This incredible New Yorker story appears to be geoblocked to people in the UK. When I click on this link it's a 404, but it works for folks overseas... newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Aucklanders: there’s a pink splodge apparently visible on the southern horizon right now if you want to see the aurora too

My phone camera watching the aurora vs my actual eyes watching the aurora

On RNZ, M.A. Columbia Journ alum RebekahWh (MA Science '23) talked about her New Zealand Geographic story about three decades of albatross research on New Zealand’s subantarctic islands. rnz.co.nz/programmes/voi…

Well, that explains why I went from torrential rain in Auckland to torrential rain in Hong Kong to torrential rain in Oxford in the space of a week

What's most fascinating about this is George Monbiot's thesis that conspiracy theories parallel actual conspiracies without ever tackling them theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

In the spring of 1985 we padlocked the front doors of Hamilton Hall, renaming it Mandela Hall, and encamped on the steps for three weeks. Columbia divested from South Africa in the fall of 1985.

Radio genius Claire Concannon turned my Geordie Murdoch albatross story into a much cooler albatross podcast. It’s out today! rnz.co.nz/programmes/voi…

When I was writing about fast fashion in the 2010s it felt like there was a real movement against H&M, Zara et al. I'm not seeing a similar thing happening with Shein, but... am I just missing it? Please tell me I'm just missing it. hbr.org/2024/02/the-li…

“SailGP wanted to run a yacht race in a marine mammal sanctuary. They made a plan in the event of dolphins swimming into the course. Dolphins happened. They stuck to the plan.” More good New Zealand Geographic analysis here

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My story about what went wrong inside Hawke's Bay civil defence during Cyclone Gabrielle—starting with the shocking revelation that the region had 'no disaster Master Plan or flood emergency plan' even though most of its population lives on a flood plain. nzgeo.com/stories/hawkes…

The cost of living crisis has even reached DOC huts! They've gone up in price 66% since the last time I went tramping, and that's just the average ones, not the Great Walk ones

For what other medical condition is self compassion recommended as a solution to severe pain? And sufferers instructed to be kind to themselves?

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First woman to finish the Barkley Marathons!!!!!

Have you tried just ignoring all the environmental laws in New Zealand? Because that's what we're about to have a go at nzgeo.com/stories/goodby…

This is an excellent story about the disease which has been causing me problems for half my life

This is interesting, but now I really want someone to examine voting tendencies in a country that has more than two political parties to choose from - the viral graphs aren't just about the USA

This weekend is the national championship for competitive woodchopping in New Zealand; do yourself a favour and read this amazing Naomi Arnold story about it nzgeo.com/stories/block-…

Happy international women’s day! Medical science still does not really care about you, sorry amp.theguardian.com/science/2023/n…

I didn't realise that it's hard to sue polluters for doing pollution in nations which inherited their legal systems from the British... so there's not much climate litigation in these places.

But a New Zealand lawyer may have found a way around this: nzgeo.com/stories/how-an…