In the Shadow of Giants

Life thrives against the odds in the frozen sands of Te Onetapu, one of just...

Return to Pukapuka

After three decades abroad, an anthropologist’s daughter returns to the remote atoll of her childhood,...

Return of the ancients

Sea turtles survived a meteor that killed the dinosaurs, millions of years of predator attacks,...

A god of small things

George Novak is one of the few who have seen a heart begin to beat....

Publicising peaks

Early promotion of mountain tourism....

Race of the century

A hundred yards to go! Come on, Jack!...

Signs of Life

Like a planet in space, a rainbow trout egg sparks and crackles as biological processes...

100 Amazing Tales from Te Papa

Te papa holds more than 200,000 New Zealand fish preserved in alcohol. The beady-eyed and...

Avalanche

Snow avalanches—such as this one seen from Tasman Glacier in Mt Cook National Park—are among...

Poenamo Revisited

In the winter of 1849, at the end of a whistle-stop tour of the Old...

A Democratic view

Chosen from 25, 000 images shot by more than 1500 photographers over a calendar year,...

The constant gardener

Kay Baxter on food for sustenance, and sustainable food....

Fake it ’til you make it

When you can’t run, and you can’t hide, you might as well pretend to be...

Forecast uncertain

The eruption of Tongariro surprised everyone, not least the experts....

Harper Pass Track

This four-day tramp crosses the Southern Alps at Harper Pass (962m). Low passes through the...

Through a looking glass

Lost soldiers, found on social media...

Bird’s eye view

Gannets can spot fish from both above and beneath the water by changing the structure...

Neanderthals on herbal medicine

Early hominids have been found to not only cook their veges, but also self-medicate with...

A second wind

The once-renowned Waikite geyser could be back after a 43-years hiatus....

Truth in advertising

Cast in ink upon a poster from the 1930s, a skier soars, heroic and arrow-like,...

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Mar - Apr 2026

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