Don’t call them swamps. Bogs soak up and store more carbon than forests do, but when they’re drained and used for agriculture, that immense amount of carbon is slowly released. The entrance to one of ...

An English convict exiled to Australia who went on to pioneer New Zealand’s shore-whaling industry, John Guard was friend to Te Rauparaha and the instigator of an armed sortie against Taranaki Maori ...

Retreating glaciers and thinning snow and ice are the future of New Zealand’s mountains. Climate change is predicted to warm the country’s atmosphere by 1–4°C by the end of the century, altering the ...

A curious thing happened to Rebekah White this week. While the editor of the New Zealand Geographic was walking up a river she found herself plunging into the ground! Do we have quicksand in Aotearoa?

The controversial ‘spray and pray’ farming method, being blamed for contaminating waterways in Rangitikei, is being used in Southland. The method uses weed killer to strip hillsides of vegetation ...

Recent research from Victoria University of Wellington has revealed thousands of coastal homes could face huge hikes in insurance premiums, or an inability to get insurance at all, within fifteen ...

Slaters, or woodlice, are part of the isopod family. They’re a type of crustacean – like crabs and crayfish – but they moved from the oceans onto the land millions of years ago. There are probably ...

Gibson’s and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high seas and the ...

Farmers, growers and regional authorities in the South Island are reporting large numbers of rabbits this year. Responsiblity for pest control falls to property owners under bylaws, and if a regional ...

Scientists have dug a 90m-long trench in Hawke’s Bay in search of evidence of past earthquakes. The Aramoana dig is hoped to provide insights that will help identify the earthquake and tsunami risk ...

A large-scale 1080 pest control programme across the Hunua Ranges, south-east of Auckland, which started last week – has been suddenly suspended. A conservation group opposing the drop – The Friends ...

A group in Nelson are creating a micro forest. Colin Davis and AJ Clarken decided to embark on the Nelson Whakatu Microforest Initiative after hearing about the micro forest movement spreading around ...