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COVER : Parrots with the face of an owl, kakapo are one of New Zealand’s most endangered species. This bird, Hoki, is the first successfully hand-reared kakapo, and there are high hopes that she will play a significant part in reversing the fortunes of her species.
CONTENTS - Features :
THE KAKAPO OF CODFISH ISLAND [As a species, the kakapo is at crisis point. There are just 50 birds left, and the events of recent months have shown that only human intervention can save the night parrot];
FORESTS IN THE SEA [We throw our rubbish into them, bulldoze them for land reclamation and sneer at their drab appearance. But the mangrove swamps of northern New Zealand have a beauty and importance that should not be ignored]; THE INVISIBLE IMMIGRANTS [There’s more to the Dutch than clogs and tulips. On the 350th anniversary of Dutchman Abel Tasman’s sighting of New Zealand we consider the impacT Dutch immigrants have made on this country];
MAKING MONEY [New Zealand is changing the face of one of its most important symbols - its money. From design to printing, from the vault to the furnace, we look at the life cycle of our most universally desired commodity];
FAREWELL TO THE CLUTHA [This year the people of Central Otago farewell the ‘green ribbon of power’ which flowed between the banks of the Cromwell Gorge. The river is now a lake, its power harnessed by the Clyde Dam];
DUNSTAN’S CAVALCADE [Horse trekking along the trail used by gold miners more than a century ago];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; GEONEWS [a new gannet colony; gender problems in coastal whelks]; SPACE [the brightness of stars]; WEATHER [snow and more snow]; PLACE NAMES [The French at d’Akaroa]; COMING UP [What’s in store]; MINI ADS;