A diabolical gamemaker scatters 85 flags across the Pisa Range. He assigns each flag a certain number of points. Some are ...

trawlingJono Ridler is swimming the length of the North Island unassisted… but he has a lot of help. On an amphibious boat ...

A forest is a place of peace. We go there to soak up the stillness, the quietude. But even the most Zen of gardens is in fact a frenetic trading floor, abuzz with an exchange of commodities and ...

Put a drone up and any self-respecting black-backed gull in the vicinity will be there within moments, pecking and hollering ...

In 1938, a young chemist working on developing new refrigerants accidentally created waxy white flakes instead of gas. The flakes didn’t melt, didn’t react with anything, were extremely slippery, and ...

The filling of Lake Dunstan to supply water for the Clyde Dam will change the face of the Clutha River forever. Here we portray the Clutha that was, and salute those who fought to save the river ...

How did I ever get caught in a trap like this? No way up and certainly no way to climb back down. A wall of vertical granite fell away beneath my feet and gravity, so deftly defied until now, returned ...

In our cover story last issue, we outlined the many threats facing our fur seal colonies. While most populations are stable or growing—for now—a new paper shows that all along the West Coast, birth ...

Every year between January and May the East Australian Current delivers an influx of unusual marine visitors to New Zealand waters. Among them are several species of marine turtle, sightings of which ...

Lampreys have done without bones—even jaws—for 360 million years, making do instead with a mouthful of rasps designed for shredding. But those teeth are no match for a new and invisible enemy. Are ...

Usually, Panther lives in Doubtless Bay in the Far North, her artworks twists on traditional European lace patterns, made ...

The tradition of kava has brought people together and consummated important social occasions in the Pacific for 3000 years. The use of kava is growing in New Zealand, with some 25,000 drinkers ...