Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE :
Strange Life : A biodiscovery expedition finds bizarre new species at the Kermadecs;
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; VIEWFINDER [Damien Quick / Tim Bow]; GeoNEWS [The moon, beached Prions, body armour]; ARTEFACT [Te Puke house]; STOATS; GREAT WALKS [Little Mount Peel]; WEATHER [Place Names]; PROFILE [Marilyn Waring]; LIFE [Extremophiles]; BOOKS [The Settler’s Plot, Kura Kowiw : Bone Treasures]; HISTORY [Elingamite]; IN THE FIELD [At the Kermadecs]; PARTING SHOT [Patriotic rotation];
CONTENTS - Features :
BOOMTOWN [From the discovery of gold in the 1860s to mining the tourist dollars today, Queenstown has enjoyed a long winning streak];
BLUE WATER ISLANDS [Far to the north of New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands have been protected by both their isolation and legislation for two decades];
THE FALL OF MAN [Leaping from walls up to 1000 metres high, BASE jumpers have learned to bend gravity, until falling becomes flying];
FIELDS OF PLENTY [For centuries, medicinal herbalists have found remedies for common complaints, right under their feet];