Waka Find: Father and son find ancient waka on Chatham Islands beach
What began as a routine search for wood by a Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) father and son has led to one of New Zealand’s most ...
NZ has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters – without it, we’re ...
New Zealand relies on data from insurance and an international source to assess damages from extreme weather. But these datasets are fragmented, incomplete and unreliable.
Rotorua residents push to maintain 80km/h limit on busy state highway
More than 500 people have signed a petition to keep a busy section of Rotorua state highway at 80km/h, with its creator ...
Waka 'most important' find of all time in New Zealand
A waka discovered on Rekohu / Chatham Islands has been described by one expert as the most important discovery in New Zealand, possibly Polynesian archeology.
Multi-vehicle motorway crash causes delays in Auckland as storm batters NZ
A multi-vehicle crash on Auckland’s Southern Motorway has caused delays ahead of rush hour traffic this afternoon, as a ...
Chatham Islands father son duo makes ancient waka discovery, collecting 450 pieces
Buried in the sand and floating down the river, pieces of an ancient waka have been found, but their origin and age remains a ...
NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes ...
Lauren Vargo receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and University of ...