Contents

COVER PHOTO : An aurora from Mt John, Tekapo;
COVER HEADLINE : DARK SKY COUNTRY - MacKenzie’s Starlight Reserve;
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; SOCIETY; VIEWFINDER [Rob Suisted]; GeoNEWS [Antarctic huts, bees, SKA, mantis]; ARTIFACT [Loaded provenance]; SPACE [Galaxies in collision]; ARTEFACT [Fashion victims]; GREAT WALKS [Southern Crossing]; WEATHER [Wet winter]; PROFILE [Mark Vette - animal trainer]; THE MIND [Dog Time]; FLASHBACK [Ernest Rutherford]; BOOKS [Editor at large, Albatross, Seuffert]; LONGVIEW [Whanganui River]; IN THE FIELD [Paul Daly]; PARTING SHOT [Fabulous gorse];
CONTENTS - Features :
THE LAST DOLPHIN [The death of Kelly, Marineland’s last dolphin, draws the final curtain on a popular Napier attraction and dolphins in captivity];
MACKENZIE COUNTRY [A UNESCO starlight reserve is mooted for the skies above some of New Zealand’s most iconic real estate];
CAMPAIGN TRAIL [With a general election looming, two young turks square off in the battle for Otaki electorate];
RABBITS [In 1997, the animal that plagued farmers since its introduction got a plague of its own with New Zealand’s most significant biosecurity breach];
BOWLS [Long perceived as a pursuit of the elderly, the sport of bowls is attracting a new generation to its world of cupcakes and manicured greens];