Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Hot Sheep [photo by Tim Phillips/Getty]; Otherwise Fine : Drought and Flood : reasons for the extremes;
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; VIEWFINDER [Martin Lee Day / Janon]; GeoNEWS [Psa, Dogs, Pyramids, First Descent]; ARTEFACT [Bone Canvas]; GREAT WALKS [Otaki River Gorge]; GREAT DRIVES [Omarama to Oamaru]; WEATHER [John Mulgan]; PROFILE [John Gully]; BOOKS [Sailing, Pounamu, Tramping Huts]; FLASHBACK [Samuel Marsden]; IN THE FIELD [Andrew Caldwell]; PARTING SHOT [First Time Home];
CONTENTS - Features :
COAL MINING [As we honour and mourn those lost in the Pike River tragedy, we also consider the future of underground coal mining in New Zealand];
ST BATHANS [Once the site of one of the world’s largest lakes, the riverbeds of St Bathans are yielding insights into New Zealand’s tropical past];
HAPPINESS [Meditators and monks, neuroscientists and psychologists, lottery winners and accident survivors. They all help elucidate the enigma of human happiness];
PARAGLIDING [Thousands of feet above the ground, tethered only to a fragile piece of cloth, the technical challenges of paragliding are only overcome by the intoxication of adventure];
EXTREME WEATHER [As NIWA forecasts yet more dry weather, scientists and farmers alike are reconsidering the future of our climate];