Mokomokai: Tattooed Maori Heads And The Musket Wars
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2022
In the early 19th century, a deplorable trade developed in New Zealand between the indigenous Maori people and the European merchants. The w...
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Wellington’s Private Cable Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2021
The iconic Wellington Cable Car between Lambton Quay and Kelburn is one of Wellington’s most beloved landmarks, but it is not the only funic...
Bob Semple’s Tank: New Zealand’s Homegrown Tractor-Tanks
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 26, 2021
In 1941, war hysteria gripped New Zealand and its neighboring country of Australia. The Japanese army was advancing rapidly across South Eas...
The Buried Village of Te Wairoa
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2020
Until the late 19th century, the shores of Rotomahana, in northern New Zealand, were adorned by one of the most spectacular travertine terra...
Pelorus Jack: The Dolphin Who Piloted Ships
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2020
The northern end of New Zealand’s South Island is a chaos of bays and sounds, and within this intricate coastline lies a narrow and treacher...
New Zealand’s Castaway Depots For Shipwrecked Sailors
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2018
An old castaway hut in the North of Antipodes Islands, New Zealand. Photo credit: LawrieM/Wikimedia Before the Suez and Panama Canals open...
How A Single Cat Hunted to Extinction The Entire Species of Stephens Island Wren
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2018
David Lyall held his breath as he made the first incision straight down the belly of a little mouse-like olive brown bird that lay on his de...
The Hill With The Longest Name
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2018
Photo credit: itravelNZ/Flickr Near Porangahau in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, stands an insubstantial hill with a very substant...
John Cleese’s Rubbish Dump in Palmerston North
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2018
Just outside the city of Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand is a rubbish dump named Mt Cleese. It’s perhaps the first time...
The World’s Loneliest Tree, And The Clues it Holds to a New Epoch
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2018
In the remote Campbell Island, situated more than 600 km south of New Zealand’s mainland, grows a solitary Sitka spruce that has gained dist...
Decorating Fences With Trash, The New Zealander Way
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 9, 2017
New Zealanders have a unique way of discarding their trash—they hang them on fences. Bras, boots, toothbrushes, bicycles, everything that ha...
The Kauri Driving Dams
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2017
The Kauaeranga Valley in New Zealand's North Island was once covered in vast kauri forests. The trees were immense with thick, straight ...
This Rocky Wall Was Created By The New Zealand Earthquake
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 1, 2016
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that stuck the South Island of New Zealand on November 14, 2016, have changed the geography of the region, part...
The Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 29, 2016
Just north of Auckland, overlooking the expansive Kaipara Harbour, is the private park of New Zealand businessman, entrepreneur and avid art...
The Town of Bull Puns
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2016
One hundred sixty kilometers north of Wellington, in New Zealand, at the junction of State Highways 1 and 3, lies the small town of Bulls. Y...
Frying Pan Lake of New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2016
The Frying Pan Lake in Waimangu, New Zealand, is one of the largest hot pools in the world. Its acidic waters stay at about 50–60° centigrad...
Mount Taranaki And Egmont National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2016
Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, is said to be one of the most symmetrical v...
The World’s Most Depressing Place Names
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2015
There are some really sad places on earth. Countries torn by war and violence. Countries reeling under poverty. Those places are truly depre...
The Lost Pink and White Terraces of Lake Rotomahana
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 17, 2015
In the Rotorua district, in northern New Zealand, about 25 kilometers to the east of the city of Rotorua, were two small lakes known to the ...
Auckland’s Utility Boxes Get Graffiti Makeover
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2015
Auckland-born artist Paul Walsh has been painting telephone utility boxes around his home city since 2013 with animal characters inspired b...
