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.

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Paul Quinlan wakes up at four, vaguely nervous about the day ahead. The tūī are up particularly early, too, as if to herald a significant dawn. As Quinlan drives south from his home in Kaeo, others ...

In writing about the impacts of tourism on the Cook Islands (page 58) Rachel Reeves has impeccable pedigree: her step-grandfather, the late Harry Napa, opened the first private accommodation on the ...

In the spring of 2018, for a feature we published in Issue 155, Richard Robinson photographed endangered tarāpuka, black-billed gulls, busily raising chicks at the Hakatere River near Ashburton. He ...

If the South Island kōkako is not extinct—if, as many believe, a handful of the birds are still alive in the forests of the West Coast—they’re doing a very good job of staying hidden. There hasn’t ...

Dave Hansford, Potton & Burton, $79.99 & A Wild Life: Photographs from the Backcountry of Aotearoa, Shaun Barnett, Potton & Burton, $59.99 Going tramping with the outdoorsman Shaun Barnett, some ...

Rachael Shaw is only a few steps into Spark’s territory when he darts out from between the trees and perches on a stump. The toutouwai’s little grey body is perfectly still, his eyes unblinking. He’s ...

In all the settings of her world, Ana Maine plays ukulele, and sings. Lullabies for her toddlers, Ahipakeka and Amos. Cook Islands Māori when she’s earning her living, carving and building ukuleles.

Buff-tailed bumblebees, important pollinators in Aotearoa, have a taste for flowers with bigger “bullseye” markings at the centre, a study published in Science Advances indicates. UK scientists ...