Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : BIRD'S EYE VIEW : Humans can see three colours. Birds see four. What does their world look like?
CONTENTS : Departments : EDITORIAL -- IN THE FIELD Shooting UV -- GeoNEWS -- HUTS Sunrise Hut -- DATA Rising Temperatures -- PROFILE Kura Paul-Burke -- CLIMATE Transport emissions -- CULTURE Sea Monsters, Men without Country, Transgressing Tikanga -- HISTORY Te Maori.
CONTENTS : Features :
RAUREKA'S PATH Legend has it that the first person to cross the Southern Alps from Hokitika to the Rakaia was a Maori woman travelling alone.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW Humans can see three primary colours. Birds can see four. What does an ultraviolet world look like? And why did birds develop the colours they wear today?
KEEPING FAITH Participation in religion is dwindling, but the practice of faith remains a highly visible component of New Zealand society.
WHAT STORMS MAY COME Much of New Zealand's coastal property has an expiry date, with its value set to be wiped off the ledger in as little as nine years' time, well before sea levels rise and coastlines are redrawn. What will happen to marae and communities by the beach?
MARCH OF THE PINES Conifers are out of control in our backcountry. In our rush to plant more trees, are we creating an environmental nightmare?