Contents

COVER : A meeting of penguin minds.
CONTENTS - Features :
FOXTON [This workingman’s town has set about courting visitors to assure its future. Has any other centre of its size got more museums?];
REGIMENTAL CAIRN [A simple stone cairn in the Auckland Domain commemorates over 100 years of military service and sacrifice];
KOWHAI [A recent re-examination of this group of favourite small trees has revealed that we have more species than have been hitherto recognised];
SOUTH GEORGIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED [Three New Zealand paddlers make the first journey by kayak around one of the world’s least hospitable islands];
JEAN BATTEN [She was a girl from Rotorua destined for flying fame. Yet, once the crest of fame swept beyond her, she never readjusted to life in the shadows];
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND [Wind aplenty but a shortage of electricity means that we are increasingly turning to wind farms to plug energy shortfalls];
CONTENTS - Departments :
DIRECTORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWPOINT [Saving snails]; WEATHER [Hollow ring]; GeoNEWS [Toothfish politics]; BLAKE TRUST; LOCATION [Siberia, NZ]; BOOKS [Light on Earth, NZ Landscape];