Do not disturb

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Grand designs on Mars

Researchers have already figured out how to build infrastructure on Mars, in anticipation of humans...

A night at the Globe

When a 400-year-old play was brought to life in Auckland with Pasifika costume, dance, language...

The mists of time

Earth’s early days remain shrouded in mystery, but Kathy Campbell is helping to clarify how...

Reading the tea gene

Tea plants make large amounts of caffeine and flavonoids compared to other varieties of camellia,...

Lined up

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Dead end

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Garden remedy

Mother Aubert’s homemade medicine....

Birdwatching from space

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What to expect when you’re de-extincting

University of Otago professor Philip Seddon suggests a few things to consider before bringing Haast’s...

Inside job

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Backstage pass

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In the wind

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Judging a book by its cover

This issue’s cover posed a challenge: to present cannabis in a way that was recognisable,...

Troubled waters

Swimmable rivers or more hooves on pastures—is there a way of improving water quality without...

Switch and bait

In determining priorities—or simply making sense—the order matters....

The hunting of the snipe

An unlikely crew is given the assignment of catching birds in butterfly nets on a...

Into the weeds

We can’t decide what to call it—marijuana, dope, pot, grass, bud, green, hash, weed, devil’s...

Chancellor Hut

One of the most important historic buildings in the New Zealand mountains....

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Issue 198

Mar - Apr 2026

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