New Zealand Geographic
WEBOff the warming northeastern coasts of New Zealand, a spiky problem is snowballing. Centrostephanus rodgersii, the longspined sea urchin, is a native species, but the comparatively balmy winters underwater are supercharging its reproduction. On top of that, we’ve eaten too many of its probable key predators—big crays.
Inside the Land March - New Zealand Geographic
WEBTe Rōpū o te Matakite sets out from Te Hāpua on September 14, 1975. Te Hāpua was the birthplace of then-Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. The proposed march united a wide cross-section of urban and rural Māori, but support was not universal. Rata felt it would undermine his efforts from within the government, and sought to head it off.
Ferns: the glory of the forest - New Zealand Geographic
WEBIn few of the world's temperate forests do ferns assume the luxuriance and dominance that they achieve in the damper portions of the New Zealand bush. Fronds decorate every tree-trunk and choke the floor of the forest, while stands of huge tree ferns tower over lesser trees. Little wonder that the fern frond has become a major symbol of the country in …
Pine forest natives - New Zealand Geographic
WEBThe earliest records of native birds colonising pine forests were made in the 1940s. By the 1960s, Kaingaroa Forest boasted the highest densities of birds recorded on the New Zealand mainland, with 1203 pairs per 100 ha, 652 of which were native. Such abundance is still noticeable.
Matariki rising - New Zealand Geographic
WEBThere’s a new holiday on the calendar: Matariki, the Māori new year. It’s the first indigenous celebration to be formally recognised in any colonised country. It brings with it a focus on the resurgence of the maramataka, the Māori environmental calendar. And it might just be the best thing that’s happened to New Zealand’s environmental conscience in years.
Flax - the enduring fibre - New Zealand Geographic
WEBFlax – the enduring fibre. With lofty flower stalks that stab the sky and leaves as broad as a waka paddle, flax, or harakeke, is one of our most striking native plants—a feature of wetland, coastline and hill country. It has also played a pivotal role in the development of New Zealand’s human landscape.
Photography Archive | New Zealand Geographic - nzgeo.com
WEBFrom 65 finalists, there were nine winners in the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year. Behold, the finest frames of New Zealand's environment and society in 2017. The inaugural Canon Personal Project Grant enabled Richard Robinson to photograph the far reaches of New Zealand’s ocean territory.
Bastion Point flashpoint - New Zealand Geographic
WEBOn May 25, 1978, the New Zealand government sent in hundreds of police and army officers to evict protestors at Bastion Point, in what was the largest internal mobilisation in New Zealand’s history.The Orakei Action Group, led by Joe Hawke, had begun occupation of Bastion Point in January 1977. This was after the government announced […]
Return of the lost birds - New Zealand Geographic
WEBThe owl hunted a wide array of small animals—birds, lizards, frogs, tuatara, insects, and, after the arrival of humans, rats. It brought its prey back to its roost and ate it whole, regurgitating the hard bits—bones, beaks and claws—onto the cave floor. What’s left is an invaluable record of a lost ecosystem.
The mystery kiwi - New Zealand Geographic
WEBThe first kiwi sent from New Zealand to Europe arrived in England around 1812. Its insides had been removed, its skin and feathers preserved, and its little body flattened into an un-lifelike shape. It was a tokoeka/South Island brown kiwi, and it became the holotype of the species, the individual animal associated with the scientific name given to it in 1813, Apteryx australis. Where exactly ...