Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE : A remarkable journey deep into our underwater realm.
CONTENTS : Departments : EDITORIAL -- VIEWFINDER Ambae Island, Vanuatu -- GeoNEWS Octopus lures, Kaikoura quake -- PROFILE Cather Simpson -- LIFE Mycorrhizal networks -- BOOKS Teenagers, Tautai -- HISTORY Polish refugees -- IN THE FIELD Richard Robinson -- ON REFLECTION Down under
CONTENTS : Features :
LIFE HACKERS It’s now possible to make fast, precise changes to DNA. What could we use gene editing for?
NET LOSS There isn’t a catch limit on the lucrative whitebait fishery, which threatens to extinguish a cherished tradition and a small family of fish in one sweep of the net.
SECRET PASSAGES Hidden beneath quite suburban streets are clues to Auckland’s tumultous geological past : lava caves.
INTO THE BLUE A journey into the vast marine prairie of New Zealand’s territorial waters, our last tract of undisturbed wilderness.
2017 FINALISTS Introducing a new crop of finalists in the venerated New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year.