Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Tui - The Secret of their Song [A Tui takes flight];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; TRUST; VIEWFINDER [Billy Lobban]; GeoNEWS [Austral Orca, Wealth, Sponge, SKA]; ARTEFACT [Vapour Chambers]; WEEKEND TRAMPS [Paparoas]; GREAT DRIVES [Arthur’s Pass]; WEATHER [Russian Winter]; PROFILE [Ian Ferguson]; THE MIND [Brain Size]; BOOKS [Fashion, Whales, more Whales]; FLASHBACK [Von Tempsky]; IN THE FIELD [Vaughan Yarwood]; PARTING SHOT [Rapture of the Deep];
CONTENTS - Features :
TUI [The peals of silver melody and guttural whirs of our iridescent icon are an increasing presence countrywide. Unlike other species, tui have survived the trials of human settlement];
RING ROAD [Mathematics and brute force meet aerial ballet during the construction of Auckland’s Western Ring Route];
PSEUDORCA [Schooling with bottlenose dolphins and competing for food with orca, pseudorca are masters of the masquerade];
WEST COAST AVIATION [When Bert Mercer took to the air in the 1930’s, his intrepid flying brought the world to the West Coast and became the country’s first scheduled air service];
FISH HOOKS [Though ridiculed by early Europeans settlers, the circular shape of the traditional Maori fish hook has been recognised as an innovation design];