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COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : The Auckland Volcanic Field has erupted 53 times*. [Scientists are not wondering if it will happen again, but what toll it will take when it does. *Actually, the Auckland Volcanic Field may have erupted more than 53 times. New research suggests that Rangitoto, for instance, has erupted at least twice].
CONTENTS - Departments : EDITORIAL / LETTERS / VIEWFINDER [Working dogs] / GEONEWS [Straying tui, ancient dairying, termite design] / CYCLE TRAILS [The Old Ghost Road] / ARTEFACT [Identifying minerals] / WEATHER [Eramus Darwin] / PROFILE [Peter Otway - volcanologist] / LIFE [Population] / BOOKS [Shigeru Ban : Cardboard Cathedral, Tramping : A New Zealand History] / HISTORY [The Russians are here!] / IN THE FIELD [Duncan Greive] / ON REFLECTION [Nineteen sixty-four]
CONTENTS - Features :
THE FIRE BENEATH US [Auckland sits atop a volcanic field that has erupted 53 times. Scientists are not wondering if it will happen again, but what it will cost in lives and infrastructure when it does]
A JOURNEY INTO THE FORGOTTEN WORLD [A photographer’s quest to find memory and meaning on the Forgotten World Highway]
THE WAR ON KOI [Invasive koi carp now writhe through wetlands from Auckland to Marlborough. Folks in the Waikato have found a solution]
ASPIRING TO GREATNESS [The great peak of Mt Aspiring and the surrounding national park are a study in raw beauty, born of tectonic torment]