In other news, Antarctica New Zealand wants your input on the Scott Base redevelopment by choosing the building’s colour. The buildings will be surrounded by ice… so designers are offering the options ...

Author and documentary filmmaker Bill Morris takes us back in time in his new book The Road to Gondwana – in search of the lost supercontinent. Aotearoa New Zealand is just one fragment of this giant ...

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?

This week’s critter is the ngaro tara or three-lined hoverfly, a noisy native species with an important role as a pollinator. Ngaro tara have an ugly duckling life history, turning from a rat-tailed ...

An expert in natural disasters says it’s absolutely possible Tonga’s volcanic eruption could have sparked tsunami waves reaching 15-metres high at their peak. Five days on from one of the largest ...

While we might sometimes consider insects a bit of a nuisance, the world would be in big trouble without them. Insects pollinate food crops essential for our survival, they control pests and help ...

Some Māori and Pacific people say they have been shut out of climate change activism. They warn if their voices are not included it risks perpetuating the massive inequalities in this country. Kera ...

It has been a soggy few weeks for the upper North Island, with late January’s Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle. States of emergency have been declared across Ikaroa-a-Māui, schools and non ...

After 10,000 years of inbreeding, Rakiura/Stewart Island kākāpō have been found to be in surprisingly good genetic health. A major international study reveals the kākāpō have lost harmful mutations ...

In his trailblazing new book, Frontal Fatigue: The Impact of Modern Life and Technology on Mental Illness, Dr Mark Rego examines why mental illness and stress are skyrocketing alongside technology.

A smart buoy anchored in Wellington Harbour is phoning home with information about local weather and sea conditions. That information is now freely available online, and could be a boon for local ...

Despite some gains last year, the Environment Ministry still does not resemble the diversity of wider society. Māori, Pasifika and Asian people are drastically under-represented in the ministry’s ...