The floating world

Venturing away from the coral reefs of the tropics into cooler seas—like those around New...

1080

Conservation in New Zealand is mostly about trying to protect native wildlife from the teeth...

Sky, stars and leaf margins

May attempts to write poems about stars and trees have been invariably foolhardy. Poems might...

Torpedo carnivore

Reaching more than six metres in length with a bite force of nearly two tonnes,...

Call of the wild

When Dave Hansford unpacked his bag at Bird Point, Antarc­tica, he discovered that his partner...

The also wren

In the South Island’s remote subalpine regions, a highly terrestrial songbird—one of two surviving species...

Bridging the gap

These days Aucklanders tend to refer to “the bridge” with exasperation, it being the structure...

About face

How many faces, do you know? Hundreds? Thousands? More than you realise, I bet....

Feathering the nest

Restoring Maungatautari....

[un]Lucky country

Recorded temperatures occurred across the state of Victoria on February 7 this year, contributing to...

Dargaville–Kaitaia, including Cape Reinga

This leg of the Discovery Highway is equal to anywhere on the South Island’s West...

Waimakariri Falls Hut & Mt Philistine

Arthur’s Pass National Park, 2 days A trip the Main Divide over Waimakariri Col is...

Mystery Taonga

This kahu waero is a rare form of dog-cloak, distinctive for the tassels of dog...

Conjoined countries

New research has revealed that New Caledonia and New Zealand are joined at the hip,...

Blast from the past

What’s a super-fast robotic telescope doing among Bill Allen’s sauvignon blanc vines in Blenheim? Exploring...

Signature home – Pagrus auratus

Virtually all the snapper caught in a recent survey along the west coast of the...

Editorial

Throughout human history we have vilified and sought to destroy predators which attack and kill...

West of Eden

Walk on the wild side...

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Issue 198

Mar - Apr 2026

Black-Backed Gulls
Meth & HIV in Fiji
Dung beetles
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Issue 198 Mar - Apr 2026

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