Contents

COVER : The old woman has drunk from the coconut since childhood, and will do so till she dies. Like flowers in the hard and surf on the reef, this is the Cook Island way.
CONTENTS - Features :
IN SEARCH OF THE COOK ISLANDS [The Cooks, a scattering of islands across a huge area of tropical ocean, have just celebrated 25 years of independence. We look at the nation’s emerging identity, its links with New Zealand and the distinctive character of its various island communities];
TOUCHDOWN NEW ZEALAND [Auckland International Airport - New Zealand’s gateway is open all hours, and three million people pass through its glass portals and carpeted corridors each year];
THE FIFTH KINGDOM [Some of the most spectacular forest-dwellers are not plants, nor animals, but fungi, members of the ‘fifth kingdom’ of the living world]; ACCURACY ABOVE ALL [Following in the wake of Captain Cook, the surveyors and cartographers of the Navy’s hydrographic service chart our coastline and produce the documents that mariners rely on for safety at sea];
SURE TO RISE [Hot-air ballooning has a long and interesting history in New Zealand, and is being taken up with fervour by adventurers in the 1990s];
CONTENTS - Departments :
GEONEWS [Paper recycling; the voyage home to Rangiatea]; PLACE NAMES [Lost poetry, lost history]; WEATHER [the big freeze]; SPACE [What a star!]; SALUTE; COMING UP [What’s in store]; MINI ADS;