Marching emerged on the New Zealand sporting scene in the 1930s. Teams formed in factories, hospitals and workplaces as part ...

Orchids are everywhere. New Zealand has well over 100 species; worldwide there are tens of thousands. “The only places where ...

Fittingly, the giant wētā of the south were shaped by mountains. As the land rose, the wētā were driven skyward and forced to ...

His company, Premium Seas, harvests the Undaria that grows naturally on mussel-farm lines in the Firth of Thames, turning the ...

All around us, creatures are quietly getting on with secreting—oozing not just milk and tears, but beautiful homes, musical ...

But until last year, little was known of the mountain’s geology, or its fiery formation. In his new book, and more ...

Whales sing more when there’s oodles of food around, researchers have discovered. A team based at the Monterey Bay Aquarium ...

She tried to turn her sick feeling into action: she stopped buying clothes for two years, and in 2016, she started Paper ...

Naomi Arnold slogged her way up Te Araroa, walking from Bluff to Cape Reinga over about nine months. Here, 100 kilometres into her odyssey and deeply unsure about her capacity to finish it, she ...

What sorts of birds are you likely to see if you tackle Te Araroa? After walking, as they say, “every f***ing inch” of the ...

These days, it’s rare to spot a southern elephant seal in New Zealand. These hefty mammals—the males can reach five metres ...

Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku, in her foreword, invites us to look especially at his photographs of Rotorua, a place that fascinates ...