Contents

COVER : Surfer and five times runner-up Pipi Sopp poses with policemen at the Miss Whangamata beauty pageant.
CONTENTS - Features :
DEATH [Just when you’ve come to terms with being old, you die! Some claim it a blessed relief, for others it is a valley of shadows. Why do we die? How do we die?];
WHANGAMATA [A place to holiday? Retire? Die? Surf? Party? All of the above - Whangamata is a place where worlds collide];
KOKAKO [Widely regarded as the sweetest vocalist in the dawn chorus, kokako were on the way out. Now thanks to conservation efforts, this species is making a comeback];
TALKING BOOKS [For blind and partially sighted readers who are dying to read a good book, there are books that do the talking];
MERVYN TAYLOR [At the time of his death in 1964, New Zealand culture was asserting itself on every front. An artist and a craftsman at the top of his game, . E. Mervyn Taylor was a leading light in this wave of national identity];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; GeoNEWS [Fossils of Rekohu, zoo medicine, science round-up]; WEATHER [Big wet]; BLAKE TRUST; BOOKS [Antarctica, volunteer, ethnobotany]; POSTSCRIPT [Rob Brown’s Stewart Island];