Climate change made 2014 the hottest year on record, and delivered record snowfalls too....
The Dun Mountain Trail is a stunning one-day mountain-bike ride crossing a landscape of outstanding natural beauty and fascinating history. From Nelson city, it follows New Zealand’s first railway line, climbing at an easy gradient through beech forest to a large clearing at a shelter called Third House. From there, the railway line continues, but […]...
Insulin is being used as a deadly weapon by two species of cone snails....
New Zealand’s first state houses came in more than 400 designs that caught the sunlight, maximised views and were sturdy enough to outlast their inhabitants....
I’ve slept under the stars often enough, but only once when it wasn’t my choice. I found myself in the industrial zone of Aachen, Germany, while hitch-hiking across Europe. It had been sleeting and the rides had been sparse, and now, hours after dark, trudging through heavy snow, I was alone, cold and wet. I […]...
The tragic campaign waged at Gallipoli framed new ideals of nationhood, and the way we choose to remember war....
More than 30,000 New Zealanders lack a proper home, and live instead in cars, caravan parks, night shelters, boarding houses or on the street. It’s one of the most striking symptoms of a country in which people lead increasingly precarious lives....
Every spring, rural traditions play out in miniature in the ring at the local pet day....
(New Edition) Geoff Norman, Te Papa, $59.99...
If you prefer love to remain a mystery, turn the page now…...
