Foraging niche overlap during chick-rearing in the sexually dimorphic Westland petrel by Timothée A. Poupart, Susan M. Waugh, Akiko Kato, John P. Y. Arnould

“…All individuals foraged on the shelf-slope of the west coast of New Zealand's South Island with short, unimodal trips. Both sexes foraged at similar intensity without temporal, spatial or isotopic niche segregation. …”
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Field and laboratory investigation of rainfall-triggered slope failure in unsaturated loess soils, New Zealand by Yates Katherine, Russell Adrian, Fentonl Clark

“…Shallow rainfall triggered slope failures occur frequently in loess and loess-derived deposits across the South Island, New Zealand. These failures, which occur in both natural slopes and engineered cuttings, impact road infrastructure, residential housing and rural land use. …”
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Why is it so hard to gain enough Vitamin D by solar exposure in the European winter? by Gunther Seckmeyer, Christopher Mustert, Michael Schrempf, Richard McKenzie, Ben Liley, Michael Kotkamp, Alkiviadis Bais, Didier Gillotay, Harry Slaper, Anna-Maria Siani, Andrew Smedley, Ann Webb

“…UV exposure, which is the main source for a sufficient level of vitamin D in the human body, is found to be up to a factor of 7 lower in Northern Germany (52° N) in the winter months compared to UV levels in the central region of New Zealand's South Island (45° S). When corrected for the influence of solar zenith angle, the vitamin D-weighted exposure is still a factor of 2 higher in the southern hemisphere at the corresponding latitude. …”
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Geographic variation in sterilizing parasite species and the Red Queen by King, K, Lively, C

“…We surveyed 26 streams on the South Island of New Zealand to determine whether the frequency of snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) infected by various sterilizing trematode parasite species was correlated with the frequency of sexual individuals. …”

An Experimental Comparison of the Impact of ‘Warning’ and ‘Health Star Rating’ FoP Labels on Adolescents’ Choice of Breakfast Cereals in New Zealand by Robert Hamlin, Benjamin Hamlin

“…The sample of 240 adolescents aged 16–18 was drawn from a secondary school in the South Island of New Zealand. A large and significant main effect was observed at the <i>p</i> < 0.01 level for the difference between the ’STOP’ sign and the control condition (no nutritional FoP label), and at <i>p</i> < 0.05 for the difference between the HSR and the ‘STOP’ label. …”
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Disease-Related Knowledge in New Zealand Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Their Parents by Laura Appleton, Andrew S. Day

“…The aim of this study was to assess the disease-specific knowledge of the parents and patients with IBD in the South Island of New Zealand, and identify areas of poor knowledge. …”
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Life is different now – impacts of eating disorders on Carers in New Zealand: a qualitative study by Louise Fletcher, Henrietta Trip, Rachel Lawson, Nicki Wilson, Jennifer Jordan

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Diversity and distribution of Pleioplectron Hutton cave wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the synonymy of Weta Chopard and the description of seven new speci... by Danilo Hegg, Mary Morgan-Richards, Steven A. Trewick

“…We also describe seven new species of Pleioplectron from South Island, New Zealand: P. auratum sp. nov., P. caudatum sp. nov, P. crystallae sp. nov., P. flavicorne sp. nov., P. gubernator sp. nov., P. rodmorrisi sp. nov and P. triquetrum sp. nov. …”
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Commentaires des jeunes sur une économie en croissance : échos de la Nouvelle-Zélande de 1884 à 1914 by Sherry Olson, Peter Holland

“…Objectives : To discover what societal changes young people noticed and talked about, we examined the « children's page » of a weekly newspaper available for a rural setting in the South Island of New Zealand. The perspective of youth is essential to interpret trajectories inferred from the more conventional sources available in a North American urban setting (Montreal, Quebec). …”
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Bioclimatic Modelling Identifies Suitable Habitat for the Establishment of the Invasive European Paper Wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) across the Southern Hemisphere by Matthew W. F. Howse, John Haywood, Philip J. Lester

“…</i> Similarly, southern parts of South Africa and Australia were identified by the model to be suitable as well as much of the North Island and east of the South Island of New Zealand. Based on outputs from both models, significant range expansion by <i>P. dominula</i> is possible across its more southern invaded ranges.…”
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Marine Debris on New Zealand Beaches - Baseline Data to Evaluate Regional Variances by Ella van Gool, Marnie Campbell, Marnie Campbell, Pip Wallace, Chad L. Hewitt, Chad L. Hewitt

