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COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : HAVE RAFT, WILL TRAVEL : They fit into a backpack, inflate in minutes, and give trampers a new way to explore our backcountry. Will packrafts catch on?
CONTENTS : Departments : EDITORIAL -- IN THE FIELD -- VIEWFINDER Subantarctic expedition -- GeoNEWS -- DATA City sizes -- PROFILE Tina Ngata -- CULTURE Tamatea Dusky, Fight for the Wild, Phallacy -- HISTORY Clement Wragge
CONTENTS : Features :
HAVE RAFT, WILL TRAVEL : Lightweight inflatable boats are changing backcountry travel and opening up river sports to a wider audience.
REASON TO BELIEVE : How do we, as a society, agree upon what's true? And why have we been so catastrophically unable to agree in 2021?
BLOOM OR BUST : Summer is the season of dahlia shows. Every weekend enthusiasts assemble in town halls around the country to compete for the top prize : Champion of Champions
THE OCCUPTATION : Wallabies are so well suited to life in New Zealand that they have reached plague numbers for the second time in a century.