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- CHAPTERThe Garden of Eden
- CHAPTERWanganui River valley would be a unique national park
- ILLUSTRATIONThe upper reaches of the river between Mangapurua and Retaruke contain the most spectacular scenery.
- ILLUSTRATIONIllustration
- ILLUSTRATIONTop, left: An impressive example of the land-forming processes is visible on the Wanganui River road just below Atene...
- ILLUSTRATIONMiddle, left: Tree ferns are a feature of the entire area and this one, on the track into the Mangapurua Bridge, show...
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom, left: The recently reconstructed Kawana flour mill and miller’s cottage at Matahiwi.
- ILLUSTRATIONTop, right: The Wanganui is the most canoed river in New Zealand, and the usage is steadily growing. About 2000 peopl...
- ILLUSTRATIONMiddle, right: Colonial Cottage Pipiriki Information Centre (once known as Captain Andy’s House).
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom, right: The Mangapurua Valley provides a popular walking track from the river. In the 9000 ha of the valley th...
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- CHAPTERPRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW
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- CHAPTERFuture of birds of Antarctica could be in jeopardy
- ILLUSTRATIONPeter Harper photo Above: Antarctica at its best on a calm, clear, Ssummer's day. A group of eight Adelies set out ac...
- ILLUSTRATIONSteve Morrell photo Right: A helicopter view of part of the Adelie penguin colony at Possession Island. Up to 150000 ...
- ILLUSTRATIONMan meets penguin — delight for man: fear for penguins. Peter Harper photo
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: An Antarctic petrel in flight. A large fulmar endemic to Antarctica, its numbers’ were estimated in 1976 to be...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove, left: A snow petrel in flight. These beautiful birds are swift flyers and numerous in the Ross Sea. They feed ...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove, right: The black-browed mollymawk is a frequent summer visitor to Antarctic waters. In polar waters it feeds o...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: An Adelie penguin on its nest with two chicks on Inexpressible Island. With the larger chick prostrate with foo...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: An oiled Adelie penguin at Cape Bird on 17 January 1979. Even now penguins must face the prospect of oil pollu...
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- CHAPTERLooking back over 60 years at Ssociety's origins and aims
- ILLUSTRATIONEvening Post photo The organisation of the 1970 Save Manapouri petition was a huge undertaking for the Society. After...
- ILLUSTRATIONA. D. Purchas photo Some of the 100 campers who attended the Society's 1969 summer camp in Rotorua listen to Hamish L...
- ILLUSTRATIONNoelle Macdonald photo Members of the Auckland Section at a field day outing on Motuihe Island in May 1952. In the im...
- ILLUSTRATIONSparrow photo Junior members of the Auckland Section sera a pied stilt's nest among shell banks along the Miranda coa...
- CHAPTERThe nine presidents in 60 years
- ILLUSTRATIONSir Thomas Mackenzie, 1923-30.
- ILLUSTRATIONDr L. Cockayne, 1930-32.
- ILLUSTRATIONSir Robert Anderson, 1932-33.
- ILLUSTRATIONCapt. E. V. Sanderson, 1933-45.
- ILLUSTRATIONB. C. Aston, 1946-48.
- ILLUSTRATIONA. P. Harper, 1948-55.
- ILLUSTRATIONR. C. Nelson, 1955-74.
- ILLUSTRATIONJ. V. Jerram, 1974-76.
- ILLUSTRATIONA. A. T. Ellis, 1976-
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- CHAPTERRotorua survey shows that kiwis favour unmodified forest
- ILLUSTRATIONThe pattern of kiwi distribution found during two summer surveys in the Rotorua-Te Puke area.
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: A North Island brown kiwi photographed near Rotorua.
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove, right: Typical kiwi habitat in virgin lowland forest. This forest (Puwhenua State Forest) has been zoned for s...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Kiwis live in gullies of native forest such as in this area near Mount Otanewainuku.
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- CHAPTERsociety extends its interest to Pacific region
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- CHAPTERMARSHALL PRINTS
- ILLUSTRATIONZ1 CRESTED GREBE
- ILLUSTRATIONZ3 PIED STILT
- ILLUSTRATIONZ4 WELCOME SWALLOW
- ILLUSTRATIONZ2 SONG THRUSH
- ILLUSTRATION25 STITCH BIRD
- CHAPTERFINE ART REPRODUCTIONS
- ILLUSTRATIONZ6 SADDLEBACK
- ILLUSTRATIONZ9 MOREPORK
- ILLUSTRATIONZ7 BELLBIRD
- ILLUSTRATIONZ8 ROYAL ALBATROSS
- ILLUSTRATIONZ10 FALCON
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- CHAPTERQueen Elizabeth II National Trust guardian of open space
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- CHAPTERPhotographic competitions
- CHAPTERSouth Island tussock grasslands a forgotten habitat
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: Pastoral lease land, Clarence River, Marlborough — a region containing many endemic and unusual native plants. ...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe approximate extent of as leasehold land (hatched).
- ILLUSTRATIONG. McSweeney photo Recent Government-subsidised cultivation of tussock grassland (dark area in centre) on Barrosa Sta...
- ILLUSTRATIONG. Loh photo The huge Otago skink Leiolopisma otagense grows up to 315 mm in length and occurs around rocky tors in t...
- ILLUSTRATIONG. McSweeney photo Short tussock grassland, Lake Tekapo. Tussock grasslands at lower altitudes are rapidly disappeari...
- CHAPTERBoard’s resolutions on pastoral leasehold land
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- CHAPTERTHE JUNIOR SECTION*
- CHAPTERBIRDS I HAVE MET
- CHAPTERNew Zealand plants
- CHAPTERROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INC.
- CHAPTERSOCIETY'S LODGES AND HOUSES
- ILLUSTRATIONBUSHY PARK Kai Iwi
- CHAPTERGallery of New Zealand flora
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