Stories - Patagonia New Zealand

Kaituna

River Mutton

A kayaker returns to the river that raised her, as a fast-tracked dam proposal puts the Kaituna’s Lower Gorges at risk.

Kaituna

River Mutton

5 Min Read

Ground Control

Snowboarder Alex Yoder takes a Regenerative Organic approach to his new coffee business by thinking like an astronaut.

Ground Control

6 Min Read

The Secret Life of Trees

Our film Treeline follows skiers and snowboarders as they move through three extraordinary forested landscapes in Japan, British Columbia and Nevada, exploring the connection between humans and our oldest living companions.

The Secret Life of Trees

10 Min Read

Treeline: Trespassing

When we move through the forest in winter, we’re often left wonderstruck by snow-shrouded trees bent and morphed from years of wear in silent solitude.

Treeline: Trespassing

10 Min Read

Treeline: The Film

Trees are intertwined with human existence—through religion, in times of war, in standing for what we’ll fight to protect, with our hopes and wishes that we share. They stand implanted in our own history.

Treeline: The Film

40:16:00

Treeline: The Core

Riding in Niseko, Hokkaido mostly means riding through trees. Most are heavily bent, hard birch deciduous trees, reaching their branches wide to their sides.

Treeline: The Core

10 Min Read

Down from the Mountains

Josefine Ås

A French ski patroller’s move to become a permaculture farmer. “There’s no doubt. I have become a man who lives at the foot of La Meije’s north face, by the Romanche River where my vegetables now grow.” This is Jean Charles Bonsignore’s pepeha,

Down from the Mountains

Josefine Ås

6 Min Read

Treeline: A Story Written in Rings

10 Min Read

Treeline: Homegrown

You’d think I’d get tired of going to the same places, but by touring through the local treescapes, I’ve woken up to the dynamic details of the forest. The way the moss hangs or the light shimmers in certain patches – the silver shine on the bark of a massive cedar that makes it look like it’s glowing from the inside out. I see something new every day.

Treeline: Homegrown

10 Min Read

Gear made without PFAS must pass the same rigorous tests as our other apparel, both in the field and the lab. We make it rain anytime we want using the Bundesmann water permeability test, which assesses water resistance. Photo: Tim Davis

A Strong Finish

Archana Ram

A Strong Finish

Archana Ram

9 Min Read

The range of the Southeastern Group of southern right whales extends from SA around to the NSW south coast, above. Photo Josh Burkinshaw

Mother Knows Best

Linley Hurrell

The fight to protect Koontapool Yakeen (Whale Dreaming)

Mother Knows Best

Linley Hurrell

8 Min Read

The oil and gas industry are aggressively expanding across Southern Sea Country. Photo Jarrah Lynch

Save Southern Sea Country

Ula Majewski

The ocean between Tasmania and Victoria, stretching west, is under threat from the offshore oil and gas industry. The communities dotted along those coasts are banding together to protect it.

Save Southern Sea Country

Ula Majewski

12 Min Read

After running past, taking shelter in and leaning on these slow breathing giants, the sawn and stripped logs just don’t have the same warmth or glory they once did. Today’s victory will be in logs conserved not cleared. Photo: Cam Suttie

Logged For A Loss

Nick Rodway

The mountain ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands are priceless. So why would you log them, losing millions of dollars in the process?

Logged For A Loss

Nick Rodway

7 Min Read

The mountain ash forests of the Victorian Central Highlands have existed for millions of years. The Great Forest National Park is an idea to protect them into the future. Photo: Cam Suttie.

Imagining The Great Forest

Jock Serong

The ancient forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands are home to a myriad of natural ecosystems, all precious, all interrelated. It’s time they were all protected as one National Park.

Imagining The Great Forest

Jock Serong

12 Min Read

Bad River

Beau Miles

The rivers of our childhood have changed.

Bad River

Beau Miles

3 Min Read

Now It’s Gas

Wayne Lynch

Wayne Lynch has seen his beloved Otways plundered over the years. The desecration of treasured stretch of Australian coast continues today.

Now It’s Gas

Wayne Lynch

3 min Read

Marine scientist Laura Wells diving with seals off Barunguba (Montague Island).

The Sanctuary

Big fish are now circling Batemans Marine Park.

