Miles from cell signal, trampers can now use their mobiles to communicate via satellite, leaving PLBs for emergencies.

The southern right whales of the Auckland Islands were once reduced to a population that included only 25 mature females. Now numbering more than 1000, their recovery is a testament to the natural ...

New Zealand Geographic journalists and photographers followed the trials and tribulations of nine teens for almost a year to create a picture of a generation we sometimes deride, often misunderstand, ...

In July 1998, after a period of heavy rain, the Waikato River spilled over its banks, inundating hundreds of hectares of farmland, flooding parts of Huntly and crossing State Highway 1 at Rangiriri.

Every year we celebrate the best editorial images. These are the finalists for 2026. Now it’s your turn… select your five favourites. The longest day of Basic Common Training for Royal New Zealand ...

Dr Thom Linley has always been fascinated with fish, how they behave, their ecology and their different ocean habitats. He is a curator of fishes at Te Papa, and also co-hosts the Deep-Sea Podcast, ...

After 10,000 years of inbreeding, Rakiura/Stewart Island kākāpō have been found to be in surprisingly good genetic health. A major international study reveals the kākāpō have lost harmful mutations ...

New Zealanders have relished the chance to re-claim their takeaway flat whites, but at what cost to the environment? The alert level 4 lockdown is estimated to have saved more than 20 million coffee ...

Kina numbers have exploded as we’ve eaten too many of their predators – like big snapper and crayfish – that usually keep them in check. The urchins munch through kelp and seaweed, leaving bare rock ...

Bioluminescence (which literally means ‘living light’) allows glow worms to lure food, fireflies to find a mate, and nocturnal squid to camouflage themselves from predators. The light is a by-product ...

A new documentary series from James Cameron on whales has captured never-before-filmed whale behaviour across the world including in the waters of New Zealand. New Zealand Marine biologist Dr Ingrid ...