Kate Evans
@kategevans.bsky.social
Nature writer & science journalist
New Zealand Geographic
Www.Kateevans.org
Words also in Scientific American, the New York Times, bioGraphic, among others. Author of FEIJOA: A STORY OF OBSESSION AND BELONGING
New Zealand Geographic
Www.Kateevans.org
Words also in Scientific American, the New York Times, bioGraphic, among others. Author of FEIJOA: A STORY OF OBSESSION AND BELONGING
Extremely accurate map of NZ’s seasons
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Extremely accurate map of NZ’s seasons
Thanks so much to everyone who voted for FEIJOA in the Whitcoulls top 100 - it made it again, which means it will stay in stock and up front in 55 stores around NZ, thank you!! Pics of celebratory dancing 📚🇳🇿🍈
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Thanks so much to everyone who voted for FEIJOA in the Whitcoulls top 100 - it made it again, which means it will stay in stock and up front in 55 stores around NZ, thank you!! Pics of celebratory dancing 📚🇳🇿🍈
This was me! I always thought it was “go go Jason waterfall” and wondered who Jason was!
July 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This was me! I always thought it was “go go Jason waterfall” and wondered who Jason was!
Oh yeah we call it that. Like raw ginger. Gingernuts are these sweet spicy biscuits
May 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Oh yeah we call it that. Like raw ginger. Gingernuts are these sweet spicy biscuits
And huge thanks to my darling @abodznick.bsky.social for showing me around, we’ve been friends for 34 years or something now
February 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
And huge thanks to my darling @abodznick.bsky.social for showing me around, we’ve been friends for 34 years or something now
Extremely honoured to receive a Gold Kavli award for Science Journalism this week in snowy but beautiful Boston at the #AAASmtg Thanks @kavlifoundation.bsky.social and @nzgeo.bsky.social for commissioning my winning story about red billed gulls.
February 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Extremely honoured to receive a Gold Kavli award for Science Journalism this week in snowy but beautiful Boston at the #AAASmtg Thanks @kavlifoundation.bsky.social and @nzgeo.bsky.social for commissioning my winning story about red billed gulls.
Thrilled to make this list: newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/x... 🇳🇿📚
December 9, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Thrilled to make this list: newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/x... 🇳🇿📚
🤣 maybe some of the Brazilian wild ones have that vibe? Or this botanical print?
November 27, 2024 at 5:49 AM
🤣 maybe some of the Brazilian wild ones have that vibe? Or this botanical print?
www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-... Here’s the winning story, and here’s the Kavli Award announcement: sjawards.aaas.org/news/2024-aa...
November 14, 2024 at 12:01 AM
www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-... Here’s the winning story, and here’s the Kavli Award announcement: sjawards.aaas.org/news/2024-aa...
The judges said “Throughout the story, which judges said often reads “pitch perfect,” reporter Kate Evans’s curiosity is contagious. And exceptional visuals, by Evans and Alex Pike, ensure audiences feel up close and personal with the creatures in question." I was teased about my curiosity in school
July 21, 2024 at 10:28 AM
The judges said “Throughout the story, which judges said often reads “pitch perfect,” reporter Kate Evans’s curiosity is contagious. And exceptional visuals, by Evans and Alex Pike, ensure audiences feel up close and personal with the creatures in question." I was teased about my curiosity in school
Matchy matchy spongy spongy! 🐟🧽🇳🇿🦀🐙🐡
July 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Matchy matchy spongy spongy! 🐟🧽🇳🇿🦀🐙🐡
I heard back! Check this out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZK...
June 5, 2024 at 7:24 AM
I heard back! Check this out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZK...
Bluesky friends! Can you do me a favour? Voting closes Monday for the Whitcoulls top 100 books and I’d absolutely love it if you’d chuck a vote in for Feijoa: takes 1 minute and you go into the draw for book vouchers. Link here: www.whitcoulls.co.nz/top-100-books
June 1, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Bluesky friends! Can you do me a favour? Voting closes Monday for the Whitcoulls top 100 books and I’d absolutely love it if you’d chuck a vote in for Feijoa: takes 1 minute and you go into the draw for book vouchers. Link here: www.whitcoulls.co.nz/top-100-books
May 12, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Mind blown by the aurora over Raglan last night as we walked to a party down the street. What a moment! #aurora #kikorangi #science
May 12, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Mind blown by the aurora over Raglan last night as we walked to a party down the street. What a moment! #aurora #kikorangi #science
Made the telly talking about #feijoas on Seven Sharp: play-images-prod-cms.tech.tvnz.co.nz/shows/seven-... #kikorangi 📚🌱
May 2, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Made the telly talking about #feijoas on Seven Sharp: play-images-prod-cms.tech.tvnz.co.nz/shows/seven-... #kikorangi 📚🌱
Eek you guys… FEIJOA was the no. 1 bestselling NZ non-fiction book last week!!! Thanks to everyone who bought one!!
March 7, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Eek you guys… FEIJOA was the no. 1 bestselling NZ non-fiction book last week!!! Thanks to everyone who bought one!!
Here in NZ it is February 15 and high summer! (Definitely do not want to pretend it’s muddy august here lol)
February 15, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Here in NZ it is February 15 and high summer! (Definitely do not want to pretend it’s muddy august here lol)
IT’S HERE! This is a moment 10 years in the making… FEIJOA exists in the world! It’s a book you can hold and feel and read and smell and buy! (Check out Www.Kateevans.org/feijoa for preorder links) So thrilled to have made it here, with the help of so many people 🌱🇳🇿📚#kikorangi #feijoa
February 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM
IT’S HERE! This is a moment 10 years in the making… FEIJOA exists in the world! It’s a book you can hold and feel and read and smell and buy! (Check out Www.Kateevans.org/feijoa for preorder links) So thrilled to have made it here, with the help of so many people 🌱🇳🇿📚#kikorangi #feijoa
I'm absolutely prancing with excitement to say that my debut book FEIJOA: A Story of Obsession and Belonging will be published by Hachette Aotearoa and Australia on Feb 27 2024. Check out this stunning cover! I lovely wee video reveal but you'll have to join me on Insta @feijoafellowship to see it.
November 21, 2023 at 12:58 AM
I'm absolutely prancing with excitement to say that my debut book FEIJOA: A Story of Obsession and Belonging will be published by Hachette Aotearoa and Australia on Feb 27 2024. Check out this stunning cover! I lovely wee video reveal but you'll have to join me on Insta @feijoafellowship to see it.
Ephemeral Nature jewellery by my almost-6-year-old 🌾💚 (I’m just the model)
October 1, 2023 at 5:11 AM
Ephemeral Nature jewellery by my almost-6-year-old 🌾💚 (I’m just the model)