A new record has been set for the longest dive by an emperor penguin.


	How long can penguins hold their breath? A new record has been set for the longest dive by an emperor penguin. In a study led by NIWA marine ecologist Kim Goetz during the penguin breeding season, 20 birds that hadn’t paired up were tagged and tracked in the eastern Ross Sea.

The riches of Croesus

A track that pays tribute to West Coast prospectors of old, and which is now part of the new Great Walk.

God's own

What tramping and religion have in common, and why we need more Great Walks.


	The evolutionary errors within your body In 1893, German anatomist Robert Wiedersheim made a list of 86 ‘vestiges’, parts of the human body that appeared to be of little use. These, he determined, were leftovers of the evolutionary process.