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COVER : Pair of bottlenose dolphins ride a bow wave in the glassy waters of Fiordland’s Doubtful Sound. Bottlenoses are the largest of the four main dolphin species found in New Zealand waters.
CONTENTS - Features :
STEEL CITY [Behind the lethal loveliness of a navy frigate on the high seas is a world of human pressures and pleasures that no outsider can really understand];
WHY ARE THE CABBAGE TREES DYING? [Cabbage trees have been a distinctive part of the New Zealand landscape for as long as humans have been here to marvel at their form and make use of their limbs and leaves. Now, though, the cabbage trees are dying - blasted by an unseen hand which causes them to wilt and perish in an alarmingly short time. Late last year scientists searching for the cause of the sudden decline made a breakthrough ...];
WILDERNESS COAST [Between Kahurangi Light and the Heaphy River, near the north-western tip of the South Island, is a stretch of coastline which is as untamed and beautiful as the New Zealand sea edge gets. Four adventurers tested themselves on this piece of classic wilderness];
IN FULL SWING [For more than 300 years dedicated rope-pullers have been ringing the changes in the cathedrals of Europe. New Zealand has its own tradition of change ringing, and bells continue to tintinabulate in others parts of our lives as well]; SYMPHONY OF THE DOLPHINS [Their speed and grace has impressed human
kind since ancient times, when gods were thought to inhabit their form. Today, many species are in decline - victims of pollution and brutal fishing practices - but New Zealand is still a great place to find, and study, dolphins];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; GEONEWS [Comrades on ice; sharp shooter]; SPACE [the Crux of the matter]; WEATHER [a shocking experience]; COMING UP [What’s in store]; MINI ADS;