Limbo | New Zealand Geographic
At Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora, Joe Harrison documents an era of change and uncertainty. The mist hangs low over Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora, a body of water that’s not really a lake, nor a …
Inside the Land March - New Zealand Geographic
Te Rōpū o te Matakite: the seers, the ones with foresight. That’s the name of the group that revered leader Dame Whina Cooper led on a 1000-kilometre march from the Far North to …
Kākāpō: Bird on the brink - New Zealand Geographic
In a land renowned for its unusual birds, the kākāpō—a giant flightless nocturnal parrot with a bizarre breeding system—has to be one of the strangest. Although it has been lingering …
A map of the future - New Zealand Geographic
Sea-level rise doesn’t affect coasts equally—one bay may be drowned while the beach next door remains the same as ever. Predicting sea-level rise needs to take into account tectonic …
The Kelp - New Zealand Geographic
Rimurapa connects Ngāi Tahu historian Mike Stevens to his southern ancestry. His Bluff-based whānau hold customary rights to harvest juvenile tītī, or muttonbirds, from islands around …
What happened on Whakaari? - New Zealand Geographic
The eruption started at 9.35pm, with big heaves inside the crater. At 10.03pm, it began pelting the walking track with projectiles, but withheld its final energy until 10.11pm when, with a …
The power of Taupo - New Zealand Geographic
Lake Taupo lies in the caldera of an active supervolcano, the site of the world’s most violent eruption of the last 70,000 years. Just 10 km beneath it sits another lake of molten rock 50 km …
About Us | New Zealand Geographic - nzgeo.com
New Zealand Geographic has been an icon of environmental journalism for more than 35 years. New Zealand Geographic was started back in 1989 to offer Kiwis a profound new perspective …
Farming - New Zealand Geographic
Society The future of food. Most of New Zealand’s lowland areas are now devoted to food production. How we produce food for consumption, sale and export continues to shape our …
The underground forest - New Zealand Geographic
For many professional mycologists, the annual Fungal Foray is one of their few chances to do what they’ve trained for. As organiser Renee Johansen, an ecologist at Manaaki Whenua, tells …