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COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : The true story of the lost tribe of Fiordland
CONTENTS : Departments : UP FRONT EDITORIAL -- IN THE FIELD -- VIEWFINDER Jay Lichter documents the tiny, spectacular fungi that thrived during Auckland's endless soggy winter -- GeoNEWS We're getting better at te reo, and at tracking infections. A big fence helps lizards hand on to their tails. And a particularly virulent strain of avain flue waits in the wings -- PROFILE Outdoor educator Harry Scott on why kids need mud and wild time -- JUST SO For a long time, scientists though that creating a rhythm and moving to the beat were acts unique to humans. Not quite.
REFLECTION CULTURE Anew biography of Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball, and two women take a road trip into the strange land of disinformation -- HISTORY Happy New Year! Now let's blow up a boat.
CONTENTS : Features :
DINOSAURS RISING Cyclonge Gabrielle hits the East Coast hardest, monstering homes and roads and families. As the storm ate its way across Te Urewera and a forest named for taniwhat, it also brought long-buried bones to the surface.
FISH OUT OF WATER People and livestock gobble so much fish that the seas soon won't keep up. Is the answer to grow fish on land?
THE FOREVER FLOWERS Why have so many Pacific cultures turned to artificial flowers? And what's lost - or gained - in doing so?
THE LOST TRIBE OF FIORDLAND Bare footprints, remote campfires, people who slip into the bush when approached : for more than a century, the wild terrain west of Te Anau has been home to an extraordinary rumour.
INTENSIVE CARE Hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguins, on mainland Aotearoa are tipping towards extinction. The breeding season began with a bold, and desperate, call: take every chick off the nest and straight to hospital.