COVID cases mean for alert levels
Two more community cases of COVID-19 have been found at Papatoetoe High School. Jesse speaks to Dr Siouxsie Wiles about what this means for the alert levels in place around the country. Audio
Microbiologist on NZ reaction to community Covid cases
We stay with the Covid outbreak now, which has Auckland under an Alert Level 3 lockdown and the rest of the country at level 2. Who better to talk us through developments than microbiologist Dr… Audio
Uncertainty over how latest Covid case reached the community
Anxiety levels are high in Tamaki Makaurau after news three members of the same South Auckland family have tested positive for Covid-19, causing the city to be moved to Alert Level 3.
The Prime… Audio
Climate change and covid, and wearable stress detectors
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at two new Covid-related study, including one that provides evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could've played a role in the… Audio
Covid-19: Siouxsie Wiles on new cases in community
Another two people have tested positive for Covid-19 after leaving managed isolation at the Pullman Hotel, with preliminary genomic sequencing suggesting it is linked to another positive case in… Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells us about a new documentary about New Zealand’s COVID-19 genome-sequencing efforts and explains what a new study has learned about baby dinosaurs… Audio
Cash, covid and the climate - what a Biden-led US means for NZ
Three New Zealand-based experts talk about how changes from the Biden administration could flow out to New Zealand.
Nita Blake-Persen spoke to Tim Groser, a former ambassador to the United States and… Audio
2020 - The Year in Review (Part 2)
Andrew Holden, Trish Sherson, Neale Jones, Siouxsie Wiles and Rod Oram continue their look back on a tumultuous year. Audio
2020 - The Year in Review (Part 1)
Andrew Holden, Trish Sherson, Neale Jones, Siouxsie Wiles and Rod Oram look back on a tumultuous year. Audio
Keeping Santa Safe Committee:present delivery good to go
Christmas is just around the corner- but how will Santa deliver presents in the middle of a pandemic? Can he even get an accomodation voucher? A team of experts have formed a Keeping Santa Safe… Audio
Sioxsie Wiles: Roald Dahl recipe toxicology
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about a new study which describes a potential way to test for Covid that uses a smartphone and gives results in 30 minutes. Soothing words and… Audio
Socially responsible bats, indoor light and clues in tree rings
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about how vampire bats physically distance when sick, how researchers have developed environmentally friendly materials that could harvest… Audio
Siouxsie Wiles on the latest Covid community cases
Following more cases of quarantine staff being infected with COVID-19, Jesse talks to Dr Siouxsie Wiles about the need to protect border workers and their families from the virus. Audio
Siouxsie Wiles: how octopuses taste
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the latest modelling on daily Covid-19 testing, a study done using fruit flies that looks at the effects of anaesthetics on our body… Audio
John Snow memorandum, tough tardigrades, foul fish
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the John Snow Memorandum, put forward in response to the herd-immunity Great Barrington Declaration. Tardigrades were always known to be… Audio
Covid super-spreader events, Martian houses and IgNobels
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Covid studies, including one into super-spreading events. Researchers have figured out how houses could be made on Mars from a… Audio
Microbiologist favours harsher restrictions for Auckland
All of New Zealand bar Auckland is now at Alert Level 1 meaning life can - pretty much - return to normal, albeit without overseas visitors. And at midnight on Wednesday restrictions on the size of… Audio
PM announces alert level changes
Jesse speaks to microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles for her reaction on the government's alert level extension. Audio