The Sanctuary

10 min Read

Walmadan

Almost a decade ago, a great victory was won in the Kimberley. Today, this ancient, red dirt frontier remains under threat from the gas industry.

Walmadan

8 min Read

Rising Tides

It’s time for surfers to read the forecast on climate change and do something about it.

Rising Tides

7 min Read

A Still Summer Sky

The unassuming bogong moth has been part of the Australian summer for tens of thousands of years, the summer sky darkened as they migrated to the high country in their millions.

A Still Summer Sky

5 Min Read

COP26 is over. But the fight for climate justice remains.

For Tish, COP26 was an opportunity to hold our political leaders accountable and ensure they felt the global pressure to act on climate.

COP26 is over. But the fight for climate justice remains.

6 Min Read

Lessons from Uncle Addy

The Bight-based farmer calls upon a wizard of the earthly realm.

Lessons from Uncle Addy

10 Min Read

Way out West

Extreme beach cleans on the wild south-west coast of Tasmania.

Way out West

10 Min Read

The Ghost Trees of Santa Isabel

Out on the fringes of the Western Pacific, the seas encroach.

The Ghost Trees of Santa Isabel

10 Min Read

The Return of a Surf Classic

Co-author Kim McCoy recounts discovering the mystery of what lies beneath the waves, where ocean and land meet and compete.

The Return of a Surf Classic

10 Min Read

Don’t Till On Me

A soil junkie explains no-till practices for regenerative agriculture.

Don’t Till On Me

6 Min Read

Watch 'Remothering the Land'

Regenerative practices and knowledge come from Indigenous and Black farmers, and support healthy soil, animals and people.

Watch 'Remothering the Land'

10 min Read

The Slab Hunter: Ben Wilkinson Woodwork

It didn’t take long for Ben Wilkinson to figure out that there was freedom to be had in working for himself—and that freedom was the first requirement if he wanted to go surfing whenever the waves got huge. “I left home when I was 16,” he remembers,…

The Slab Hunter: Ben Wilkinson Woodwork

10 Min Read

Wear and Tear

From shelf to soil and everything in-between – the unexpected lifecycle of Paul West’s tees.

Wear and Tear

10 Min Read

Bright Sparks of Yackandandah

The Victorian country town that set up its own solar energy grid.

Bright Sparks of Yackandandah

6 Min Read

Transplanting Traditions

A small-scale farmer takes a regenerative approach to keeping his community fed.

Transplanting Traditions

10 Min Read

2021 takayna Trail. Photo: Kelly Slater.

Tigers Change Their Stripes in the Tarkine

Beau Miles isn’t really one for running with others, activism, or taking more than two showers a week

Tigers Change Their Stripes in the Tarkine

10 Min Read

Fire Sheep

Sheep (and their poop) could help climate-driven wildfires. One couple is ushering in this idea with a small flock and some supportive fire departments.

Fire Sheep

6 Min Read

Garbage Bins for the Ocean

Seasoned waterman, master woodworker and Patagonia Surf Ambassador Ben Wilkinson channels his skills toward a new environmental calling.

Garbage Bins for the Ocean

6 Min Read

Green Reconstruction

Ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese communities are turning toward citizen-led renewable power.

Green Reconstruction

6 Min Read

If You Love It, Run for It: Dispatch from the Inaugural takayna Ultramarathon

“Exploring varying landscapes generates an energy and connection…that provides the ‘why’ to life for me.” “…these unbalanced running steps through lumping button grass were pounding a connection with the Tarkine into my cells.” “This event and the wild of Tassie tore in to my heart, embedded in my soul…”

If You Love It, Run for It: Dispatch from the Inaugural takayna Ultramarathon

10 Min Read

Why We Sit in Trees

Roping up for a global protest – The Great Canopy Campout, October 17.

Why We Sit in Trees

10 Min Read

Cooked with Gas

Australia is going down a dead end with its “gas-led recovery”.

Cooked with Gas

6 Min Read

Why Should the Public Care About Public Lands?

Debates over how America’s public lands should be managed are as old as the system itself...

Why Should the Public Care About Public Lands?

10 Min Read

United to Save Yaroomba

Former local Belinda Bags links up with surfers and campaigners looking to halt a high-rise development and protect endangered turtle hatching grounds.

