Contents

COVER : The jewelled back of a cascade gecko from Fiordland.
CONTENTS - Features :
WAIHEKE WATERS [Shallow waters surrounding Waiheke Island form a mirror into the soul of one of the island’s residents];
SINBAD GULLY [The upper reaches of a neglected Fiordland valley have been found to harbour a lost world of unique creatures];
TIME [In an age of computers and cellphones synchronised to atomic clocks it’s hard to remember that standard time has only been around for a little more than a century];
KING COUNTRY [Te Rohe Potae - From under the hat. How would the King Country get a name from that];
SECURITY CONTRACTORS [New Zealand may not fight in Iraq but the place is awash with Kiwi security contractors];
MASON BAY [Should the marram that holds the sand in Mason Bay be replaced by the less steady grip of native plants];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; GeoNEWS [Science round-up]; BOOKS [Geology, Gunn]; WEATHER [Global burning]; BLAKE TRUST; TREES [Whirinaki]; POSTSCRIPT [Lunar eclipse];