Limbo | New Zealand Geographic
Dec 14, 2024 · 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 lagoon, but floats somewhere between the two. Reeds and wading birds puncture the dense bottle-green of the water, rich, fragile ecosystems swirling in […]
Farming - New Zealand Geographic
Society The future of food. Most of New Zealand’s lowland areas are now devoted to food production. How we produce food for consumption, sale and export continues to shape our landscape and lives, but the 90 per cent of New Zealanders who live in cities have little contact with those processes and the social and environmental considerations they create.
Inside the Land March - New Zealand Geographic
Te Rōpū o te Matakite: the seers, the ones with foresight. That’s the name of the group that revered leader Dame Whina Cooper led on a 1000-kilometre march from the Far North to Wellington in 1975, protesting against more than a century of colonial laws designed to alienate Māori from their land. On the estuarine […]
What happened at Waitangi - New Zealand Geographic
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 moon above, I wonder what this year’s Waitangi Day will hold. My friend Mikky, who’s Danish-Māori-Australian like me, says she’s eager […]
The lost tribe of Fiordland - New Zealand Geographic
Bare footprints, remote campfires, people who slip into the bush when approached: for more than a century, the wild terrain west of Te Anau has been home to an extraordinary rumour. Many locals are convinced that a “lost tribe” of Māori—perhaps stragglers from long-ago skirmishes—not only survived here, but thrived. Down in Fiordland, in Tamatea/Dusky […]
What happened on Whakaari? - New Zealand Geographic
The eruption started at 9.35pm, with big heaves inside the crater. At 10.03pm, it began pelting the walking track with projectiles, but withheld its final energy until 10.11pm when, with a whoomph, it sent the plume sky-high.A scalding current of steam and debris, coloured green by the hydrothermally altered rock it contained, rolled right over …
The Kelp - New Zealand Geographic
Rimurapa connects Ngāi Tahu historian Mike Stevens to his southern ancestry. His Bluff-based whānau hold customary rights to harvest juvenile tītī, or muttonbirds, from islands around Stewart Island/Rakiura, and they still use traditional kelp bags, called pōhā, to store their birds.
About Us | New Zealand Geographic - nzgeo.com
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 of our environment and society. The cover of issue one featured a frowning albatross upon a nest made of poo. It included stories on glass-making […]
A map of the future - New Zealand Geographic
Sea-level rise doesn’t affect coasts equally—one bay may be drowned while the beach next door remains the same as ever. Predicting sea-level rise needs to take into account tectonic movement of the land, prevailing winds, coastal erosion and Arctic meltwater. Now, the first-ever detailed map of New Zealand’s coastlines shows what may happen.
Tuatara - A survivor from the dinosaur age - New Zealand …
Two hundred and twenty-five million years ago — about the time the first dinosaurs arrived on the scene — the ancestors of the tuatara were roaming the world. Now, 65 million years after the last Tyrannosaurus bit the dust, tuatara are still here, little changed from their ancient predecessors. But how much longer can they survive […]