Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Into the Chasm [Exploring New Zealand’s canyons];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWFINDER [Kotuku / Gecko / Whale]; GeoNEWS [Octopii, Down Syndrome, Bees]; PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2013 [Finalists announced]; TE ARAROA [Mercer to Rangiriri]; ARTEFACT [Seismic toads]; WEATHER [Deadly downpours]; PROFILE [Gerry Gilmore]; LIFE [Swarms]; BOOKS [Barry Brickell, Inequality]; HISTORY [State housing]; IN THE FIELD [Lee Davidson]; ON REFLECTION [Spotting lemons];
CONTENTS - Features :
INTO THE CHASM [Canyoning developed in France more in less in concert with caving, but it’s relatively new to New Zealand, quickly being regarded as one of the sport’s new frontiers]
THE WILDERNESS NEXT DOOR [Beside a motorway, at the outflow of Auckland’s industry, Pollen Island may be the country’s most overlooked marine reserve, and a triump of mangrove ecology]
YOUNG & FAST [New Zealand has a proud tradition of producing world-class motor-racing drivers. Now the next generation of speedsters is coming here to train]
AUCKLAND’S GREEN HEART [In 1845 Governor George Grey set aside 80 hectares of central Auckland for a park - a green heart for the city and its citizens]