New Zealand is an archaic and surprising archipelago. A land where alps run into plains, glaciers coexist with deserts, and rivers float on the surface of the sea. It’s the habitat of parrots too heavy to fly, insects that grow to the size of rodents, and a bird that lays an egg a quarter its own weight. It is a territory of modest dimensions, but quite improbable contents.
For 20 years, New Zealand Geographic magazine has sought to capture this unique country in words and pictures, and to produce a defining record of our environment and society. This book samples New Zealand Geographic’s finest stories, presented with the spectacular imagery for which the magazine is famous.
Covering New Zealand’s natural history, human endeavours and geography, from our Antarctic dependency to the Pacific, The Best of New Zealand Geographic is a magnificent journey through an astonishing and surprising land.
SHORT SYNOPSIS
The Best of New Zealand Geographic is a collection of the career-best work of some of New Zealand’s finest writers and photographers, published over the past two decades in NZ Geographic magazine. The stories and images capture the diversity of New Zealand’s natural history, human endeavours and geography. From raptors to rodeo, penguins to parliament, the subjects presented here will intrigue and surprise readers. Chosen by the three editors who have guided the magazine over the last 20 years, they reflect the vision of a magazine with a single ongoing quest: to reveal New Zealand to New Zealanders.
ABOUT THE MAGAZINE:
New Zealand Geographic is a bi-monthly, award-winning magazine which celebrates the people and natural environment of New Zealand. For 20 years and 100 issues it has published stories on science, history, society, wildlife, exploration and locations from the Pacific islands to the Antarctic dependency.
The magazine sets out to explore New Zealand in a way which highlights people and their traditions, and to unravel the mysteries of the natural forces which have acted on our archipelago to create its distinctive wildlife. With a commitment to exemplary photojournalism and writing, New Zealand Geographic seeks to both inform and inspire, providing a unique reading experience for New Zealanders of all ages.
