Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week.

I began this week with an appeal to readers to help support the future of New Zealand Geographic by subscribing. The response has been humbling, and we have been flooded with emails from subscribers ...

NZGeo has been an icon of environmental journalism for 35 years, but times are changing, and we need your help to survive. It seems like every day brings bad news. Our planet is on fire, or flooding, ...

Much of New Zealand’s coastal property has an expiry date, with its value set to be wiped off the ledger in as little as nine years’ time, well before sea levels rise and coastlines are redrawn. What ...

Last night finalists, well-wishers, sponsors and the New Zealand Geographic team gathered for this year's Photographer of the Year awards night. It was opened by a karanga and mihi from Ngāti Whātua, ...

It was print week in the New Zealand Geographic offices, a time of furious activity, where the last details come together and giant pile of work turns into a magazine. Features snap into shape and ...

Despite the threats posed by accelerating climate change, invasive species, habitat loss and pollution, the environment still seems to be a tradable commodity here in New Zealand. Something that can ...

From more than 6000 entries, judges have assembled a gallery of 68 images that tell the story of an exceptional year in Aotearoa. Select five of your favourites to vote in the Ockham Residential ...

Where do young sea creatures spend their first weeks? What’s at the root of oceanic food chains? Kelp forests are to Aotearoa what coral reefs are to other marine ecosystems. Or they used to be. South ...

Ploughing—the epitome of the colonial ‘civilising’ of land—is as fundamental to this country’s history as war and rugby. Perhaps it’s not surprising that we make a sport out of it. The ploughing ...

Two scientists mapping New Zealand’s light pollution have found our nights became a lot brighter over the past decade—and that most of our public lighting is now bright blue-white light-emitting ...

The invasive seaweed Caulerpa brachypus was discovered in New Zealand just over a year ago, and it promises to ruin everything. On Aotea/Great Barrier Island, people are sacrificing their way of life ...