New Zealand
Geographic Trust
  About us   Contact Us  
Home Archives Subscription Advertising Interactive Awards Events Links
Issue: 101
A major catastrophe extinguished the dinosaurs and everything larger than a rat on planet Earth. Kaikoura’s rocks—which were imprinted by this event 65 million years ago—identify the culprit.
Treasured by Maori as a larder but maligned by settlers as an obstacle to farming, our rich wetland habitats have been drained and polluted.
Every night St Johns paramedics rush to the aid of the sick, the injured and the reckless.
New Zealand’s most endangered species, numbering a mere 36 individuals, is also one of New Zealand’s best kept secrets.
A wealthy socialite schooled in Enlightenment values, Banks embarked as Cook’s botanist on Endeavour’s famous voyage of discovery.
More Articles

The Sound Barrier
SPECIAL EDUCATION OFFER: Our NZ Music story from issue 83 which is accompanied by a double CD containing the music of New Zealand's finest composers, is now available at a very special price for schools, teachers and students. Click here for details.
NZ Geographic, the journal of New Zealand, was founded in 1989 by John Woods and Kennedy Warne. It was conceived as new zealand's own geographic magazine —a publication that would do for what national has done the rest of world.


In Issue 101
Subscribe to our Newsletter
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Past Issues
Search by Issue Number
Issue Number