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COVER : Stilt-walk Juliet Novena Sorrel dispenses playful mischief during Oamaru’s annual Victorian celebrations.
CONTENTS - Features :
CITY OF STONE [In the 1880s, Oamaru was the size of San Francisco and handling 400 ships a year. Although it may have lagged a little, the town is developing new heart around a heritage of fine Victorian stone buildings];
BLACK-BACKED GULLS [These large and handsome gulls are so commonplace we either ignore or cull them, but they are one of few native birds adaptable enough to have turned the arrival of Europeans to their advantage];
THE FORGOTTEN CLIMB [Fifty years ago this month, New Zealand climber Norman Hardie was one four men who made it to the top of Kangchenjunga, the world’s tallest mountain and a more difficult ascent than Everest];
MATAPOURI ESTUARY [In the clear water of this Northland estuary there is much for the patient snorkeller to savour];
CRETE [For a few weeks in May 1941, Crete became centre stage in WWII as Germany launched a bold parachute assault on poorly-equipped Allied forces including 2 New Zealand Division];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWPOINT [Campbell’s lost parrot]; GeoNEWS [Katipo decline, Moa eggs]; KIWI [Results of Moehau]; MUSEUMS [Fell locomotive]; WEATHER [Easterlies]; BOOKS [Nuclear NZ, fishing, skiing];