Contents

COVER : Skimming the Southern Alps
CONTENTS - Features :
WHANGAREI HEADS [Less than a kilometre of water separates the kiwi that live on the rugged hills behind Reotahi from the distillation towers of the oil refinery at Marsden Point];
KIWI JACKPOT [Kiwifruit have been here for a century and become our most important horticultural product];
EDGE OF DARKNESS [A small robotic orbiter spits a probe at Titan, the most mysterious moon in the solar system];
BEAUTIFUL SLUGS [Sea slugs not only look spectacular, but are igneious in many aspects of their biology];
KNOWN UNTO GOD [The remains of an unknown New Zealand soldier who died in WWI are symbolically repatriated and laid to rest with great ceremony];
UPDRAFT [Gliders are going higher, faster and further than ever, riding waves in the air that form in the lee of mountains. Omarama is the NZ HQ for this extreme soaring];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; WEATHER [Volcanic weather]; VIEWPOINT [DoC ain’t so bad]; NEWS [Te Araroa update]; BOOKS [Human, Ride, so shall we reap]; MUSEUMS [Native plant museum];