Contents

COVER : Timid animals by Dunedin sculptor Juliet Novena Sorrel graze a Banks Peninsula paddock. In a coincidence every bit as extraordinary as her creations, Juliet herself graced the cover of NZ Geographic #73.
CONTENTS - Features :
RANGITAIKI FROST FLATS [Where in the North Island do you get 230 frosts a year];
HUNTING KIWI [The distribution of kiwi in the western South Island was very imperfectly known as recently as the early 1990s];
GUMBOOTS [Where would be without our rubber boots];
BRYDE’S WHALES [The commonest large whale around northern New Zealand is a species of which few of use have ever heard];
TRUFFLES [These pungent subterranean fungi are nothing to look at but they promise a fortune to successful growers];
BANKS PENINSULA [Rugged and remote, yet it’s practically a suburb of Christchurch];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWPOINT [Digital photography]; GeoNEWS [seabird mitigation]; BOOKS [Waitaha, lighthouses, Canterbury hills, dance]; ON THE ROCKS [Sinter]; BLAKE TRUST; WEATHER [Two bad storms];