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Tunnel Creek Hut

This small six-bed hut on the West Coast of the South Island offers intrepid trampers...

Too much information

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Long-distance photography

Lottie Hedley shoots a New Zealand Geographic story remotely—a first for the magazine....

Between ice and fire

On a summer afternoon in early 2020, the land of the long white cloud temporarily...

Losing tuna

Many Pacific Island nations depend on tuna for survival: the governments of Tuvalu, Tokelau and...

Three-body problem

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Tuatara tūpuna

A tiny fossil unearthed in a dusty desert in north-western Argentina provides new clues to...

A new seahorse

New Zealand has a brand-new endemic species: a tiny, jewel-coloured pygmy pipehorse, just a few...

Seal census

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Ancient fires

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Gruesome bounty

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How we die

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The sound of poi

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Making the leap

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Cultivating change

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Te Kupenga: 101 stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull

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Force of nature

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Meet the spoonbills

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The animals next door

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Mar - Apr 2026

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