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Watch: Passengers capture aurora lights
First chartered flight from Dunedin to these lights has delivered spectacular results.
First chartered flight from Dunedin to these lights has delivered spectacular results.
A three-metre-long Leopard seal has been relaxing at Tutukaka
At the bottom of the world, the wilderness is becoming busier, writes Sarah Marshall.
There may be a whole lot more to little old New Zealand than three tiny islands tucked away in the Pacific.
Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.
Almost 10 years after he lost his leg during a Mt Ruapehu eruption, William Pike will summit the mountain in Antarctica.
A world-leading glaciologist says scientists are fast running out of time to fully understand dramatic changes underway in climate change's sleeping giant: Antarctica.
Kiwi scientists could soon have a new way to safely get an up-close look at erupting volcanoes: send in the drone.
A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.
A cruise ship passenger has been evacuated to McMurdo Station in Antarctica before flying to New Zealand tomorrow.
The restoration of the hut included repainting it in its original bright orange and yellow colours.
A team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel have a big job ahead of them: helping off-load 3000 tonnes of cargo in the coldest, windiest, driest and most remote continent on Earth.
Celebrations are kicking off in Antarctica today as Scott Base celebrates its 60th anniversary.
It may have been minus 10C in Antarctica, but Jeremy Moon was rugged up and ready for the occasion.
Lamingtons and cheese rolls will be on the menu when New Zealand's Scott Base celebrates its 60th year this weekend.
When a longed-for journey to the Antarctic became a reality, Damian Christie was not prepared for the immensity of what awaited him.
"I want to see him in this place that he so loved ... I want to say my final goodbye to him there."
A major crack that has rapidly expanded is poised to create one of the world's biggest icebergs in a matter of months, scientists warn.
A Kiwi climate scientist says he's been alarmed at how much sea ice the planet's poles lost in 2016, in what was one of the hottest years on record.
On Christmas Day the sun never rises, there's no power and only polar bears for company. But it's all in a day's work for the North Pole patrol.
COMMENT: Tiny little specks of land hundreds of kilometres from New Zealand may hold key secrets about the future of our planet.
It's hard giving up summer for an overseas holiday, so why torture yourself? We've come up with five of the world's best summer destinations.
Changes taking place in Antarctica are significant another to influence those on the other side of the planet, new research co-authored by a Kiwi scientist has found.
Persistent, stored water inside of a floating East Antarctic ice shelf could be bad news, making it much more vulnerable to collapse.
Can you spot the penguin? If you're struggling, stop squinting and take in the big picture.
The ice base from which the hole in the ozone layer was first detected is in danger of falling into a huge chasm, it has emerged.
A field training instructor at Antarctica New Zealand's Scott Base has shared a video offering an insight into life on the frozen continent.
Buzz Aldrin says he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he became short of breath and began showing signs of altitude sickness.
The former astronaut, who became ill while visiting Antarctica, has been told to rest up in Christchurch while congestion in his lungs clears.
Buzz Aldrin made it to the South Pole before he was evacuated from Antarctica to a New Zealand hospital with fluid on his lungs.