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In 1807, pigs were released on New Zealand’s Auckland Islands as food for castaways; 192 years later, 17 were rescued before the feral population was eradicated

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In 1807, pigs were released on New Zealand's Auckland Islands as food for castaways; 192 years later, 17 were rescued before the feral population was eradicated

On a remote, windswept archipelago far south of New Zealand, a small herd of pigs lived out more than two centuries as one of the world’s most isolated feral populations. Their ancestors were left on the Auckland Islands in 1807, released by sailors as a living food store for any shipwrecked castaways who might one … Read more

How 280,000 volunteer-planted trees transformed New Zealand’s Tiritiri Matangi from a degraded island into a conservation sanctuary

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How 280,000 volunteer-planted trees transformed New Zealand's Tiritiri Matangi from a degraded island into a conservation sanctuary

Rangitoto framed – Tiritiri Matangi Island Off the coast of Auckland, in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, lies an island that looks like a slice of untouched wilderness. Dense native forest blankets its hills, rare birds call from the canopy and visitors walk along quiet tracks surrounded by ferns and flowering shrubs. Yet just a few … Read more