“…The scale, source, and composition of beached marine debris in New Zealand was determined by surveying 41 beaches, with triplicate belt transects, across the North and South Islands. Results demonstrated a significant spatial variance, with the South Island showing a significantly higher mean density than the more populated North Island by count as well as by weight. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis reveals the global migration of seasonal influenza A viruses. by Martha I Nelson, Lone Simonsen, Cecile Viboud, Mark A Miller, Edward C Holmes

“…We show that even in areas as relatively geographically isolated as New Zealand's South Island and Western Australia, global viral migration contributes significantly to the seasonal emergence of influenza A epidemics, and that this migration has no clear directional pattern. …”
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New Lepidium (Brassicaceae) from New Zealand by Peter de Lange, Peter Heenan, Gary Houliston, Jeremy Rolfe, Anthony Mitchell

“…The North Island of New Zealand supports four species, with two of them, L. amissum sp. nov. and L. obtusatum, now extinct. The South Island supports six species, that, aside from L. banksii, L. flexicaule and L. oleraceum, are all confined to the south-eastern half of the island (L. aegrum sp. nov., L. crassum sp. nov. and L. juvencum sp. nov.). …”
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Psychosocial and financial impacts for carers of those with eating disorders in New Zealand by Lois J. Surgenor, Shistata Dhakal, Roma Watterson, Brendan Lim, Martin Kennedy, Cynthia Bulik, Nicki Wilson, Karen Keelan, Rachel Lawson, Jennifer Jordan

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Assessing and Managing the Current and Future Pest Risk from Water Hyacinth, (Eichhornia crassipes), an Invasive Aquatic Plant Threatening the Environment and Water Security. by Darren J Kriticos, Sarah Brunel

“…The opportunity exists to prevent its spread into the islands of Tasmania in Australia and the South Island of New Zealand, both of which depend upon hydroelectric facilities that would be threatened by the presence of E. crassipes. …”
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A high-resolution chronology of rapid forest transitions following polynesian arrival in New Zealand. by David B McWethy, Janet M Wilmshurst, Cathy Whitlock, Jamie R Wood, Matt S McGlone

“…However, the rate at which prehistoric human activities led to permanent deforestation is poorly resolved. In the South Island, New Zealand, the arrival of Polynesians c. 750 years ago resulted in dramatic forest loss and conversion of nearly half of native forests to open vegetation. …”
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Phenotypically Induced Intraspecific Variation in the Morphological Development of Wetland and Stream <i>Galaxias gollumoides</i> McDowall and Chadderton by Nicholas R. Dunn, Leanne K. O’Brien, Gerard P. Closs

“…Morphologies of wetland and stream <i>Galaxias gollumoides</i> from South Island, New Zealand, at different stages of ontogeny, were examined. …”
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Phylogeographic Structure in Penguin Ticks across an Ocean Basin Indicates Allopatric Divergence and Rare Trans-Oceanic Dispersal. by Katherine L Moon, Sam C Banks, Ceridwen I Fraser

“…Using one nuclear (28S) and two mitochondrial (COI and 16S) markers, we assessed genetic diversity among several populations in Australia and a single population on the South Island of New Zealand. Our results reveal two deeply divergent lineages, possibly representing different species: one comprising all New Zealand samples and some from Australia, and the other representing all other samples from Australian sites. …”
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Runoff generating processes in adjacent tussock grassland and pine plantation catchments as indicated by mean transit time estimation using tritium by M. K. Stewart, B. D. Fahey

“…The east Otago uplands of New Zealand's South Island have long been studied because of the environmental consequences of converting native tussock grasslands to other land covers, notably forestry and pasture for stock grazing. …”
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Using synoptic type analysis to understand New Zealand climate during the Mid-Holocene by D. Ackerley, A. Lorrey, J. A. Renwick, S. J. Phipps, S. Wagner, S. Dean, J. Singarayer, P. Valdes, A. Abe-Ouchi, R. Ohgaito, J. M. Jones

“…Opposing effects of increased (decreased) temperature are also seen in spring (autumn) in the South Island, which are associated with the increased zonal (trough) events; however, the circulation induced changes in temperature are likely to have been of secondary importance to the insolation induced changes. …”
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