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COVER : The coastal section of the Paparoa Range in north Westland contains tracts of limestone which in places have been tastefully sculpted by the Fox and other rivers as they carve their way through it.
CONTENTS - Features :
PAPAROA, THE TURBULENT COAST [Preciptious mountains, fascinating rock formations and a coastline as dramatic and lonesome as any in the country provide the backdrop to bitter environmental wrangling as conservationists battle continued logging in the region’s native forests];
IN HOT WATER [Endless hot water for free - it sounds too good to be true! Yet at perhaps 150 sites around the country hot mineral springs bubble to the surface, some with a substantial history of human development, others still able to be enjoyed au naturel];
BLUE DUCK : THE WHITE-WATER CHAMPION [Loss of living space is imperilling this ancient icon of our back country, but the bird’s own reluctance to disperse is not helping efforts to assist it];
WHALES OUT MY WINDOW [Little bands of tenacious observers watch in wonder as southern right whales - once hunted to the brink of extinction around our shores - mount a steady resurgence about the bleak Campbell and Auckland Islands];
WINGS OF DESIRE [Long before there were jets, before there was even much in the line of runways, large gracious flying boats droned through the skies, pioneering aerial passenger links between New Zealand and the rest of the world];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; GEONEWS [Kermadec koromike back from the brink, river monitoring]; WEATHER [when weather repeats]; PLACES [the climb of the ancient mariners];SPACE [pictures in the sky]; COMING UP [what’s in store];