‘Is there anybody there?’
Lights switching themselves on and off, a game of dominoes against an invisible opponent, a torch that travelled down two angled flights of stairs… Since 1984, Mark Wallbank has [...]
Awesome assistant or existential threat?
Almost all of us use AI daily – even if we don't realise it! By Lizzie BrandonJust as Tim Berners-Lee is "the father of the World Wide Web", Alan Turing [...]
When love is a lie
How romance scammers can steal your heart and your money John waits nervously by the airport arrivals gate. His fiancée, Tania, is flying in today. After months of online [...]
Neurodiversity – Celebrating strengths, acknowledging challenges, embracing different
Throughout history, there have always been mavericks: trailblazers, artists, inventors, and scientists whose amazing brains led them to make extraordinary breakthroughs. On the flip side, these people may have struggled [...]
Connected Communities
Summer's almost here. Perhaps more than ever in recent memory, we're all hoping for good weather and a chance to truly relax, spend time with friends and whānau, and enjoy [...]
Protecting Tīkapa Moana
The Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill proposes 19 new marine protection areas (MPAs) with a more extensive ban on bottom trawling. But safeguarding our ‘beloved blue backyard’ for future generations [...]
Building sustainability into construction
In the April/May issue, we reflected on the summer's extreme weather events and their potential longer-term impact on life in the Bays, especially with respect to 'managed retreat'. Now, [...]
Taking care of the bees
Bees matter. They're essential for our biodiversity and for ensuring healthy environments and economies. But these little beasties are under threat, with numbers declining across the world. And that's [...]
Sylvia and the Birds
How 'The Bird Lady' saved thousands of birds, and how you can too! For more than 35 years, if anyone in the East Coast Bays found an injured bird, [...]
Look after the birds, and the forest flourishes. If the forest flourishes, the birds flourish.
'Tiakina nga manu, ka ora te ngahere. Ka ora te ngahere, ka ora nga manu'Aotearoa New Zealand is blessed with some beautiful and unique flora and fauna, for which we [...]
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