New Zealand Geographic

New Zealand Geographic
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Categories Geography, Culture, Heritage, Society, Environment, Exploration, Conservation
Frequency Bi-monthly
First issue January 1989
Company Rural News Group
Country  New Zealand
Website www.nzgeographic.co.nz
ISSN 0113-9967

New Zealand Geographic is a magazine published in Auckland, New Zealand. It is in the format popularised by National Geographic but focusing on the biodiversity, geography and culture of New Zealand; New Zealand's interests abroad, and that of the adjoining region: Antarctica and nearby Pacific Islands.

New Zealand Geographic is issued bimonthly. It features four to six main features per issue, packaged with regular and occasional columns. Like other geographic magazines, its main point of difference is the length and editorial depth of articles, with some exceeding 30 pages.

Each volume draws from a wide range of subjects and typically diverse categories: locations, natural history, technology, industry, history, biology, geology, astronomy, culture, and exploration/adventure. This gamut occasionally stretches to biographies, with pieces appearing from time to time on explorers, scientists, artists and notorious individuals. Locations beyond the Pacific are inevitably featured in connection with New Zealand interests: New Zealanders at war, New Zealand peacekeepers or volunteers abroad, or tracing the paths of New Zealand explorers and adventurers.

The publication is strongly oriented toward photography and it tends to attract dedicated wildlife, landscape and social commentary-style photographers into its pool of contributors. Contributing essayists are often specialists or individuals who hold a deep interest in a narrow field, which makes their style and the informational content of their writing different from that of professional journalists. The tone of pieces seldom deviates from political neutrality — an “information without advocacy” stance — although many stories explore conservation and other emotive issues. While most New Zealand Geographic articles are a combination of essay and photo-narrative, some articles consist entirely of photo-essays with extended captions.

The magazine has a science flavour, reflecting the background of Kennedy Warne (co-founder of the magazine in 1989), who holds a master’s degree in marine biology.

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