At Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora, Joe Harrison documents an era of change and uncertainty. The mist hangs low over Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora, a body of water that’s not really a lake, nor a …

Geo News At last, a chance to examine the world’s rarest whale. Last week, scientists and kaitiaki set to work to necropsy the rarest whale ever discovered—a spade-toothed beaked whale that …

Get out of the city this summer and you’re bound to glimpse a kāhu. The powerful, clever native hawks are revered by those who come to know them. And yet we’ve been slaughtering them …

Life in the subantarctic is difficult enough for those who arrive prepared. In 1864, castaways from two storm-wrecked ships, the Grafton and the Invercauld, landed on opposite ends of …

Auckland Islands Making whales. See whales up close and (very, very) personal—This may be the first footage ever recorded of southern right whales mating, shot with a remote 360/3D …

In a land renowned for its unusual birds, the kākāpō—a giant flightless nocturnal parrot with a bizarre breeding system—has to be one of the strangest. Although it has been lingering …

Paul Moon keeps a schedule so tight he caught himself putting aside hours in his diary to sleep. It’s perhaps ironic that a histo­rian may be so short of time, but it becomes a precious …

New Zealand Geographic has been an icon of environmental journalism for more than 35 years. New Zealand Geographic was started back in 1989 to offer Kiwis a profound new perspective …

Nov 14, 2018 · Using specialised 360-VR video technology, a team from New Zealand Geographic—with funding from Foundation North and NZonAir—has produced VR …

Participation in religion may be dwindling overall, but the practice of faith remains a highly visible and active component of New Zealand society. From my house in Avondale on any Sunday …