Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : The Last Frontier : Exploring the secret world of New Zealand’s forest canopy.
CONTENTS - Departments : EDITORIAL / LETTERS / VIEWFINDER [Hunga Ha’apai-Hunga Tonga] / ARTEFACT [Captain Cook’s waistcoat] / GEONEWS [Kakapo, space bugs, mantis shrimps] / CYCLE TRAILS [Timber trail] / WEATHER [Broken record] / PROFILE [Scott and Sue Tindale] / LIFE [Measurement] / BOOKS [Heading Dog, Isthmus] / HISTORY [Duel at 20 paces] / IN THE FIELD [Steven Pearce] / TRIBUTE [Bill Ballantine] / ON REFLECTION [Climate rationality on trial]
CONTENTS - Features :
WAR OF THE LUPINS [The planting of Russell lupins as sheep feed in the Canterbury high country is triggering a clash between farming and conservation values]
ISLANDS IN THE SKY [Canopy species are integral to soil health and climate regulation, but we don’t know exactly how, or why - and we’re in danger of losing them before we find out what’s at stake]
TREASURED ISLAND [Great Mercury was one of the first sites of human habitation in New Zealand. Last year, a radical new public-private partnership sought to rid the island of pests. It was a unique operation, and the results have been astonishing]
LIFE IN EXTREMIS [Microbes are confounding our understanding of life on Earth. They are also changing our expectations of what life might look like elsewhere]
WARD OF THE STATE [Chatham Islanders treasure independence, but they have been forced to rely on the government to survive. Can they find a path to a self-sufficient economy?]