Contents

COVER PHOTO : Tussock Ringlet Butterfly, Remarkables [Plus field guide to NZ butterflies - every butterfly ever recorded in New Zealand is at your fingertips in the fold-out identification chart covering both native species and vagrants];
COVER HEADLINE : DELICATE BALANCE - New Zealand’s Elusive Butterflies;
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; TRUST; VIEWFINDER [Marten Blumen]; GeoNEWS [Cicadas, coprolites, falcons, bellbirds]; ARTEFACT [Navy women]; GREAT WALKS [Tongariro Circuit]; WEATHER [Colour of wind]; PROFILE [John Reynolds - artist]; THE MIND [Language]; FLASHBACK [Haast]; BOOKS [Heaphy, Hector, Voyaging]; LONGVIEW [Cascade River]; IN THE FIELD [Aaron Smale]; PARTING SHOT [Horse of course];
CONTENTS - Features :
BUTTERFLIES [Our most delicate fauna occupies every corner of New Zealand, living even in the folds of our mountains];
DARWIN [Charles Darwin landed in New Zealand grumpy, but what he found here contributed enormously to his seminal work of biological science];
GODWITS [Godwits have been found to fly further non-stop than any other land bird - from here to China, Alaska and back again across the Pacific];
OLIVE OIL [In the last decade, New Zealand olive oils have bagged some of the world’s top prizes, beating rivals from Italy, Greece and Spain];
RATANA [The annual meeting of the Ratana church is not just a pilgrimage for the faithful but also a political platform for Maori];