There is a quiet revolution taking place in rural New Zealand. Over the past decade, migrant labour has become essential to the country’s dairy farms, vineyards and kiwifruit orchards, and as a result, the culture of regional communities is changing. Yet many new-migrant families lead insecure lives, at the whim of immigration law, their future in this country uncertain.


	Meet the migrants running New Zealand's primary industries There is a quiet revolution taking place in rural New Zealand. Over the past decade, migrant labour has become essential to the country’s dairy farms, vineyards and kiwifruit orchards, and as a result, the culture of regional communities is changing. Yet many new-migrant families lead insecure lives, at the whim of immigration law, their future in this country uncertain.


	Now you be the judge There are 52 finalists in Photographer of the Year 2018, but there can be only one People's Choice winner—the award we're counting on you to judge. See all the finalists and vote for your favourites here. Photo: Alastair Jamieson, Aerial category finalist


	The origin of sickness For virologist Robert Webster, it all started with diseased birds.

A brand-new seabird

Whenua Hou, a tiny island off Stewart Island, is most famous for its population of kākāpō, but it also has a one-kilometre strip of beach where diving petrels breed.

The first colour x-rays

What if it was possible to take colour pictures of the inside of the human body—where bone and muscle were easily distinguishable from cancer tissue or kidney stones?

The plant that went rogue

First introduced in the 1870s for hedges, African boxthorn soon went wild. Up to six metres tall, it crowds out other plants with its thorns, which can pierce gumboots and puncture tyres.