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Citizen science
You don’t need a PhD to find a new species, unearth a rare fungus or name an asteroid. New Zealanders with no specialist training are contributing to scientific research by monitoring streams, spotting rare plants, counting the birds visiting their back gardens, and putting GPS trackers on their cats.
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The puzzle of pilot whales
They strand on our shores in greater numbers than any other species of whale. Scientists believe they know why, but there is much about these animals that remains an enigma, and the strandings continue to happen.
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No swimming
Five millimetres of rain in a day is not uncommon in Auckland, but it is enough to cause parts of the city’s wastewater network to overflow, making beaches unsafe for swimming. What's the solution?
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Where the wild things are
Barely seven per cent of New Zealand is land. The rest of it, the wet bit, covers four million square kilometres. It's arguably the country’s last great tract of undisturbed wilderness. What lives there? |
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The humpback highway
The migration of Oceania’s humpback whales, and their final destination in Antarctica, has remained shrouded in mystery. When scientists intercepted the whales on their journey, their discovery only made the great migration more intriguing.
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Give the gift that lasts all year
Subscribe for a loved one before December 11 and they'll receive a free 2019 wall calendar featuring the finalists of this the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year competition. With lush new issues arriving every two months, it will be a gift enjoyed by the whole family.
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Go diving without leaving your seat
New Zealand Geographic's NZVR Project lets you travel through New Zealand's wild places using virtual reality on any phone, tablet or desktop computer. Glide with stingrays at the Poor Knights, swim through swaying sargassum weed at the Three Kings, dive with pilot whales off the edge of the continental shelf, explore the shallows of Parengarenga Harbour, experience the charms and challenges of the Hauraki Gulf... even swim with humpback whales in Niue!
Production was funded by Foundation North's Gulf Innovation Fund Together (GIFT), NZonAir and supported by partners WWF and Sir Peter Blake Trust.
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HERITAGE FIORDLAND VIADUCT OFFICIALLY OPENEDMore than 50 guests, including Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, have been flown by helicopter into the remote area to celebrate the reopening of Percy Burn Viaduct.
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SHIP INFESTED WITH STINK BUGS TURNED BACKBiosecurity New Zealand has ordered a cargo ship infested with stink bugs and pests to leave the country. Officers seized three live and 39 dead marmorated stink bugs.
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