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	Podcast:		Our Changing World
	Episode:		Tauranga's living sea wall
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:25:30
	Publish Date:		2025-07-07 17:00:00
	Description:		In May 2024, 100 strange rocky structures were installed along Tauranga's harbour shoreline. These flower-shaped artificial rockpools, nicknamed 'sea pods', provide prime waterfront real estate for marine life – from colourful sea slugs to sneezing sponges. Justine Murray finds out how 'living sea walls' are bringing back biodiversity to urban harbours around the world, and joins a marine scientist to check out what creatures have moved into Tauranga's sea pods. *Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.* In this episode: 00:49 – What is a sea pod? 06:27 – Living sea walls in Sydney with Dr Aria Lee 10:25 – Sea pods around the world and in Tauranga 13:06 – Monitoring marine life in the sea pods with David Culliford 20:50 – Port of Tauranga 21:48 – Looking for critters in the sea pods Learn more: For more ocean stories, check out the Voice of Tangaroa mini-series. If you were tickled by the sneezing sponge in this episode, check out The secret life of sea sponges. Justine explored another coastal habitat – the Waihi estuary – in this 2023 episode. Justine also reported on another inhabitant of Tauranga's harbour: the kōura or crayfish. Guests: David Culliford, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Dr Aria Lee, Sydney Institute of Marine Science andLiving Seawalls Rochelle Lockley, Port of Tauranga Ltd Taylor Rabbitt, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Reference: The news clip in this episode is from: New species of 'sneezing' sea sponge discovered in Tauranga. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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