Think New Zealand, and it might be difficult to spot significant differences from the rest of the affluent Anglosphere. Say Aotearoa, and at once a whole new world opens up for the outsider. This ...

I watch Mike Radon in action. He holds the shell in one hand, and a gentle push with a blunt tool is enough for the mollusc to be pried from the shell. It is fascinating to watch the gastropod called ...