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#WeekendRead
New Zealanders boast one of the highest dog ownership rates in the world—one third of households own at least one dog and 300 kennel clubs across the country run hundreds of dog shows a year. The competition will always be fierce, but there can only be one Best in Show.
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Figures of speech
How language developed is an unsolved puzzle of human evolution, and Michael Corballis has spent a lifetime trying to figure it out.
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Bacteria on the move
When the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, or PSA, first infected New Zealand kiwifruit vines in 2010, it moved quickly. More than three-quarters of kiwifruit orchards caught the disease. How did it spread?
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Howletts Hut
An appealing hut with an orange roof and blue walls, Howletts Hut has fine views of Black Ridge as well as an expansive vista of the Hawke’s Bay hinterland. It’s a place of golden tussocks, khaki beech fringes and rugged mountains streaked with grey scree slopes.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica is the most biodiverse country in the world for its size. Its many ecosystems harbour a stunning array of exotic creatures—a great evolutionary melting pot resulting from the migration of animals from North and South America.
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MASSIVE WAVE RECORDED IN SOUTHERN OCEAN
Scientists tracking wave height using a new buoy in the Southern Ocean say they have measured the biggest ever wave recorded: 19.4 metres.
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TURTLE ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
A critically endangered hawksbill turtle is being nursed back to health after being found washed up on Northland’s 90 Mile Beach earlier this month.
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CROWDFUNDING SAVES NATIVE FOREST
The public has helped save an area of native forest in Northland after a crowdfunding campaign raised more than $160,000.
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