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Whats rarer than a tuatara? Amblyomma sphenodonti, of course, the blood-sucking ectoparasitic tick that chooses...

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It is a Question that has vexed many gastronomic afficionados, myself included: how can you...

Whaling by numbers

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Oceans Survey 20/20: Envisioning New Zealand’s EEZ

The age of discovery may have ended in the early 17th century, but now scientists...

Gold panning

There is gold buried in our ocean beds, deposited by submarine volcanos. “The grade of...

Collossal capture

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Damselflies

On January 4, 2007, while visiting tarns at Car­rol Hut in the Kelly Range, Arthurs...

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Disaster on the Wahine

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Arno Gasteiger—photographer at large

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The Deep

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No Take Zone

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Hillary Tribute

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Shadow of a Giant

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La Niña

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This issue

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