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COVER : Fierce paua eyes glare out from a canoe prow carved by Boydy Biddle and Te Keepa Marsh. The work is on display at the NZ Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, Rotorua.
CONTENTS - Features :
WORSHIP IN A STRANGE LAND [Many immigrant groups have brought their own religion with them, and the cadence of their worship adds new colours to our spiritual landscape];
SUMMER ON THE COROMANDEL [Days of aimless lolling on a beach marred only by other visitors, nattering with old friends on the lawn under a pohutukawa, a ramble up through a grove of ancient kauri ... another week well spent on the Coromandel Peninsula];
VELVET ASSASSIN [An intimate view of the family life of a ruthless killer - the New Zealand falcon or karearea];
PASSIONATE ABOUT PAUA [A shell of peerless hue, meat that fetches stratospheric prices, and now pearls that would make any oyster green with envy .. all on a diet of seaweed];
THE GOVERNOR’S ISLAND [George Grey’s estate on Kawau Island was as notable for the books and culture within the mansion as for the exotic trees and animals with which he populated the grounds];
NO BRIDGES [Crossing the Mainland by 4WD : forget style and comfort - pass the adrenalin];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; GEONEWS [new life for an old breed - Enderby Island cow saved from extinction; getting rid of rats - on Codfish Island; coral bleaching - Australia’s Barrier Reef]; BOOKS [The Natural World of New Zealand]; WEATHER [convergence zones]; SPACE [all about Eta Carinae]; OPEN COUNTRY [Captain Fish calls it a day]; COMING UP;