Contents

COVER PHOTO : Swine Flu Virus;
COVER HEADLINE : KILLER FLU : why a tiny virus is our greatest threat;
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; PHOTO COMPETITION; VIEWFINDER [Antarctica]; GeoNEWS [Skinks, GMO, Bees, Places]; ARTEFACT [Pigeon Post]; WEEKEND TRAMPS [Whirinaki]; GREAT DRIVES [Motueka to Golden Bay]; WEATHER [Forecasting]; PROFILE [Sarah Hillary]; THE MIND [Mind Reading]; BOOKS [Evolution, Sand Castles, Insects]; LONGVIEW [Snowdrift Range]; FLASHBACK [Muttonbirds]; IN THE FIELD [Skerry, Gasteiger, Rust, Grzelewski]; IN MEMORY [Joan Wiffen];
CONTENTS - Features :
BIG WAVE [Catching the monstrous swells that roll around the hip of the Catlins coast, big-wave surfers challenge nature’s greatest forces simply for the rush];
SUPER GERM [Minute and lethal, viruses can evolve rapidly into new, highly infectious strains - including swine flu];
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES [Once hunted to the brink of oblivion, the southern right whales of the Auckland Island are recovering despite the odds];
COOK ISLANDS [Instead of seasons, Cook Islanders step out their year in a calendar of festivals that hark back to pre-European traditions];
HUSKIES [Every year sled-dogs and their owners gather to race in the mountains of the Pisa Range, using skills not far removed from those of the polar pioneers];