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The mechanical sympathy
Bruce McLaren founded the most successful Formula One team in history and set records that lasted decades. His name is still emblazoned on some of the world’s fastest cars. But the fairytale quality of McLaren’s life—growing up above his parents’ petrol station, racing the Austin 7 he built as a teenager, later winning Monaco and Le Mans—conceals the hardships he overcame and the innovations he made. McLaren didn’t just race cars, he designed and built them, and in doing so, transformed the sport of Formula One.
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How lucky we are
There is a capital ‘E’ environment—national parks, marine reserves, wilderness lakes, predator-free island sanctuaries—and a small ‘e’ environment—farmland, parks, plantation forests, the sea, our own backyards. But one of our national traits could guide our environmental decisions.
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A model pedestrian
On a winter afternoon in 1932, Pahiatua-born Esther James strode into Bluff. It was no ordinary arrival. When the slightly built James crossed the town boundary on June 18, it marked the end of a 2500-kilometre journey on foot that had started at Spirits Bay, near the northernmost tip of the North Island.
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Taking sides
Chirality is everywhere in nature, from molecules on up. We think the world is symmetrical, bilateral, but so much of it is cack-handed: snails, for instance, carry shells that spiral left or right, depending on the individual. And sometimes, left- or right-handedness is a matter of life and death.
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China, roof of the world
In south-western China, immense geological forces have uplifted the highest ecosystems on Earth. Only a special breed of survivors can live up here, on the roof of the world.
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TE WAIKOROPUPU SPRINGS UNDER THREAT
The dairy industry is responsible for high levels of E. coli found near the country’s largest freshwater springs, a water quality advocate says.
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SPENDING ON OTAGO LAKE WEED DOUBLED
Otago Regional Council and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) are under public pressure to do more to stop the oxygen weed lagarosiphon, which has spread from Lake Wanaka to Lake Dunstan and is now threatening the near pristine Lake Wakatipu.
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MYRTLE RUST FOUND IN TARANAKI
Originally from South America, myrtle rust has been killing large numbers of native trees in Australia since 2010. It spreads by air and is thought to be a threat to New Zealand natives including pōhutukawa, rātā, mānuka and kānuka.
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