Contents

COVER : Mt Damper Falls on the Tongapoutu River, west of Whangamomona.
CONTENTS - Features :
DOWN AT THE MALL [Shopping, once a necessity, is now a major recreational activity and increasingly we are spending our dollars in new venues];
MORUROA PROTEST [Ten years ago a peace flotilla of New Zealand yachts sailed to Moruroa to protest the final series of French nuclear tests];
WHANGAMOMONA [This remote hamlet in eastern Taranaki declared itself a replublic in 1989 and continues to attract a disproportionate amount of attention];
NEAR-EXTINCT SKINKS [If present conservation efforts fail, two of our largest and most handsome species of skink look likely to become extinct in Central Otago in the next decade];
MARSDEN’S FIRST CHRISTMAS [How Samuel Marsden, after years of enthusiasm for Maori, finally reached the Bay of Islands in December 1814];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWPOINT [Natural toxins in foods]; WEATHER [Eye of the storm]; KIWI [Waikaremoana kiwi]; BLAKE TRUST; GeoNEWS [Wapiti, whitebait]; BOOKS [Rata, geologists, caravans, climate change];