During the two devastating earthquakes of September 2010 and February 2011, land in the suburbs east of Christchurch sank by a metre. What’s a city to do when an apocalyptic landscape appears right on ...
This alpine hut on the West Coast was set up to house glaciologists, but as the ice has melted, it has been sought out by intrepid trampers. Ivory Lake is a jewel in the Southern Alps. It’s one of ...
The delicacy and brilliance of a hummingbird wedded to an industrial-strength beak that would do a woodpecker proud, the chimeric little kingfisher stakes a claim in our hearts. Returning with a snack ...
In this episode, Gus visits New Zealand’s first conservation park–the world’s fourth–Tongariro National Park. The history of the creation of the park is controversial and Gus starts his exploration by ...
Two months ago Claire Mabey wrote a piece for The Spinoff she titled “the dire state of school libraries and the years-long cry for help”. It described the libraries as “essential infrastructure”, the ...
In March of this year, the kakapo chicks of Codfish Island began to starve. Only a dramatic rescue mission could save them. The huddle of people sheltering behind a low dune turned away from the ...
A species of native fungi has been photographed glowing with bioluminescence – a fact that has previously eluded mycologists. A Mycena roseoflava was recently found during the annual “fungal foray” on ...
The Aussies are saying the New Zealand Christmas Tree, Pōhutukawa, may have originated in Australia. The research was published in the American Journal of Botany. And is based on two fossil species, ...
Conservationists say it will take up to a year to know the extent of fire damage to the Kaimaumau wetland. On the seventh day of the blaze, five helicopters, 25 firefighters, and nine bulldozers and ...
After 10,000 years of inbreeding, Rakiura/Stewart Island kākāpō have been found to be in surprisingly good genetic health. A major international study reveals the kākāpō have lost harmful mutations ...
Opinion – The year is 2040 and Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the commitment to keep global heating below 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. The ...
Otago Museum’s Honorary Curator of Entomology, Associate Professor Steve Kerr spends his days in nature around Otago looking for flies. He says New Zealand has species that you can’t see anywhere else ...
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