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  • New Zealand History

    The Ancient Footpath from Otepoti-Dunedin to Moeraki

    by Mike Pole February 27, 2025
    by Mike Pole February 27, 2025

    How old is the oldest cultural feature on Aotearoa-New Zealand? Imagine being around when the only way to get anywhere was to …

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    What’s Happening to New Zealand’s Haast Pass?

    by Mike Pole May 28, 2018
    by Mike Pole May 28, 2018

    It was next morning that I heard the bridge had washed away. I had hammered over it during the night – back …

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  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    Deciduous Conifers in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay

    by Mike Pole June 25, 2017
    by Mike Pole June 25, 2017

    As you pull up in the car park above the fossil forest at Curio Bay (Pole 1999, 2001, 2004, 2009), there is …

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    How Tall were the trees in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?

    by Mike Pole May 6, 2017
    by Mike Pole May 6, 2017

    At Curio Bay near the southernmost point of New Zealand’’s South Island, you can walk around the remains of a Jurassic fossil …

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  • ClimateTravelTravel stories

    When Frequent-Flying Becomes Insane-Flying

    by Mike Pole April 30, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 30, 2017

    I loved my Singapore Airlines ‘Elite Gold’ card. Suddenly, International airports transitioned from being places where food and drink were wildly overpriced, …

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  • Forestsre-wilding/walking

    The Lost Forests of Southland, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017

    Forests that have disappeared so completely that you would hardly believe they really existed, have long fascinated me.  When I left my …

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  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    The Biggest Tree Stump in the Curio Bay Jurassic Forest

    by Mike Pole January 3, 2017
    by Mike Pole January 3, 2017

    Back in the late 1980s I had the pleasure of meeting the English scientist David Bellamy. Bellamy was famous at the time as …

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  • New Zealand plant fossils

    The Amazing Miocene Fossil Leaf Pack of Mata Creek, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole December 28, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 28, 2016

    I was crouched in a long boat somewhere up a rainforest-swathed river in Kalimatan, Borneo, when I saw it – a ‘living’ …

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  • ForestsTravelTravel stories

    Once a Vast Forest – Motatapu Track, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016
    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016

    Early on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …

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    Miocene Swamp Forests of St Bathans, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole October 17, 2016
    by Mike Pole October 17, 2016

    The white sands and muds surrounding Blue and ‘Grey’ Lakes at St Bathans were laid down in a braided river (Manuherikia Group; …

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