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- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSIN THIS ISSUE
- CHAPTERUse of public land
- CHAPTERPermits must not be granted to moor at the Snares Islands
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Snares Islands are only small in area, but they support a sea bird population equal to that of the British Isles.
- ILLUSTRATIONBroughton Island, a smaller island lying to the south-east of the main island in the Snares group.
- ILLUSTRATIONHardy coastal vegetation persists above the shore on the Snares.
- ILLUSTRATIONErect-crested penguins, one of the many bird species on the Snares, gather in conference on the beach.
- ILLUSTRATIONA Snares bull sea lion, typical of Snares wildlife, showing its canines in a seemingly pugnacious display.
- CHAPTERDiscovered in 1791
- CHAPTERImportant island sanctuary
- CHAPTERBOOKS
- CHAPTERANTARCTICA—a continent under threat
- ILLUSTRATIONPack ice, with Mount Discovery in the distance. The ice surrounding most of the Antarctic continent hinders any off-s...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove left: Because of the dangers oil exploitation would bring to Antarctica's wildlife, there is an obligation to s...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove right: The interior of Antarctica is a platform of ice averaging 1600 m thick. Glaciers like the Barne Glacier,...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Man's presence is seen in a network of bases located mainly around the edge of the continent. Scott Base is Ne...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica's land mass is covered in ice. The remaining 2 percent is the area most at ...
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- CHAPTERTHE ANTARCTIC TREATY
- CHAPTERConservation Week
- CHAPTERSupplements to issue
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- CHAPTERHope yet for black robins
- CHAPTERHow much longer before Red Mountain is protected?
- ILLUSTRATIONRed Mountain and the Red Hills Range from Gorge Plateau. The main Olivine Range is in the distance.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Federated Mountain Clubs' proposed Olivine Wilderness, the ultramafic belt, and the area for national park invest...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove, left: Upper Barrier flats from the slopes of Mount Ark, showing ultramafic slopes descending from the Little R...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove, right: Limbo Gorge, with the gorges of the upper Cascade below. The ultramafic flanks of Red Mountain can be s...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: Northern Olivine Range peaks across the Cascade Valley, from Gorge Plateau on the Red Hills Range.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: The remote Limbo Glacier, source of the Cascade River. This glacier and the surrounding peaks of the northern O...
- CHAPTEREarlier presentation of case for protection
- CHAPTERFormed millions of years ago
- CHAPTERBOOKS
- CHAPTERHoliday house on Weber farm
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- CHAPTEROld man's beard now a national threat
- CHAPTERAnnual meeting next month
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- CHAPTERThrush waifs rescued and fostered
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- CHAPTERA record breeding season for black stilts in the wild
- ILLUSTRATIONLucky recaptured for measuring and banding.
- ILLUSTRATIONMick's Lagoon, with recently enclosed flat extending 350 m beyond the lagoon.
- ILLUSTRATIONMick's Lagoon during Labour Day weekend. One clutch of eggs was buried beneath 35 cm of snow.
- ILLUSTRATIONLucky and foster parent. Shortly after Lucky could fly the two moved to drying-up ponds 2 km north of Mailbox Inlet.
- CHAPTERNelson Lakes National Park was a pleasant setting for summer camp
- CHAPTERNative Orchids of New Zealand
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- CHAPTERPreserving the Te Anau wetlands
- ILLUSTRATIONPart of the pool system in the Dome Mire. The wind-swept appearance has been caused by down-wash from the rotor blade...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe pool system of the Kepler String Bog, with Lake Manapouri behind. The bog drains from right to left, across the l...
- ILLUSTRATIONAn aerial view of the Dome Mire, looking towards the north. The penne of bog pine (Dacrydium colensoi) are on the far...
- CHAPTERState forest dedicated areas
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- CHAPTERExploring the Wanganui River by canoe
- ILLUSTRATIONThe party arriving at the Pipiriki landing.
- ILLUSTRATIONA stop down river from Pipiriki.
- ILLUSTRATIONTop, left: A view from Tamatea's Cave down the Wanganui River.
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom, left: One-way traffic in a narrow, winding side gorge. Mike Peers, the leader, is in the foreground.
- ILLUSTRATIONTop, right: After tying the canoes the party climbed the "goat track" to the New Zealand Canoe Association shelter ab...
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom, right: Water from some waterfalls in the gorge section tasted sweet.
- CHAPTERNo need to fear the N.Z. lamprey
- ILLUSTRATIONP. R. Todd photo A lamprey weir or utu-piharau on the Wanganui River.
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: An adult lamprey, Geotria australis.
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow, left: An ammocoete larva. W. Fulton photo
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: The sucker of a lamprey.
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow, right: A macrophthalmia ready to go to sea.
- CHAPTERTHE JUNIOR SECTION*
- CHAPTERSeashore stay-at-homes
- CHAPTERBIRDS I HAVE MET
- CHAPTERNew Zealand plants
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- CHAPTERSOCIETY'S LODGES AND HOUSES
- ILLUSTRATIONBUSHY PARK Kai Iwi
- CHAPTERGallery of New Zealand flora
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