A mass bleaching of more than 50 million sponges along 1000 kilometres of Fiordland coastline was the largest ever recorded globally - and the most devastating, with tens of millions of sponges ...

Go back to a true Kiwi classic — the sponge or sponge drops (small versions are perfect for kids). The sponge requires little effort to make, can be made with a hand beater, and is mainly eggs ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. On September 25th the Aotearoa, one of just a handful of ships in the Royal New Zealand Navy, sailed through the ...

When applying your favorite foundation or any cream-based product, the right makeup sponge can blend the color for a natural-looking finish and smooth texture. "I find that sponges are very ...

You can pick up a synthetic sponge for just a few dollars. But a natural sea sponge, hand-harvested from the Mediterranean seafloor, could set you back $30. Harvesting these sponges is dangerous ...

What we did not know at the time was that the creation of Futian Mangrove Nature Reserve was part of China’s Sponge Cities Program (SCP). Shenzhen was chosen in 2016 to be one of 14 pilot cities ...

One of China's most prominent urban design thinkers and Dean of the prestigious Peking University's college of architecture and landscape, Yu Kongjian is the man behind the sponge city concept of ...

Did you know millions of bacteria can live on your kitchen sponge, even when you clean it regularly? Still, it's a good idea to clean it every day you use it. Wet a sponge and nuke it in the ...

Policymakers in New Zealand have warned that the flood of new arrivals are pushing up rents and house prices, adding to inflation pressures New Zealand has tightened work visa rules in response to ...

New Zealand’s central bank cut interest rates by half a percentage point, stepping up the pace of easing as policymakers become more concerned about the economic slowdown. The Reserve Bank’s ...