Marine reserves not only benefit fish within them, but also those beyond their boundaries. New research from the University of Auckland found that young snapper off the coast of Northland are related to adult snapper from the Goat Island marine reserve, tens of kilometres away. Goat Island was New Zealand's first marine reserve, and its opening in 1977 was vehemently protested. “Nothing to do at Goat Island Bay any more," declared a local newspaper headline. Today, the reserve overflows with visitors drawn by its marine life.

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No take zone

Goat Island was New Zealand's first marine reserve, and its opening in 1977 was vehemently protested. “Nothing to do at Goat Island Bay any more," declared a local newspaper headline. Today, the reserve overflows with visitors drawn by its marine life.

Pearly whites

Teeth were once used to make prized necklaces, earrings and weapons.

Home run

How do you figure out where a snapper is from? By looking at its otoliths—its ear bones.

#SundayDoco: Kiwi, a natural history

Many of New Zealand’s birds have been lost, or are close to extinction, but the Kiwi’s unusual characteristics have helped it to survive. This is why.

Rarest of the rare

Rowi are a species of kiwi so critically restricted in distribution and breeding success that they were almost done for. But a last-ditch effort—codenamed Operation Nest Egg—has dramatically changed the fortunes of the most imperilled kiwi in the world.

The people's bird

No other creature has given its name to both a nation’s inhabitants and its culture. How did the kiwi become a star?


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