La Nina’s deluges

As expected, La Nina brought above-average temperatures to most of the country this summer. The...

A fishing life

It was a laugh when we started. Mike and I really didn’t know what we...

Black Birch resurrected

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Cultivating our tropical past

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Big birds fly south

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The last cruise of Mikhail Lermontov

At dawn on the morning of February 16, 1986, the luxury Russian liner Mikhail Lermontov...

On the metal – the tin miners of Port Pegasus

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The long pathway (Part 2)

Geoff Chapple completes his tramp through the North Island on the planned route for a...

Life and death among the nettles

Whether dancing above a flower or alighting to sip nectar, New Zealand’s two species of...

Flax – the enduring fibre

With lofty flower stalks that stab the sky and leaves as broad as a waka...

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Issue 198

Mar - Apr 2026

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