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New Zealand reached an enviable milestone recently. According to media reports, a locally-acquired case of coronavirus was last reported more than 100 days ago. In other words, New Zealand has ...
Born and raised in Auckland, Rebekah White is the editor of New Zealand Geographic magazine and travels the country writing about science, nature and outdoor pursuits. When in her hometown, she ...
Three offensive place names in New Zealand could be taken off maps if the public backs a proposal being considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board.
They are us. Kennedy Warneco-founded New Zealand Geographic in 1988 and has written for National Geographic since 2000. He reported in the November 2015 issue on rising seas in the Pacific islands.
View over Lake Rotomahana, Waimangu Volcanic Valley, North Island, New Zealand. Studies concluded in 2016 that the famed pink and white terraces had been destroyed by a volcanic explosion in 1886 ...
The names of three places in New Zealand could be permanently wiped off the map - for being too offensive. Nigger Hill, Nigger Stream and Niggerhead - which lie at the base of the Southern Alps ...
It’s easier than you think to forget about New Zealand. The island nation boasts about 4.7 million people on a land mass that’s slightly larger than the United Kingdom — but you wouldn’t ...
By Pokere Paewai of RNZ The New Zealand Geographic Board has launched a new set of tangata whenua place names maps . The maps, updated for the first time ...
Located on New Zealand’s South Island about 300 kilometers (186 miles) from Dunedin, the tree is known as #ThatWanakaTree – Google Maps even lists the spot’s name with the hashtag in it. In ...
Viewers of Australia's ABC News were treated to double the island nation on Wednesday night, with a map of New Zealand seen about 4,000 kilometers west of the original New Zealand. Was this the ...
New Zealand ready to replace racially offensive place names Plans to rename Niggerhead, Nigger Hill and Nigger Stream being considered by New Zealand Geographic Board ...
After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists have finally mapped out Earth's "lost" eighth continent, Zealandia.