The blast of the harpoon may have given way to the click of the camera, but whales are still the cornerstone of commerce—and the subject of many a decorative mural—in the north Canterbury town of Kaikoura. In little more than a decade, marine ecotourism has transformed a coastal backwater into an international travel hotspot....
It was dark, loud and wet. You could be blown up, run over, or drowned. Or you could succumb to drunken misadventure. Some people took one look at the place and quit on the spot. Others stuck it out for years, hoping to build a better life for themselves. Their stories, recorded by oral historian […]...
Where can the city dweller look for the inexhaustible wild? Perhaps it lies closer than we think, on the flipside of the ordinary, along the unkempt edges of the familiar. An urban green space can become a site of pilgrimage, a place to discover a waterfall by moonlight....
Anthocyanins, the molecules that turn fruit red and blue, are usually produced at a particular time and for a particular purpose, such as when a plant wants to advertise the fact that its fruit is ripe, or during times of stress. Anthocyanins are particularly powerful anti-oxidants, those molecules that mop up the free radicals that […]...
You could say that Selena kept herself warm in the most exotic sleeping bag in New Zealand. Researchers John Dowding and Elaine Murphy uncovered her dwelling while working in Fiordland’s Eglinton valley. “When we looked inside,” recalls John, “we found a bowl of feathers from some of the most endangered native forest birds in the country, including […]...
Every year, the finest sheep dogs and handlers in New Zealand and Australia compete for the prestigious Wayleggo Cup. The air is thick with expletives, the sheep are ready to bolt, and every second matters....
New Zealand Geographic’s next reader voyage in collaboration with Heritage Expeditions will head outside New Zealand borders for the first time, with guests invited to experience the rich history, cultures and wildlife of Melanesia. Joining the 17 day voyage to some of the most remote and rewarding parts of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands […]...
