In 2023, a team of University of Auckland researchers organised workshops across Northland and Auckland—19 of them, involving ...

The Story of Tohe In the days of long ago, the fame of the beautiful women of the Ngati Kuri tribe attracted the interest of the chiefs of Ngati Whatua of Orakei, Auckland, who came to court the ...

New Zealand is now a globally recognised mountain-bike destination. A recent report looking only at trails in our plantation ...

It was dark, loud and wet. You could be blown up, run over, or drowned. Or you could succumb to drunken misadventure. Some ...

Picture a map of New Zealand. Now delete the land. What you’re left with is a vascular system pumping fresh water: swampy ...

Every year, we haul tonnes of eels out of our lakes and rivers. Many are shipped off live for export. To some people, it’s a ...

In New Zealand’s national parks and remote areas, conservation managers cull feral cats to save many bird, reptile and ...

Need a mobile home? An incubation chamber? Dinner? Hundreds of species have hit on an elegant solution: find a nice juicy ...

Ko nga poupou o toku whare ko te ha o te wairua Maori, te mana o taku iwi, te reo o aku tupuna, me taku turangawaewae. Ko tona tuanui ko te Tiriti o Waitangi. (The corner posts of my house are these: ...

The Geology Museum at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka—University of Otago smells of old wood and older rocks. The walls are lined with ...

Seagrass is excellent habitat for fish, birds and invertebrates; it helps keep water clean by holding sediment in place; and ...

Willows can stop a river flooding a farm. Or they can turn a river dark and mean. Trying to control them, we’re realising, ...