Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : The Art of Seduction [The quietly outrageous sex life of orchids];
CONTENTS - Departments : EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWFINDER [America’s Cup]; ARTEFACT [Game of chance]; GEONEWS [Swimming stoats, spinning ballerinas, turbulent currents]; TE ARAROA [Motatapu Alpine Track]; WEATHER [The river wild]; PROFILE [Tony Watkins]; LIFE [Evolution]; BOOKS & FILM [Matters of the Heart, Beyond the Edge]; HISTORY [Radio Hauraki]; IN THE FIELD [Robert Tighe]; ON REFLECTION [The trustee vanishes];
CONTENTS - Features :
ORCHIDELIRIUM [Masters of deception and seduction, orchids have fooled and compelled insects to distribute their pollen for millennia]
PARKOUR [The French craze of parkour has found enthusiasts in New Zealand; jumping, vaulting and climbing over the urban fabric]
RED ZONE [Residents of Christchurch suburbs zoned red after the 2011 earthquake continue to suffer in purgatory]
NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR [Results from the nation’s most prestigious photographic competition]