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Whether you’re searching for rare birds, colourful coral gardens, sites of military significance or unique cultural ...
Designed for more active travellers looking to explore the remote waterways, coves and coastlines of the Marlborough Sounds, ...
NZ-VR is a project undertaken by New Zealand Geographic, Sir Peter Blake Trust, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Foundation North’s GIFT fund, using virtual reality to connect New Zealanders with their ...
A Bluecliffs resident has warned the evacuation of the seaside township is not going to be peaceful due to frustrations with how they have been treated. The small hamlet at the mouth of the Waiau ...
Scientists on an expedition to the Bounty Trough off New Zealand have discovered about 100 new or potentially new ocean species. The Ocean Census team combined of scientists from NIWA, Te Papa and ...
Hundreds of snapper are floating in the sea off Auckland, and are washing up dead or dying on beaches off the Hauraki Gulf. Fisheries New Zealand is warning the public not to eat the fish “for safety ...
Kade Wallis isn't nervous. He doesn’t know enough to be. This is the Christchurch builder’s first go at the Wānaka Hike & Fly, New Zealand’s only vol-biv (or "fly-camping") race, which spans three ...
How do you reach the ocean under a sheet of floating ice 600m thick? Use a hot water drill to melt through it. That’s what a team of researchers are up to in this episode of the award-winning 2020 ...
The idea of getting fit can be daunting. For some it’s because they’ve never really done it, for others, perhaps they’ve been ill or injured and watched their fitness disappear. Orthopaedic Surgeon ...
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 ...
In spite of a widespread belief that their race and culture are extinct, Moriori people have survived on the Chatham Islands and are undergoing a cultural revival similar to that of their mainland ...
Aotea/Great Barrier Island mana whenua say biosecurity officials must eradicate an invasive seaweed species detected in the area. Caulerpa brachypus, which can spread rapidly and create dense mats, ...