Contents

COVER : White-faced herons preen in a field of Cotula flowers.
CONTENTS - Features :
FEILDING SALEYARDS [The Feilding saleyards are the most important livestock selling venue in the North Island, if not the country, and their existence is central to the town];
BIRTH OF A WETLAND [When a new Katikati landowner decided to let some low-lying fields revert to tidal flats, the birds became the most interesting show in town];
ENDANGERED CAMPGROUNDS [Motor camps are being converted into luxury developments, so where does that leave campers];
AUCKLAND WATER [A big city needs a lot of water, and controversy has dogged the supply of drinking water to Auckland since the 1870s];
MAORI TOURISM [Maori are becoming heavily involved in tourism. Everywhere in the world has scenery but only in New Zealand do the hills and rivers have a Maori cultural overlay];
MOOSE [In 1910, 10 tame Canadian moose calves were shooed into the miserable forest of Dusky Sound. Despite not sighting for 50 years, biologist Ken Tustin is sure moose survive there];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; GeoNEWS [Exterminators, solar cars, katydid]; WEATHER [El Nino returns]; BLAKE TRUST; BOOKS [Birds, Ngamatea];