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Trail blazers

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

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...

Day of the dolphin

SailGP wanted to run a yacht race in a marine mammal sanctuary. They made a...

A toe on the start line

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

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...

A gulf between us

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

Ignorance is arrogance

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

Martin in the mangroves

On February 1, 1968, two Memphis rubbish collectors took shelter from pelting rain inside their...

Unpacking Ruataniwha

What does the Supreme Court decision mean for the rest of New Zealand?...

Edward Wilson’s bird

Why did an Antarctic explorer carry with him a painting he’d made in Switzerland a...

A birthday present for Shakespear

Fifty years after Auckland Regional Council acquired land at the tip of Whangaparāoa Peninsula for...

Listen: Is this the call of the Grey Ghost?

Somewhere, maybe, the South Island kōkako is calling in the bush. One avid pursuant reckons...

Swap a forest park for an irrigation dam

Is the Department of Conservation allowed to exchange conservation land for farmland?...

Explainer: New “Swimmable” Water Standards

Are they better or worse?...

A tale of two extinctions

The vaquita and the Māui’s dolphin, and their twin fates....

What Kaikōura taught us about Wellington

Seismic engineering is failing to anticipate the complexity of earthquakes....

Science in the time of post-truth

Chemtrails, 9/11 “truthers”, lizard people. It’s like the Renaissance never happened....

Credit where none is due

A new report reveals how 12 companies profited from pollution using fake carbon credits from...

Whangaroa story sparks students’ writing

For students at a Northland school, a story about “their place” became a chance to...

Is this our moon shot?

Ten years ago, even the most visionary conservationists thought ridding New Zealand of predators was...

The stink of rotten fish

Revelations about widespread illegal fishing highlight another failure of free-market policy to protect our environment...

A climate of apathy

Our decades of indulgence have cost the planet, and Nature just dropped off the bill....

A walk down memory lane

The first new Great Walk in 24 years is a graveyard, too....

Never underestimate the power of a gift

Two of the most emotional moments at Tuhoe’s settlement day on Friday August 22 involved...

Too big to fail?

Today is the 100th anniversary of the death of Martha, the last passenger pigeon. From...

Charlie, I hardly knew ye

It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are too many books and too little...

At the awards

On the value of wilderness adventures, photography, and social memory....

The stones are talking

The Waitangi Tribunal has just released the first part of its findings on the treaty...

At the bay

On this day 175 years ago, one of the lesser-known signings of Te Tiriti o...

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