Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Water Wars : Who will win the battle for control of our most vital asset?
CONTENTS - Departments : EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWFINDER [Water]; GEONEWS [Headstrong pukekos, femmes fatales, a new leaf]; ARTEFACT [Wahaika]; TE ARAROA [Tihaka Beach track]; WEATHER [A climate of fear]; LIFE [Animal cognition]; BOOKS [45 South, Making a New Land]; HISTORY [New Zealand on ice]; IN THE FIELD [Contributors]; ON REFLECTION [how it began];
CONTENTS - Features :
SPECIAL FEATURE : WATER [Water, our most precious natural asset, offers amenity, a habitat for aquatic species and a focus for recreation. But it also turns the turbines of industry and powers New Zealand’s agricultural economy. Economic development and environmental integrity are at odds in a struggle for control over this great resource]
LESSONS FROM THE WASTELAND [Mined and washed of their gold from the 1890s, the river gravels of the Eanrscleugh Dredge Tailings have become a sanctuary for rare species, and one of the country’s most unusual wildlife reserves]
A MUSICAL MIGRATION [Migration from the Indian subcontinent has swelled Auckland’s suburban population, bringing with it a cultural cargo of music and dance that has coloured urban life and changed what it means to be a New Zealander]
THE BIG ONE [The Alpine Fault ruptures - on average - once every 330 years with a magnitude-8 earthquake. Geologists and authorities are racing to quantify what might happen, and how they might respond in the event of the next one, likely to occur some time in the next 50 years]