THE MAP: BABY-BIRD SPOTTING

Away with the birds

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Smiling and Waving: The Queen’s New Zealand Visits

Join us as we roam the motu in the steps of the Queen.

Love of the Hunt

Whether you dream about Crown Lynn patterns in your sleep or love to scour op shops for cheap and cheerful treasures, these places to rummage are, we reckon, a cut above.

Island of SIN

Chooks called BlueBum, ratting tales and Prince Harry are all part of the mix at the Stewart Island News, as Ben Mack discovered.

Publicly Artful

Our country is dotted with significant public art. Some works are heavy and monumental, others carefully detailed, and at least one digitally dynamic, but all are framed by their built and natural surroundings.

Shine Little Glow Worm

Arachnocampa luminosa is indeed luminous and quite lovely. The indigenous glowing critter is the larvae of a species of fungus gnat and a treat to come across. Enjoy our field guide to glow worm hangouts.

Nature Calls

You may recognise Forest & Bird’s new chief executive, a conservationist and unlikely radio star known for her love of creepy crawlies.

Utopia in a yard: Wānaka Wastebusters

The Wānaka Wastebusters recycling centre is utopia in a junk yard.

Read All About It

It’s easy to be well read in Aotearoa. Enjoy our road trip around some stand-out second-hand bookstores. By Taualofa Totua

National Treasures: The Thames School of Mines

The unusual place you'll find a hunk of the pink and white terraces.

Flagging Concerns

Why the use of two instantly recognisable Māori flags at the Parliament protest was so jarring to see.

The City That Convicts Built

A tour of Wellington landmarks made by prison labour.

Under Siege

Just another day at the local castle.
Italian artist Francesco Camillo Giorgino, known as Millo, has depicted a hongi in this large-scale illustrative mural.

Our country is dotted with significant public art. Some works are heavy and monumental, others carefully detailed, and at least one digitally dynamic, but all are framed by their built and natural surroundings.

PUBLICLY ARTFUL

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Rock’n’Hole

The story of the man who built Wellington’s strangest landmark.

Cut to the Chase

The Beehive's barber of choice bids farewell.

The Most Powerful Man in Huntly

Meet the man pulling the strings in a town he says the rest of the country has forgotten.

Bath and Beyond

The second life of a dilapidated swimming pool.

Fish ‘n’ Liquor

How a brutal attack turned two Hamilton shopkeepers into (sort of) friends.

The Scholar of Doom

Meet the man who has forseen Covid, border closures — and much worse.

Mussel Men

A futuristic vision for shellfish farming.

In Exile

The harrowing stories of nine New Zealanders stuck waiting for a spot in quarantine.

Lords of the Ring

Inside New Zealand’s pro-wrestling renaissance.

Putting Down Roots

How a Chinese tourist became a seasoned New Zealand farmer.

Cheerio Cheerio?

What happened to this Kiwi tradition?
Hotel Okoroire

Pub Crawl

The long and sometimes troubled history of the Historic Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel.

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Swimming with Sharks

An encounter with a surprisingly gentle giant.

Hibiscus Coast Blues

Biohunting with Dr Wiles.

Living in a City With Truly Radical Rental Laws

A look at Berlin suggests that New Zealand’s rental reforms are anything but.

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