Three places to see the hard-to-spot and tiny rifleman New Zealand’s smallest bird flies in flocks, flitting through the trees in a relentless search for insects. Early European immigrants thought the green plumage of the male birds resembled a soldier’s coat, hence their name ‘rifleman’. Maori call them titipounamu, also a reference to the male’s […]
The 2026 Wilderness Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition
A tale of adventure and tragedy
Mt Peel, Kahurangi National Park
A lofty location for Brass Monkey
Get lost and suffer
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