Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : SPECIAL FEATURE : SEA CHANGE [New Zealanders are responsible for one of the largest ocean territories in the world. How well are we protecting our seas?]
CONTENTS - Departments : EDITORIAL; LETTERS; VIEWFINDER [Spirit of the South]; ARTEFACT [Online Encyclopaedia]; GEONEWS [Bionic arm, freak wave, birdsong]; TE ARAROA [Te Hikoi o Te Kiri track]; WEATHER [Melting permafrost]; PROFILE [Cornel de Ronde]; LIFE [The price of coal]; BOOKS [Hello Girls and Boys, Zealandia]; HISTORY [The Wanganui computer]; IN THE FIELD [Dave Hansford]; PARTING SHOT [Letting the place know you];
CONTENTS - Features :
SPECIAL FEATURE : Sea Change [More than 95 per cent of New Zealand’s continent is under the sea. But as on land, the sea is being changed and harmed by human activity. Sustaining its vitality while drawing on its bounty is our next great challenge]
THREE CHORDS AND A STORY [Country music resonated in 1940s rural New Zealand, and its legacy burns here still ... no more so than at the annual Gold Guitar Awards in Gore]
INSIDE THE MANY MINDS OF THE OCTOPUS [Octopuses have nine brains, three hearts and an astonishing ability to disappear, right before your eyes]
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR [Thousands of photographers participated in our annual photography competition. These are the finest expressions of New Zealand’s environment and society]