Maths
Joseph Mazur: The math and myth of coincidence
Give a monkey a keyboard and eventually, it will type out a line from Shakespeare. Is a miracle or just maths? Retired mathematics professor Joseph Mazur explains how likely the unlikely really is in… Audio
Worries that proven maths programme could lose funding
A maths expert with proven success for a programme she helped set up for low decile schools is worried about running out of funding. Pasifika maths educator Roberta - or Bobbie - Hunter from Massey… Audio
The mathematics of cancer
Dr Trevor Graham of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London is using mathematics as a way to identify patterns of growth in cancerous tumours. Audio
Different equations equals maths debate
If you get the right answer does it matter how you get there? Audio
Maths & 'Making Waves' in Art History
Can image analysis detect the hand of the Old Masters like Giotto or Rembrandt? The pioneering Belgian physicist and mathematician, Ingrid Daubechies has the answers. She is in New Zealand, as the… Audio
From climate change to card tricks, Maths has the answers!
Need a mortgage? Buying a new car? Going on holiday? You won't get far unless you have a basic grasp of mathematics. But for something that plays such a vital role in our everyday lives, maths has a… Audio
Playing Favourites with Mark Todd
Co-founder of Auckland urban development company Ockham Residential, and the Ockham Foundation, an education-based registered charity, and new sponsor of the New Zealand Book Awards. Audio
Chance to correct NZ's poor marks
Several thousand 15-year-olds hold the international reputation of New Zealand's education system in their hands. Audio
Report into Numeracy Project
Advice from conservative group the NZ Initiative to get back to basics in teaching maths to school kids. Jonathan Anderson the director of tuition company Kip McGrath talks to the Panel about what… Audio
Is New Zealand's strategy for teaching maths failing?
Glenda Anthony, Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence for Research in Mathematics Education at Massey University. Audio
Maths teaching in NZ: has the numeracy project failed?
A new report being launched by the Education Minister today has criticised the way maths is taught to primary students, saying there is a lack of emphasis on the basics which is holding children back… Audio
Insight for 2 November 2014 - Maths & Science Not Hitting Mark
John Gerritsen explores why NZ school students have slumped in maths and science Audio
Science - Physics
Prof. Shaun Hendy from the Physics Department of the University of Auckland points the laser at how physics can affect our everyday life - the physics of networks, such as the hidden structure of the… Audio
Jason Padgett, who became mathematical genius after an assault
Jason Padgett has acquired savant syndrome - he became a mathematical genius after a vicious assault 12 years ago. Prior to being brutally attacked he had no aptitude for maths, but when he recovered… Audio
Listener Feedback
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 31 May 2014 Audio
Playing Favourites with Clemency Montelle
Senior Lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Canterbury, and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow reading original texts in the Exact Sciences in Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Cuneiform. Audio
Bill McKibben: doing the maths
American environmentalist, author, and journalist who led the organisation of 350.org, and will visit New Zealand on his Do the Maths Tour. Audio