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Five hundred years ago, people started building pā all over northern New Zealand—fortifying their settlements with rows of pointed palisades, cut from the surrounding forests. Why? What were pā defending—or trying to say? The trees themselves—combined with mātauranga Māori—tell a story.

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Five hundred years ago, people started building pā all over northern New Zealand—fortifying their settlements with rows of pointed palisades, cut from the surrounding forests. Why? What were pā defending—or trying to say? The trees themselves—combined with mātauranga Māori—tell a story.

u/KowhaiMedia — 3 days ago

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Entries are open for Photographer of the Year, New Zealand’s largest and most prestigious photographic event.

u/KowhaiMedia — 3 days ago

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For decades, the southern New Zealand dotterel had been disappearing, bird after bird killed on the nest, mostly by feral cats. Only 126 birds were left. Two years later, 105. Then everything changed.

u/KowhaiMedia — 18 days ago

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The 199th issue of New Zealand Geographic is out in stores and online now! In stores and online at nzgeo.com

u/KowhaiMedia — 18 days ago

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The bird with a big mouth. The bird who leads the flock. The bird who announces the day. The bird who sounds the alarm. The dark bird. The rare bird. The noble, silly, insomniac parrot we’re going to have to learn to live with, all over again.

u/KowhaiMedia — 3 days ago