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COVER : A paraglider soars on evening breezes above Castle Rock, an outpost of Christchurch’s Port Hills, while drivers on the Summit Road pause to admire the view of the plains and the Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers.
CONTENTS - Features :
‘THAR SHE BLOWS’ - A GRISLY TRADE IN BONE AND OIL [For nearly 150 years, hard men in small boats hunted whales around the coast of New Zealand. First to arrive were British and American whales in their square-riggers, but shore stations were soon established, the last of them operation into the 1960s];
OPANUKU : FROM SOURCE TO SEA [With climbing ropes and kayaks, a group of Aucklanders follows a stream from its source high in the Waitakere Ranges, through the backyards of Henderson Valley to Te Atatu, where its waters spill into the upper Waitemata Harbour];
THE COLOUR RED [Many plants, including a good many natives, sport at least a dash of crimson in their foliage for part of the year, if not year-round. Red pigments appear to play an important role in protecting the plant from injury];
THE LONG PATHWAY (continued) [Geoff Chapple hikes the length of the South Island as he seeks to establish a route for Cape Reinga-to-Bluff walking trail];
A HEART FOR THE HILLS [In an era before conservation was fashionable, Harry Ell fought hard, long and single-mindedly to preserve a swathe of Christchurch’s Port Hills as a public wilderness on the city’s skyline];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; GEONEWS [mapping underwater volcanoes; Hillary exhibition]; WEATHER [painting weather]; BOOKS [Landscapes of Conflict; NZ Abroad]; PLACES [Life imitates art in the Maniototo]; COMING UP [What’s in store];