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COVER : Although trout were introduced into New Zealand from the northern hemisphere only last century, they have taken us to our lakes and rivers like ... well ... fish to water! Brown trout are now to be found in most of the country’s lass turbid waterways, while rainbow trout - seen here in the world-famous Tongariro River - are most abundant around the central North Island. Photography by Darryl Torckler.
CONTENTS - Features :
BOUGAINVILLE : ISLAND OF SCARE [This province of Papua New Guinea has witnessed the most violent conflict in the Pacific since the close of War World II, but with New Zealand’s help peace has come to the island, and the process of rebuilding is under way];
THE DAY THE EARTH SHIFTED [January 23, 1855, saw a magnitude 8-plus earthquake - the largest to shake these isles since Pakeha arrive - ruptured the Wairarapa faultline and shatter the town of Wellington. Some 5000 sq km of land west of the fault was uplifted, including the seabed of busy Port Nicholson];
VELVET UNDERGROUND [Peripatus are inconspicuous forest dwellers, assigned to their own phylum somewhere between worms and centipedes, and noteworthy for their unusual manner of immobilisng prey - with a jet of glue];
THE RACE THAT NEVER ENDS [Now inits 10th year, the Southern Traverse adventure race is a 500km, four-day multisport epic played out against a backdrop of some of the South Island’s most rugged terrain];
THE LURE OF TROUT [Despite the negative impact of many human activities on our waterways, New Zealand remains the trout angler’s Eldorado, a place where the enthusiast can find tranquil streams and trophy fish];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; EDITOR’S COMMENT; GEONEWS [beech mast year; bottom dwellers off Spirits Bay; dinosaur tooth]; BOOKS [The Totorore Voyage]; WEATHER [unseasonal start to 2000]; OPEN COUNTRY [Southern post]; COMING UP [what’s in store];