Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : "Get a moss under the microscope. I have never in my life seen anything so fascinating. It's the cells. They're incredible. They're beautiful."
CONTENTS : Departments : UP FRONT EDITORIAL -- PUBLISHER'S LETTER -- IN THE FIELD -- VIEWFINDER Joe Harrison documents a lakeside community in limbo -- GeoNEWS The world's rarest whale goes under the knife in Otago; salvage experts release a remarkable new image of Endurance; fans don't work when it's properly hot; and the planes of the future look a lot like birds -- PROFILE David Bimler scours the internet for academic shenanigans -- JUST SO If nature is red in tooth and claw, why are some animals so nice to each other - and to us?
REFLECTION CULTURE Tom Neale followed his heart to a tiny, uninhabited island in the South Pacific. What about his kids? -- HISTORY In 1963, Wellington was gripped by a ghost story.
CONTENTS : Features :
THE WAR ON HAWKS Kahu, our powerful, clever native hawks, are revered by those who come to know them. Yet we've been slaughtering these birds for a century and half. Why?
THE POSSIBILITY OF MOSSES Turns out mosses have all sorts of tricks - plus, they're gorgeous.
THE GREAT RECYCLING DELUSION At best, our recycling system is deeply inefficient. Some argue it's also a deliberate deception.
THE KEEPER What compelled a South Auckland dairy farmer to amass New Zealand's most significant collection of seashells?
HOMECOMING During WWII hundreds of Polish children found safe harbour in Pahiatua. Eighty years on, the surviving children gather to celebrate the lives they made here - and piece together those they left behind.