A wild animal does not recognise the line between a national park, a scenic area and a local forest reserve. Water, fire and migration routes cross adminis
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Molesworth Station is a test of what New Zealand wants public land to do
Molesworth Station is easy to describe in superlatives and hard to govern in practice. It is vast, remote, iconic and publicly owned. It is also a working
YouTube Pick: Tom Scott turns Predator Free 2050 into a clear lesson about impossible public goals
This week’s YouTube pick is Tom Scott’s “This is impossible, but New Zealand is trying anyway.” The video looks at New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 ambitio
YouTube Pick: BBC Earth’s Kākāpō short is two minutes of New Zealand wonder
Some YouTube videos are valuable because they are long and detailed. Others work because they are short enough to send to a friend and strange enough to st