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COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : SPECIAL ISSUE : BEING TEEN We documented the lives of nine teens for nearly a year. They shared their dreams and greatest fears.
CONTENTS : Departments : UP FRONT EDITORIAL -- IN THE FIELD -- VIEWFINDER Richard Robinson documents sea lions in wild adolesence -- GeoNEWS The heat on kelp, bunk science, popping plants, Lego lost at sea, mysteries of the octopus brain, harakeke, tuatara serial killers and the infinite shape -- PROFILE Prolific 19-year-old poet and singer Candace Chung -- JUST SO Adults have complained about teenagers since the dawn of time, but it turns out evolution has good reasons for giving adolescents deep-seated social insecurity and a propensity to take silly risks.
REFLECTION CULTURE A new book about a life live in response to the "sea's deep beckoning" and a fungi field guide that will never leave your rucksack -- HISTORY Five decades ago, a TV show changed the national psyche.
CONTENTS : Features :
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE Fifteen years ago, Search and Rescue foresaw a crisis : most of its volunteers were men over 40, and as the years ticked by, they were going to struggle with the gnarly climbs, river crossings and long days so often required to find those who are lost. But would young people be altruistic enough to step up?
New Zealand Geographic journalists and photographers followed the trials and tribulations of nine teens for almost a year to create a picture of a generation we sometimes deride, often misunderstand, and almost never listen to. These are their stories.
BEING TEEN : EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Pandemic. Climate Chaos. A cost-of-living crisis ... how do teens manage?
BEING TEEN : A CUSTOM-BUILT LIFE The world according to Jaxon Brian Storm Czepanski, 14.
BEING TEEN : DOWNTIME Show us your summer holidays, we said. And the selfies came pouring in.
BEING TEEN : HIS EXCELLENCY Nothing will stop Te Orahi Akuhata living his best life.
BEING TEEN : A PLACE TO STAND Your place, and the place of your people, shapes who you are.
LET THE TAIAHA BE A VESSEL The annual taiaha wananga connects modern people to old knowledge, and to each other, and that changes them.