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Twenty years ago you could walk to the snout of Franz Josef Glacier, clamber over...

A climate swerve?

I’m not sure which announcement surprised me more: the leaders of the G7 industrial nations...

Beyond green

At 40,000 words, the pope’s much awaited encyclical covering climate change, the environment and the...

One click closer to extinction

Earlier this week, in its latest update to the Red List of Threatened Species, the...

Shark come up

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Rimutaka cycle trail

The Rimutaka Cycle Trail follows riverside cycle paths, a historic rail trail, quiet country roads...

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Foam rave

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Food webs

Spiders customise the design of their webs according to their diet....

Back for the gold

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Valley of the whales

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Shooting home

Peter James Quinn aims the camera into his backyard....

The Chinese Question

White New Zealand closes the door...

Entanglements of Empire

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World War II from Above

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Ready or not

Global sea levels are rising, but how high remains unknown....

Birdman

An amateur Christchurch ornithologist mobilised a town to save a bird....

Danger isles

How New Zealand’s most dangerous islands revolutionised our weather forecasting....

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Issue 198

Mar - Apr 2026

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