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Perhaps the most surprising thing about Nothofagus leaf fossils in New Zealand is – not finding them. Nothofagus is another name for the southern …

The biodiversity of Blue Lake, at St Bathans, New Zealand, is precisely zero. It is an artificial lake partly filling a hole …

Pea pod fossils in New Zealand were first found by Aline Holden, a pioneer of New Zealand plant fossil research. She found …

One of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …

One of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …

The first time I came to Brisbane in the hot part of the year – I couldn’t believe how anyone could survive …

I own a little patch of bush in the Haast, on the wet, West Coast of New Zealand. It was selectively logged …

I’ve long found New Zealand’s black pine, the matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) to be a special tree. From a dishevelled juvenile, It can …