New Zealand Geographic

15/01/2026

How an audacious young pilot pulled off an aviation first.

📷 Whites Aviation Limited

How an audacious young pilot pulled off an aviation first.

13/01/2026

All around you, animals are building, burrowing or stealing dwellings for themselves and their families. For others, home is a state of mind.

📷 Giselle Clarkson

All around you, animals are building, burrowing or stealing dwellings for themselves and their families. For others, home is a state of mind.

07/01/2026

Figuring out which genes dictate these markings was particularly devilish, but after analysing thousands of coat patterns, an international team of scientists have done it, publishing their findings in Science Advances.

📷 Anton Havelaar

Most dairy cows in New Zealand are Friesians—the ones with black spots dappling white backs and bellies. Figuring out which genes dictate these markings was particularly devilish, but after analysing thousands of coat patterns, an international team of scientists have done it, publishing their fin...

05/01/2026

King’s Counsel Sally Gepp on the frustrating, high stakes, necessary work of environmental law.

📷 Rob Suisted

King’s Counsel Sally Gepp on the frustrating, high stakes, necessary work of environmental law.

03/01/2026

Last year, they were hit with a deadly virus. The year before that, starvation. What will this breeding season bring for the thousands of fur seals hauled up on our coasts?

📷: Richard Robinson

Last year, they were hit with a deadly virus. The year before that, starvation. What will this breeding season bring for the thousands of fur seals hauled up on our coasts?

31/12/2025

We have secured the future of New Zealand Geographic. Again.

30/12/2025

The 197th issue of New Zealand Geographic is out in stores and online now!
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28/12/2025

Of all the lifeforms that photosynthesise—turning light into energy, and pumping out oxygen—Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant. A drop of seawater might contain 100,000 of the bright-green cyanobacteria; they cover three-quarters of the ocean surface, underpin marine food webs—and produce at least 10 per cent of the planet’s oxygen.

📷 Wikicommons

Of all the lifeforms that photosynthesise—turning light into energy, and pumping out oxygen—Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant. A drop of seawater might contain 100,000 of the bright-green cyanobacteria; they cover three-quarters of the ocean surface, underpin marine food webs—a...

24/12/2025

From fossils to boulders, heritage precincts to glacial moraines, the Waitaki Whitestone Unesco Global Geopark rocks.

Situated on the east coast of the South Island and straddling the line of the 45th parallel South, Waitaki is bordered by mountains and sea. The Waitaki Whitestone UNESCO Global Geopark spans the entire district and showcases the geological forces that created the landscapes we see today.

From fossils to boulders, heritage precincts to glacial moraines, the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark rocks.

23/12/2025

How the Pacific Leprosy Foundation is helping a Fijian father overcome the stigma of a debilitating disease.