United to Save Yaroomba

10 Min Read

Activists Want Fashion to Change

Climate and social justice activists are pushing the clothing industry to take better care of people and the planet.

Activists Want Fashion to Change

10 min Read

Vjosa Forever

People are rising up to protect Europe’s largest wild river – the Vjosa.

Vjosa Forever

6:32

We the Power

The future of energy is community-owned.

We the Power

39:00:00

The Never Town Grassroots Tour

Good news can be hard to find. It shouldn’t be, but it is. Good people doing good work can also be hard to hear about. They are often too busy doing the work to be out beating their chests about it and demanding attention. There are a lot of uplifting stories and inspiring...

The Never Town Grassroots Tour

10 Min Read

Polyester

85% of Patagonia’s polyester this season is recycled. Using recycled polyester, rather than virgin petroleum polyester, reduced our seasonal carbon emissions by over 5,600 metric tons of CO₂e.

Polyester

10 Minutes

'Watershed Chats' with the Karioi Project

Kristel Van Houte is a surfer and marine ecologist based in the coastal town of Raglan, on the north island of New Zealand. She started the Karioi Project just over 10 years ago.

'Watershed Chats' with the Karioi Project

10 min Read

Connecting the Dots

If we continue trying to save the world one species at a time we will fail; it is time to redefine our relationship with nature so that we save all of nature.

Connecting the Dots

6 Min Read

One Year Since Australia’s Black Summer

Photographer Paolo Pellegrin captured the aftermath of the wildfires that burned through Australia in 2019.

One Year Since Australia’s Black Summer

10 Min Read

Fish Out of Water

Two hours from the coast we’re fish out of water in Canberra, but this battle has reached a critical point.

Fish Out of Water

6 Min Read

Trust The Scientists

Why we rely on lab tests and data more than ever to make decisions about our products.

Trust The Scientists

10 Min Read

Patagonia NZ

Kaituna

Kaituna

Ground Control

Ground Control

The Secret Life of Trees

The Secret Life of Trees

Treeline: Trespassing

Treeline: Trespassing

Treeline: The Film

Treeline: The Film

Treeline: The Core

Treeline: The Core

Down from the Mountains

Down from the Mountains

Treeline: A Story Written in Rings

Treeline: A Story Written in Rings

Treeline: Homegrown

Treeline: Homegrown

A Strong Finish

A Strong Finish

Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best

Save Southern Sea Country

Save Southern Sea Country

Logged For A Loss

Logged For A Loss

Imagining The Great Forest

Imagining The Great Forest

Bad River

Bad River

Now It’s Gas

Now It’s Gas

The Sanctuary

The Sanctuary

Walmadan

Walmadan

Rising Tides

Rising Tides

A Still Summer Sky

A Still Summer Sky

COP26 is over. But the fight for climate justice remains.

COP26 is over. But the fight for climate justice remains.

Lessons from Uncle Addy

Lessons from Uncle Addy

Way out West

Way out West

The Ghost Trees of Santa Isabel

The Ghost Trees of Santa Isabel

The Return of a Surf Classic

The Return of a Surf Classic

Don’t Till On Me

Don’t Till On Me

Watch 'Remothering the Land'

Watch 'Remothering the Land'

The Slab Hunter: Ben Wilkinson Woodwork

The Slab Hunter: Ben Wilkinson Woodwork

Wear and Tear

Wear and Tear

Bright Sparks of Yackandandah

Bright Sparks of Yackandandah

Transplanting Traditions

Transplanting Traditions

Tigers Change Their Stripes in the Tarkine

Tigers Change Their Stripes in the Tarkine

Fire Sheep

Fire Sheep

Garbage Bins for the Ocean

Garbage Bins for the Ocean

Green Reconstruction

Green Reconstruction

If You Love It, Run for It: Dispatch from the Inaugural takayna Ultramarathon

If You Love It, Run for It: Dispatch from the Inaugural takayna Ultramarathon

Why We Sit in Trees

Why We Sit in Trees

Cooked with Gas

Cooked with Gas

Why Should the Public Care About Public Lands?

Why Should the Public Care About Public Lands?

United to Save Yaroomba