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How we die

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Rising temperatures

Ten New Zealand climate stations have operated from the same locations since at least the...

Middle of somewhere

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City sizes

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Whanganui

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Secret lives of cats

Over several years, Heidy Kikillus attached tiny GPS collars to cats and recorded their movements....

The sinking city

The Canterbury earthquakes changed the shape of Christchurch. Much of the city is built on...

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Issue 198

Mar - Apr 2026

Black-Backed Gulls
Meth & HIV in Fiji
Dung beetles
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