Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : The Kiwi Bushman [Internet sensation Josh James on fame, fortune, hunting and life.]
CONTENTS : Departments : EDITORIAL / VIEWFINDER [Farewell Spit stranding] / GEONEWS [Whales, dirt, pallisades] / CURRENCY [Hoiho] / ARTEFACT [Moa hunter utensils] / WEATHER [Explosive cyclogenesis] / PROFILE [Max Quinn] / LIFE [Circadian rhythms] / VIEWPOINT [Vaquita and Maui dolphins] / BOOKS [Hand-coloured NZ, Gondwana] / HISTORY [Talkies] / IN THE FIELD [Don Rowe] / ON REFLECTION [Talking rivers]
CONTENTS : Features :
KIWI BUSHMAN [Josh James reinvents adventure and manhood on the West coast, with the world watching]
SNOW BIRDS [No one knew that Kaikoura was home to the world’s only alpine-dwelling seabird until amateur ornithologist discovered its burrows high in the mountains]
NZ’s NEXT TOP MODEL [A group of Kiwi scientists are attempting to construct a mathematical model of the Earth’s systems to predict the behaviour of our entire planet]
SILENT SISTERS [Carmelite nuns live in seclusion, rarely venturing from their cloister. Instead, they devote themselves to prayer and contemplation. Eighty years are it was established, a glimpse inside an Auckland monastery reveals simplicity and contentment born of another time]
MONSTERS OF YORE [In New Zealand, the moa, the world’s largest eagle, sea lions, elephant seals and whales were wiped from the register at lightning speed. How did our megafauna become reduced to lawn ornaments?]