Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Hot Property : Why out Geckos are Stolen by Smugglers [Pacific Gecko];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; LETTERS; TRUST; VIEWFINDER [Adrian Malloch]; GeoNEWS [Frogs, Moss, Te Reo, Hoki]; ARTEFACT [Kiore Traps]; WEEKEND TRAMPS [Waitakere Ranges]; GREAT DRIVES [Coromandel]; WEATHER [Human Impact]; PROFILE [Peter Gluckman]; THE MIND [Bipedalism]; BOOKS [Biculturalism, Magnetic Earth]; FLASHBACK [Shackleton’s Boats]; IN THE FIELD [Darryl Torckler]; PARTING SHOT [Moko the Dolphin];
CONTENTS - Features :
GECKOS [New Zealand has the longest-lived geckos on the planet and, until recently, was home to the largest. The more we learn about these extra-ordinary creatures, the stranger they appear];
CENTRAL OTAGO [The goldrush is happening again as a bicycle trail through the heart of Central Otago injects new life into the local economy];
ANTARCTIC RESEARCH [How will climate change and acidification of the oceans affect life beneath the waves? NIWA scientists have been in Antarctica trying to find out];
BRIAN BRAKE [Following an international career placing him amongst the pioneers of essay photography, Brake came home and reinvented himself];
LONGFIN EELS [Enter the dark realm of New Zealand’s largest freshwater resident, the longfin eel - a monster that has become the stuff of countless myths and legends];