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COVER : While humpback whales are mammals and air breathers like ourselves, with large brains, they are at the same time so different as to be almost alien. A single adult whale can weigh as much as all the pupils in a large high school. Despite this bulk (or perhaps because of it), humpbacks survive half of each year without a decent feed while they migrate thousands of kilometres from the food-rich waters of high latitudes to the calm of the tropics and back again. Once hunted to near extinction, these mysterious cousins are making a sedate comeback in several parts of the world;
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OUT IN THE COLD? [For over 70 years the nation’s children have benefiting from no-nonsense health camps that strengthen bodies and minister to stressed minds and families. But in this era of health reform, some believe the camps have outlived their usefulness]
SUMMER IN THE VALLEY [Running east from the Main Divide to empty into Lake Wakatipu, the Greenstone River has cut a peaceful valley through the mountains. A fascinating diversity of invertebrate flourish in the river and in the lush bush along the sides of the valley]
A BIRD OF GREAT SIZE [built with persistent attention to detail, a replica of Cook’s famous Endeavour has recently cruised our waters, turning our minds back to the days when men moved at the whim of the breath of the sky, and muscles were our main machines]
CONTENTS - Departments : LETTERS; EDITOR’S COMMENT; GEONEWS [insect immigrants; CJD; WEATHER [animals and weather]; BOOKS [a doctor’s travels in Oceania]; MUSEUMS [Northbrook museum, Rangiora]; SALUTE;