Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : There's a new spider in town : It's venomous, invasive and like nothing we've seen before.
CONTENTS : Departments : UP FRONT EDITORIAL -- IN THE FIELD -- VIEWFINDER Joe Harrison photographs an extraordinary team of teenagers -- GeoNEWS A newly discovered deep-sea ecosystem bristles with eerie life; Antartica's getting very salty; and humans have built so many dams the planet is shifting on its axis -- PROFILE In Christchurch, Cameron Lacey and Marie Crowe offer a powerful psychiatric treatment -- JUST SO Why do so many animals change their sex?
REFLECTION CULTURE A family history of the Hollows brothers, world-famous in Fiordland; a book of photographs that merge art with history - and floristry - and a field guide to weeds you can eat -- HISTORY Poised on a diving platform, Mr Horne notices a shadowy creature in the water.
CONTENTS : Features :
RETURN OF A GHOST Andrew Penniket and Richard Robinson have spent decades diving in New Zealand - always hoping to see a hapuku. They head to Fiordland on the tail of an amazing rumour.
MAKING GULLIES GREAT AGAIN In Hamilton, bringing a gully back to life feels a little bit like changing the world.
MEET THE NOBLE FALSE WIDOW This super-invasive spider is new here - and she has a particular set of skills.
MAGIC FLOWERS Philip Garnock-Jones photographs New Zealand's native flora in stereo pairs, meaning you can view them in luscious, lifelike 3D.
GET YOUR SKATES ON For a fleeting few weeks each winter, the people of Alexandra cross their fingers for a mean frost - and wild ice.