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COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Predator-Free by 2050? New Zealand's bid to eradicate possums, stoats and rats begins with five pilot sites, chosen for the unique challenges they represent. Can we do it?
CONTENTS : Departments : EDITORIAL -- VIEWFINDER Tuia 250 ki Turanga -- GeoNEWS -- PROFILE Leigh Love -- BOOKS Whatu Kakahu, Southern Nights -- HISTORY The ill-fated Captain, Lorraine -- IN THE FIELD
CONTENTS : Features :
MAKING BIRDS Is it possible for New Zealand to eliminate all predators - stoats, ferrets, weasels, possums, and three species of rat? And do we have any shot at getting it done before 2050?
TOMB RAIDERS A legal loophole is allowing fragile caves to be pillaged by opportunists hunting moa remains.
CASTAWAYS What's arriving on our coastlines, and is it different from what washed up here in the past?
LET THERE BE NIGHT Can New Zealand's remote areas capitalise on being in the dark?