Kennedy Warne

Kennedy Warne co-founded 

New Zealand Geographic

 magazine in 1988, and served as editor until 2004, when he stepped down to pursue his own writing and photography. He has written 14 stories for 

National Geographic

 since 2000, including four on New Zealand. He writes mostly about natural history subjects, and specializes in underwater assignments. His work for 

National Geographic

 has taken him from the sea ice of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the mangrove swamps of Bangladesh, from the rainforests of Fiordland to the coral reefs of Arabia. He lives in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, but prefers to spend his time in the overlooked and undiscovered parts of his country, especially its forests, mountains, and multitude of islands.