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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Great Mercury was one of the first sites of human habitation in New Zealand. Last year, a radical new public-private partnership sought to rid the island of pests. It was a unique operation, and the ...

In the last century illegal whisky production in Southland’s Hokonui Hills was a subject of police investigations. Today that shady past is a cause for celebration. The legend of Hokonui leads back to ...

The planting of Russell lupins as sheep feed in the Canterbury high country is triggering a clash between farming and conservation values. In early summer, photographers jostle for space on the ...

The Cape Reinga-Spirits Bay region of the Far North has great significance for Māori. According to Māori mythology, when the spirits of the dead return to Hawaiki, the homeland of their ancestors, ...

Here we are—a nation of parents, grandparents and children all in the same boat, together at home. He waka eke noa. Every day of the lock-down we will post a story or video and set of activities that ...

Packs of kea are reliable entertainers in places such as Arthur’s Pass or Glacier Country, and new research is showing that kea are smarter and have more complex communication than previously thought.