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.

Much of New Zealand’s coastal property has an expiry date, with its value set to be wiped off the ledger in as little as nine years’ time, well before sea levels rise and coastlines are redrawn. What ...

Last night finalists, well-wishers, sponsors and the New Zealand Geographic team gathered for this year's Photographer of the Year awards night. It was opened by a karanga and mihi from Ngāti Whātua, ...

It was print week in the New Zealand Geographic offices, a time of furious activity, where the last details come together and giant pile of work turns into a magazine. Features snap into shape and ...

Despite the threats posed by accelerating climate change, invasive species, habitat loss and pollution, the environment still seems to be a tradable commodity here in New Zealand. Something that can ...

If you haven't seen this newsletter for a while, hello again. We've endured a long technical battle with Google, whose robotic filter insisted we were a Nigerian prince angling for a quick buck. In ...

You may have seen we ran a poll for readers to help us with our decision on the cover of the latest issue—an electric blue freshwater crayfish, or a gnarled bonsai tree. The bonsai won, and ever since ...

What would the beach be without red-billed gulls? We may be about to find out. Two huge colonies have already gone under and the next biggest, in Kaikōura, is failing fast. In December 2023, ...

Where do young sea creatures spend their first weeks? What’s at the root of oceanic food chains? Kelp forests are to Aotearoa what coral reefs are to other marine ecosystems. Or they used to be. South ...

People and livestock gobble so much fish that the seas soon won’t keep up. Is the answer to grow fish on land? After decades of research, scientists are cracking the secrets to commercially ...

Hundreds of pest plant species—many of them garden escapees—run rampant in New Zealand’s biggest city. Now, its citizens are fighting back. Sweat drips down Richard Margesson’s brow as he rappels down ...