The fight to eradicate the yellow-legged hornet involves poison-puffing spears, spacesuits, Christmas tinsel, hectic chases through the bush—and an unflagging conviction that this time, we really ...

This massive buttress stands below Pilot Point Road, and one can see down the coast to White Cliffs and Mt Taranaki. Sand scour prevents the growth of mussels and algae on most rocks. Sea caves are ...

That land is made from rock seems such a truism as to be hardly worth stating. But different landmasses are made from different types of rock, and these distinctions can be informative as to how the ...

A unique breed of cattle from Enderby Island, in the subantarctic Auckland Island group, has been saved from extinction by a combination of luck and high technology. Using the latest artificial ...

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“Murray Ball used black to get to sleep at night. He imagined turning his back on his class of raucous nine-year-olds and descending into the void of the blackboard. The thought helped him relax a ...

He has also driven contributors and production staff alike to unparalleled heights of exasperation with his sharp editorial blade (it’s genetic; his great-grandfather was the butcher in Charleston on ...

More than 50,000 people gathered at Waitangi on February 6, 2024—one of the largest attendances on record. What brought them? Driving south on State Highway 1 in the middle of the night, the crescent ...

A species of native fungi has been photographed glowing with bioluminescence – a fact that has previously eluded mycologists. A Mycena roseoflava was recently found during the annual “fungal foray” on ...

Marlborough’s wine industry is booming, but there’s no industrial-sized solution to deal with its waste. Sewage fungus is not what the wine industry wants people to think of when they sip a sauvignon ...

Emperor penguins spend part of the year huddled together on the ice, keeping eggs and then chicks warm. But where do they go once breeding season is over? This week we’re starting a mini rerun of ...

Farmers, growers and regional authorities in the South Island are reporting large numbers of rabbits this year. Responsiblity for pest control falls to property owners under bylaws, and if a regional ...