Trail blazers

A new book showcases the dust and drama of mountain biking in New Zealand....

A matter of principles

Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week....

What is the hullabaloo about the Hauraki Gulf, and what on Earth is ring-net fishing?

Well, I’m glad you asked. Turns out the answer to both of these questions is complicated....

Day of the dolphin

SailGP wanted to run a yacht race in a marine mammal sanctuary. They made a plan in the event of dolphins swimming into the course. Dolphins happened. They stuck to the plan. The racing was wildly successful. Is it just me, or does this seem like a good outcome for New Zealand?...

A toe on the start line

After 23 years, we have made the first tangible step towards recovery of the Hauraki Gulf....

A land far, far away

Glimpses of life on the Chatham Islands, roughly 840 kilometres east of Christchurch, population 600....

The meaning of an epidemic

COVID-19 has caused upheaval in our lives, changing them for the worse—but also for the better. What we can take from this time?...

A gulf between us

We’ve failed the Hauraki Gulf. Here’s why....

What’s the point of museums?

Most people don’t understand what a museum is for. Unfortunately, nor do some of the people managing them....

Vanishing into something better

Mary Oliver showed us how to look at what’s around us....

Ignorance is arrogance

Science denial, like so much brash narcissism, may actually be a cry for help....

To love a land

From head to heart in 30 years....

A soul-force of courage

Eugene Smith and the power of photojournalism....

A flash of fire

There are some striking differences in the names that we bestow....

Good grief

What we can learn from albatrosses....

Singing up country

The centrality of stories in human experience....

Martin in the mangroves

On February 1, 1968, two Memphis rubbish collectors took shelter from pelting rain inside their compactor truck. Moments later, the dilapidated and defective vehicle malfunctioned, crushing Echol Cole and Robert Walker in its machinery. For the city’s 1300 mostly black sanitation workers, the men’s horrible death was a spark in their long-simmering protest against miserable […]...

Blunder on Mt Zorro

The politics of a Hawke’s Bay landmark....

Timber or taonga

An inheritance passed down across centuries....

Down under

Sometimes, the world comes to you....

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Issue 200

Jul - Aug 2026

Solar power
Horses of Huntly
Forget me not
Whaling
Red admirals

Issue 200 Jul - Aug 2026

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