Contents

COVER : Based on a graphic score from the Body Music series by Lyell Cresswell, composed for Jack Body’s 50th birthday.
CONTENTS - Features :
THE SOUND BARRIER [Classical composition arose in New Zealand during the 20th Century - a period when music was undergoing its global post-romantic revolution. Since that time, Kiwi composition has gone from strength to strength];
STICK INSECTS [Skinny vegetarians that often reproduce asexually and with legs that just keep on going forever - it’s a wonder some fashion house hasn’t adpoted these anorexic insects as its symbol];
FOOTPRINTS IN CYBERSPACE [That’s right, you’re not just a number. You’re a string of numbers. And like or not, a lot of what you do is being recorded and may be used against you];
CONSERVATION IN FIORDLAND [Richard Henry tried unsuccessfully to save flightless birds by putting them on islands in Fiordland more than 100 years ago, and now DOC has taken up the plan];
NZers IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR [While officially we were neutral in this bitter curtain-raiser for WWII, a handful of volunteers became involved, most of them on the side of the left-wing government fighting Franco and his fascist supporters];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; GeoNEWS [Houses, kiwi, dolphin]; WEATHER [Noisy weather]; BLAKE TRUST; BOOKS [Lots... ];