Topics Concepts Citizen science Teacher PLD Glossary

Tasman Glacier ice cliffs

Close-up of Tasman Glacier terminus in front of Mt Haidinger

Tasman Lake began as small meltwater ponds in the 1970s, and it is now more than 7 km long. Contact with the water causes the ice cliffs to calve.

Rights: Pseudopanax@Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons 3.0

Published: 27 March 2017Size: 5.33 MB

Explore related content

Related resources Appears in

Article

Te Tatauranga o ngā manu māra – te tūhura raraunga

He tohunga ō tātou tūpuna mō te āta mātaitanga. He mea whakamōhio i a rātou ngā raraunga mai i ngā mātaitanga i te manaakitanga o te...

Article

Mātauranga and the integration of Māori and western knowledge

Māori knowledge and methods are increasingly being incorporated into New Zealand’s conservation practices. In this story, we meet researcher Dr Priscilla Wehi who uses both mātauranga...

Teacher PLD

Seaweek resources

Seaweek is New Zealand’s annual national week about the sea. It is coordinated by the Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre (MERC) and includes...

Article

Waipunarangi – rains, frosts and climate

Waipunarangi is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected to the rains and other atmospheric conditions.

Article

Ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica predicted to bring more frequent extreme weather

In late January 2019, parts of the United States shivered when the polar vortex (a band of strong winds that normally stays in the Arctic region)...

Article

Disappearing glaciers

Glaciers are getting smaller in most parts of the world – and at the fastest rates since record keeping began.

Email us

Your Email address

See our newsletters here.

News and events About Contact Us Privacy Copyright Help

Curious Minds is a Government initiative jointly led by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Ministry of Education and the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor.