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COVER : Drawn by the wiles of Cook Strait, Island Bay resident David Weyde is remodelling his home so that he can get an unobstructed view of the water. He has no plans to convert his equine ornaments into sea horses.
CONTENTS - Features :
OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH WINE [New Zealand was once rated about equal with Antarctica as a serious wine-producing country, but in the last two decades we’ve more thank claimed our share of space in the world’s cellars. How has this great advancement come about?];
DIRE STRAIT [Think of sea with attitude and Cook Strait has to be near the top of everyone’s list. While many of us are relieved to get across, lunch intact, others choose to live beside it, stirred by the moodiness of wind, water and light];
DANCING WITH GRAVITY [The parachute started out as a life-saving device for those marooned in the sky without a functioning vehicle, but is increasingly becoming a recreational accessory for adrenalin junkies];
BREAK-OUT [Swashbuckling, gallant Count Felix von Luckner was arguably the most colourful character of World War I, and he spent the later part of the war as a prisoner in New Zealand - well, more or less];
THE FIG AND THE WASP [Huge ornamental fig trees grown in northern New Zealand are entirely dependent on pollination by minute wasps. For their part, the wasps cannot survive apart from the trees : a fascinating example of biological fine tuning];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; GEONEWS [a new marine reserve]; WEATHER [the quest for high temperatures]; COMING UP [What’s in store]; MINI ADS;