Contents

COVER : 10 : Tenth Anniversary edition of the New Zealand Geographic Cover : A Decade of Discovery.
CONTENTS - Features :
TIMELESS HUTS, PRICELESS HERITAGE [The cold and dry of Antarctica’s Ross island has preserved three huts erected by Scott and Shackleton in the early 1900s. They still contain stores and relics from that bold and perilous era];
HIGH OVER NEW ZEALAND [Images from an aerial photographer give new insights into the patterns of the land];
THE LONG PATHWAY [Despatches from the trail, as a new walking route that eventually will run the length of the backcountry is blazed. Part one : from the tail of the fish to its navel];
HAROLD WELLMAN AND THE ALPINE FAULT [The Alpine Fault marks the boundary of two of Earth’s giant crustal plates. More than 50 years ago, only one geologist grasped its true magnitude, and his results helped changed the way we now see the world];
TAKAHE - THE BIRD THAT CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD [Long presumed extinct, the flightless takahe was rediscovered in Fiordland 50 years ago. Yet despite decades of intensive care this stately bird is still not off the critical list];
MAKIN’ THEM DRY BONES DANCE [The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography includes housewives, shearers, criminals, hoteliers, and the rest of the hoi polloi along with the rich and famous - and seeks to portray all of them in working clothes rather than the Sunday best];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; EDITOR’S COMMENT; A DECADE OF DISCOVERY; GEONEWS [sea-floor drilling; sea surface temperatures; pine pitch canker]; WEATHER [changes over the past 10 years]; BOOKS; COMING UP [what’s in store];