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COVER : It’s not hard to see how the yellow-eyed penguin gets its name. Found at only a handful of sites from Banks Peninsula South, these most private of penguins spend every night ashore in nests in the forest.
CONTENTS - Features :
TARANAKI - THE SHADOW SPEAKS [The mountain at the centre of our second oldest national park is in many ways our most iconic peak, having built not just a park but an entire province around itself];
MAURICE WILKINS - THE THIRD MAN [How many know Maurice Wilkins, one of the trio to receive a Nobel Prize for the discovery of the helical structure of DNA, was born in the Wairarapa];
THE ARCHITECTURE OF TRAGEDY [Central Napier, levelled by the earthquake and fire of February 3, 1931, and rebuilt in the architecture of the 1930s, now proclaims itself the Art Deco capital of the world and celebrates its heritage with an exuberant annual festival];
HOIHO - STILL ON THE BRINK [Without human intervention, the hoiho - one of the world’s rarest penguin species - would likely have already disappeared from the South Island, but despite two decades of assistance, it is still barely holding its own]; WHAT LIES BENEATH - MAPPING THE ROCKS OF FIORDLAND [Geological maps play a vital role in modern life, but mapping the rocks in remote areas like Fiordland is not only physically taxing but mentally challenging];
CONTENTS - Departments :
LETTERS; EDITORIAL; VIEWPOINT [Mangroves - allies or invaders?]; GEONEWS [Argentine ants; traffic islands]; AT THE MUSEUM [Howick’s living heritage]; BOOKS [The Lost World; Delving Deeper]; ON THE ROCKS [Pillow lava]; REMEMBRANCE [Nursing in War];