Contents

COVER PHOTO : Great White Shark [For centuries we have destroyed predators which prey on our kind, but we now understand that they need our protection];COVER HEADLINE : GREAT WHITE SHARK : Apex Predator - Ultimate Victim;
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; TRUST; VIEWFINDER [Michael Schneider]; GeoNEWS [Snapper, Gamma Rays, Seafloor, New Zealand’s 12 rarest birds]; ARTEFACT [Taonga]; WEEKEND TRAMPS [Waimakariri Falls Hut & Mt Philistine]; GREAT DRIVES [Dargaville-Kaitaia plus Cape Reinga]; WEATHER [Australia burning]; PROFILE [Chris Smuts-Kennedy - ecologist]; THE MIND [about face]; BOOKS [Lighthouses, Economics, Gaia]; LONGVIEW [Hunter Valley]; FLASHBACK [Harbour Bridge]; IN THE FIELD [Dave Hansford]; PARTING SHOT [Seeing Stars];
CONTENTS - Features :
GREAT WHITE SHARK [The most fearsome predator on Earth is in decline world-wide. Apex predator has become ultimate victim];
1080 [Sodium monofluoroacetate, or 1080, is one of the most controversial poisons used in New Zealand. But are the objections valid?];
KELP [The forests of the sea can grow up to half a metre a day, but as we now know, they can also teach us about Earth’s ancient climate];
ROCK WRENS [While most of their cousins have been exterminated by the ravages of introduced pests, rock wrens have sought safety in altitude];
AUCKLAND’S WEST COAST [The stormy coast of Auckland’s wild west is one of the most unique and adored landscapes in the country];