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Christine Rose
Environment – Night watch magic
Once the sun goes down, especially in winter, we humans hunker indoors, attached to screens or distracted by other media and distanced from the natural...
Environment – High cost of cat videos
Industrial civilisation has already used all its easily accessed oil and other energy reserves, and the energy return on investment is less than what’s required...
Environment – Hut happy
New Zealand’s tramping network hosts nearly a thousand huts, including bivvies and shelters, the largest number in the world. They’re maintained by the Department of...
Environment – Green aviation’s not going to fly
It’s the time of year – winter, when advertising is alluring with its pictures of golden sandy beaches and warm blue water. Social media is...
Environment – A particular cuteness
A recent photo from The Forest Bridge Trust was of one of the most beautiful-ugly creatures I’d seen for a while. It was a panephrops...
Environment – Beautiful beaked whales
New Zealand has 13 of the 24 known beaked whale species found worldwide. Over summer, there have been more than a dozen sightings reported from...
Environment – If dogs could read
The signs said ‘No dogs’, ‘Dogs kill shore birds’, ‘No dogs’, ‘Dogs kill kiwi’, ‘No dogs’, ‘Penguins live here’. ‘Keep your dog on a leash’,...
Environment – The chip thief
Sitting on the beach staring out to sea eating hot chips can be hazardous in Kaikoura, where I’ve spent some time over summer and visit...
Environment – Defending our dotterels
There are only about 2500 endemic New Zealand northern dotterel/tūturiwhatu. They feed and nest on our sandy shores, with adults weighing only about 146 grams....
Environment – In awe of the little things
The nudibranch is a wondrous creature. For a start, many wonder how to pronounce its name correctly. It’s nudi-brank. Nudibranchs are a type of mollusc...
