Nova Zelândia

Interesting facts

Son finds father’s forgotten notebooks and helps scientists solve the mystery of a 55-million-year-old marine fossil that remained unanswered for almost three decades.

Viviane Alves 19/06/2026 at 02:03

Construction

New Zealand aligns nearly 7,000 X-shaped concrete blocks like puzzle pieces to protect railway, highway, and cycle path against waves, erosion, and earthquakes on one of Wellington’s most sensitive coasts.

Ana Alice 18/06/2026 at 23:50

Science and Technology

A giant parrot that doesn’t fly, weighs up to 4 kg, and smells like honey almost disappeared from the planet, but an extreme program in New Zealand used predator-free islands, genetics, fake eggs, and a controlled diet to save the kakapo from extinction.

Carla Teles 14/06/2026 at 21:26

Geopolitics

Iran accuses the US of blocking fan tickets for the 2026 World Cup, and the case exposes tension on the eve of decisive matches against New Zealand, Belgium, and Egypt.

Caio Aviz 09/06/2026 at 10:25

Interesting facts

New Zealand remains among the happiest countries in the world, but is on alert: 71.8 thousand citizens left the country in one year, the exodus reaching the highest level in 13 years, and the economic crisis is pushing an entire generation to Australia and the United Kingdom.

Valdemar Medeiros 06/06/2026 at 13:23

Construction

Todd Energy will drill an extreme geothermal well up to 6 km deep in New Zealand in search of superheated fluids, facing heat, pressure, and corrosive fluids at depths almost twice that of conventional wells.

Carla Teles 24/04/2026 at 11:38

Interesting facts

New Zealand builds a shimmering building that vibrates, featuring a 62-seat cinema, moving sculptures, and an environment where sound, light, and energy are felt in the body.

Flavia Marinho 31/03/2026 at 01:51

Interesting facts

Scientists open a 1-million-year-old capsule in New Zealand and find fossils of 16 species that reveal extinctions caused by volcanoes and climate changes before humans.

Carla Teles 27/03/2026 at 09:03

Coral negro gigante com pólipos brancos e estrutura escura nas águas profundas de Fiordland, Nova Zelândia, espécie centenária protegida.

Interesting facts

Giant 400-Year-Old Black Coral Found in New Zealand Surprises Scientists with Rare Dimensions in the Depths of Fiordland

Caio Aviz 10/03/2026 at 22:51

Filhote de kakapo recém-nascido em ninho monitorado por programa de conservação na Nova Zelândia

Science and Technology

After Four Years, Kakapo Chick Is Born and Scientists Celebrate Progress in Recovering One of the Rarest Birds on the Planet

Felipe Alves da Silva 09/03/2026 at 11:13

Com 98 tubos de papelão de 60 cm reforçados com poliuretano impermeável e retardante de fogo, arquiteto japonês Shigeru Ban constrói Catedral de Papelão em Christchurch por NZ$ 5,9 milhões e cria um dos edifícios mais seguros contra terremotos da Nova Zelândia

Construction

With 98 60-Cm Cardboard Tubes Reinforced with Waterproof, Fire-Retardant Polyurethane, Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban Builds Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch for NZ$ 5.9 Million and Creates One of the Safest Earthquake-Resistant Buildings in New Zealand

Débora Araújo 03/03/2026 at 14:38

Essa região converte 5.200 garrafas de vidro descartadas diariamente em 1 tonelada de areia artificial que devolve praias perdidas para erosão costeira usando triturador que replica textura e cor da areia natural impedindo que vidro fique 1 milhão de anos em aterros

Interesting facts

This Region Converts 5,200 Discarded Glass Bottles Daily Into 1 Ton of Artificial Sand, Restoring Lost Beaches Due to Coastal Erosion, Using a Crusher and Preventing Glass From Sitting in Landfills for 1 Million Years.

Valdemar Medeiros 19/02/2026 at 12:30

Son finds father’s forgotten notebooks and helps scientists solve the mystery of a 55-million-year-old marine fossil that remained unanswered for almost three decades.

New Zealand aligns nearly 7,000 X-shaped concrete blocks like puzzle pieces to protect railway, highway, and cycle path against waves, erosion, and earthquakes on one of Wellington’s most sensitive coasts.

A giant parrot that doesn’t fly, weighs up to 4 kg, and smells like honey almost disappeared from the planet, but an extreme program in New Zealand used predator-free islands, genetics, fake eggs, and a controlled diet to save the kakapo from extinction.

Iran accuses the US of blocking fan tickets for the 2026 World Cup, and the case exposes tension on the eve of decisive matches against New Zealand, Belgium, and Egypt.

New Zealand remains among the happiest countries in the world, but is on alert: 71.8 thousand citizens left the country in one year, the exodus reaching the highest level in 13 years, and the economic crisis is pushing an entire generation to Australia and the United Kingdom.

Todd Energy will drill an extreme geothermal well up to 6 km deep in New Zealand in search of superheated fluids, facing heat, pressure, and corrosive fluids at depths almost twice that of conventional wells.

New Zealand builds a shimmering building that vibrates, featuring a 62-seat cinema, moving sculptures, and an environment where sound, light, and energy are felt in the body.

Scientists open a 1-million-year-old capsule in New Zealand and find fossils of 16 species that reveal extinctions caused by volcanoes and climate changes before humans.

Giant 400-Year-Old Black Coral Found in New Zealand Surprises Scientists with Rare Dimensions in the Depths of Fiordland

After Four Years, Kakapo Chick Is Born and Scientists Celebrate Progress in Recovering One of the Rarest Birds on the Planet

With 98 60-Cm Cardboard Tubes Reinforced with Waterproof, Fire-Retardant Polyurethane, Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban Builds Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch for NZ$ 5.9 Million and Creates One of the Safest Earthquake-Resistant Buildings in New Zealand

This Region Converts 5,200 Discarded Glass Bottles Daily Into 1 Ton of Artificial Sand, Restoring Lost Beaches Due to Coastal Erosion, Using a Crusher and Preventing Glass From Sitting in Landfills for 1 Million Years.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

Described by astronauts as one of the most unlikely natural phenomena on Earth, the Okavango Delta spreads over up to 15,000 square kilometers in the middle of the desert and transforms Botswana into a living labyrinth of channels, islands, and flooded areas.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.