Pretty much every morning and evening, I put the earbuds in, queue up a few podcasts and head off for a walk with our democratically named dog Pepperoni Gustav von Doggington.

We received more than 500 responses to the reader survey last week. Here's what the results mean and how New Zealand ...

At Cooks Beach, waves at high tide overtopped the sea wall protecting the first row of baches. Behind the smooth blue curve of Cooks Beach, there’s a sandy road edged in rough grass, and then rows of ...

It seems like every day brings bad news. Our planet is on fire, or flooding, or infected, or in recession. It’s tiring. As if to add to the existential stress, the media sector is now forecasting its ...

Paul Quinlan wakes up at four, vaguely nervous about the day ahead. The tūī are up particularly early, too, as if to herald a significant dawn. As Quinlan drives south from his home in Kaeo, others ...

Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week. If I could travel back in time, I’d visit ...

Buff-tailed bumblebees, important pollinators in Aotearoa, have a taste for flowers with bigger “bullseye” markings at the centre, a study published in Science Advances indicates. UK scientists ...

Switching up the background on your video call might help you stay perky, Singapore researchers have found. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, investigated links between the phenomenon ...

For all those who read my first article laying out the circumstances for New Zealand Geographic, thank you. Some 500 people took out new subscriptions, others renewed. Many also offered advice, which ...

I began this week with an appeal to readers to help support the future of New Zealand Geographic by subscribing. The response has been humbling, and we have been flooded with emails from subscribers ...

If the South Island kōkako is not extinct—if, as many believe, a handful of the birds are still alive in the forests of the West Coast—they’re doing a very good job of staying hidden. There hasn’t ...

Lead is highly toxic—but to kea, the metal tastes like a sweet treat. So for years, the native parrots have been dying of lead poisoning: enduring vomiting, seizures, cognitive decline, and starving.