New Zealand Geographic

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.

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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.

22/12/2025

An Auckland Zoo programme is saving the Hauturu-o-toi/Little Barrier Island wētāpunga.

When people talk about their gateway drugs at university, you don’t normally expect the answer to be the Poor Knights giant wētā. But that was the insect which hooked Don McFarlane on ectotherms.

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An Auckland Zoo programme is saving the Hauturu-o-toi/Little Barrier Island wētāpunga.

19/12/2025

What do our smallest dolphins get up to underwater? Until now, researchers have been limited to watching from boats, or listening to recordings of the dolphins’ echolocation clicks and buzzes.

📷 Richard Robinson

What do our smallest dolphins get up to underwater? Until now, researchers have been limited to watching from boats, or listening to recordings of the dolphins’ echolocation clicks and buzzes. In February 2023, as part of a cover story on the species, New Zealand Geographic documented scientists a...

16/12/2025

Like last year, we are presented with a stark set of choices: survive, grow, or die.

15/12/2025

“You think that they’re dead,” says Frances McClure, one of a team of volunteers helping hammer invasive African tulip trees on Niue. She pulls back a vine, revealing a cheeky sapling. “But look at this: Fresh! Vibrant!” Seconds later, she attacks with a chainsaw.

“You think that they’re dead,” says Frances McClure, one of a team of volunteers helping hammer invasive African tulip trees on Niue. She pulls back a vine, revealing a cheeky sapling. “But look at this: Fresh! Vibrant!” Seconds later, she attacks with a chainsaw. The 12-strong group, call...

12/12/2025

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