Curling requires perfect weather conditions for its national tournament, the bonspiel, to take place. For the first time in 84 years, the frosts aligned and New Zealand’s gathering of curlers returned ...

Every business has an environmental impact. We decided to calculate ours, using a new and comprehensive standard called planetary accounting. We are the first media outlet in the world to do so. We ...

For six years New Zealand Geographic has been working to find a better wrap to protect our magazines from water damage when mailed to subscribers. We post more than 50,000 copies a year, and ...

A long-term programme to eradicate pests like possums, rats and feral cats from a large part of Banks Peninsula has been given a funding boost. The area is home to native species such as the jewelled ...

300 volunteers have turned up to help the Ōkārito Kayaks gorsebusters project. Baz Hughes, who runs the business, put the call out in January for people to have a free six day kayaking adventure in ...

More than 50,000 people gathered at Waitangi on February 6, 2024—one of the largest attendances on record. What brought them? Driving south on State Highway 1 in the middle of the night, the crescent ...

Can you tell the difference between a korimako/bellbird and a tūī, or a morepork and a kiwi? Birdsong expert of 39 years Paul Cuming shares tips on how to tell one bird from another. He says birds ...

Our next guest is a bird researcher, who looks into what happens when vulnerable populations get very small. How does she do that? Well, she studies their sperm. Dr Helen Taylor from the University of ...

J Swap, a company involved in quarrying, wants land protected under QEII covenants to be available to quarry. It donated $11,000 to NZ First in December, after the coalition was formed. It also gave ...

NIWA has been called in to investigate evidence of snapper in the Hauraki Gulf suffering from milky white flesh syndrome. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) said the syndrome had been affecting ...

Emperor penguins spend part of the year huddled together on the ice, keeping eggs and then chicks warm. But where do they go once breeding season is over? This week we’re starting a mini rerun of ...

Jo Morgan is a mountaineer, avid motorcyclist, adventurer, trader, philanthropist, grandmother, and now author. She’s written a memoir about her adventure-filled and unconventional life, which begins ...