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- CHAPTERA Ministry Against The Environment?
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- CHAPTERWOODCHIPPING: A SCOURGE ON THE LANDSCAPE
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe lovely Tahakopa Valley has been a significant source of wood for the chipmill. Since this photo was taken in 1977...
- ILLUSTRATIONM.K. Hunt of the Hunt Foundation, part owner of the Southland chipmill: an economically wasteful industry, with horre...
- ILLUSTRATIONJohn Elliott of Elders-NZ Forest Products: his company recently flattened kokako forest.
- CHAPTERTHE CHIPPING OF SOUTHLAND'S NATIVE FORESTS
- ILLUSTRATIONNelson conservationists recently drew public attention to the disastrous woodchip trade when they attempted to blocka...
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- ILLUSTRATIONAlton Valley, Rowallan Forest. Thanks to conservationist pressure, the remaining virgin forest has been saved from th...
- ILLUSTRATIONWaipati Beach, well known by the many who have visited Cathedral Caves, lies in the heart of the beautiful Catlins co...
- CHAPTERWhanganui Waters of Life
- ILLUSTRATIONThe result just downstream (above) is an ecological and a scenic shambles.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe intake structure at the headwaters of the Whanganui River, where 100 percent of the mountain water is taken for t...
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe Mangetepopo Stream is an attractive tributary of the Whanganui. Descending down off the Central Plateau, it tumbl...
- ILLUSTRATIONTongariro Power Scheme layout
- CHAPTERSTOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS
- CHAPTERCONSERVATION UPDATE
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- CHAPTERUntapped Potential in Natives
- ILLUSTRATIONBasil Graeme
- CHAPTERJ. S. Watson Trust Awards
- CHAPTERAshley Riverbed Reserve Created
- CHAPTERBooks Received
- CHAPTERPandas in Peril
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- CHAPTERThe Scheme's A Lemon
- ILLUSTRATIONEffluent from a piggery is discharged out of this flap valve (top left) at low tide into the middle of Tauranga Harbo...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe grapefruit begins its three-hour journey at the valve (top left) before drifting out into the Wainui River (top c...
- ILLUSTRATIONbut a good number of Forest and Birders manage to follow the trail to the end (above)
- ILLUSTRATIONThey proved that the effluent would pollute shellfish beds and have forced the pig farm owners to look at land-based ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONStephens Island is a cliff-bound and isolated wildlife sanctuary in Cook Strait. Grants from WWF-NZ and the Departmen...
- CHAPTERUnravelling the Mysteries of Tuatara Reproduction
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- ILLUSTRATIONA female tuatara — an animal which has until recently managed to keep many details of its reproduction a secret. Phot...
- ILLUSTRATIONTuatara are abundant on Stephens Island in both grazed sheep paddocks and in remnant native forest (inset)
- ILLUSTRATIONRecent observations indicate that sheep paddocks provide favoured areas for nesting because the soil there is several...
- ILLUSTRATIONCourtship and mating have rarely been observed in the tuatara. During courtship, the male (left) circles the female (...
- ILLUSTRATIONReceptive females are mounted by the male until sperm transfer is complete (right). Photos: A Cree
- ILLUSTRATIONMike Thompson and assistant Jennie Hay burying tuatara eggs in an artificially constructed nest chamber. No natural n...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe tuatara is now restricted to just 12 island groups (about 30 islands), shown by black dots. The population on Ste...
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- CHAPTERKAKA A Threatened Species?
- ILLUSTRATIONKaka in an aviary were fed the larvae of kanuka longhorn beetles so we could measure how much energy they gained from...
- ILLUSTRATIONAn inordinate amount of energy goes into digging out larvae. A male kaka (right) digs kanuka longhorn beetle larvae o...
- ILLUSTRATIONtaking it on average 81 minutes of hard work peeling off strips of wood (left). Photos: Ian Southey, Peter Wilson
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: We climbed beech trees so we could compare the energy value of honeydew at the top and bottom of the tree. Kak...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Big Bush State Forest (foreground) adjoins the Nelson Lakes National Park to form a large area of forest habit...
- CHAPTERNo Forests — No Kaka
- CHAPTERTHE RED HILLS PRECIOUS WILDERNESS
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- ILLUSTRATIONFar left: Trampers can easily get lost in the Red Hills as mist and fog obscure landmarks and compasses fall victim t...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Ultramafics detail. All photos: Mike Harding
- ILLUSTRATIONThe rust-coloured ultramafic rocks of Western Otago's Red Hills stand in stark contrast to the schist mountains of Mt...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Red Hills... a landscape virtually devoid of vegetation. This Dracophyllum uniflorum struggles to survive on the ...
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- CHAPTERSIGNPOSTS TO THE PAST
- ILLUSTRATIONBones are not the only traces left of extinct species, such as the great eagles. Drawings in limestone caves of South...
- ILLUSTRATIONFigures like these are best preserved by recreating the environment they are drawn in. By replanting the vegetation a...
- ILLUSTRATIONA quintessential Canterbury high country scene. Once travellers pass through the Ashburton Gorge, they enter in a wor...
- ILLUSTRATIONA scaup on the nest. These clownish waterfowl are prodigious divers, staying under for half a minute and more in thei...
- CHAPTERAshburton Lakes
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- ILLUSTRATIONNumerous birds are found on Maori Lakes, (left) including scaup, paradise duck, bittern, pied stilt, marsh crake (pic...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe threat of an irrigation scheme hung over the lakes but has since receded. They are now Wildlife Refuges. Photo: D...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: The Australian coot is a member of the rail family which was first confirmed as breeding in New Zealand in 1958...
- ILLUSTRATIONFerrets (pictured above), along with wild cats, are a menace to the waterfowl of the lakes, particularly the endanger...
- CHAPTERThe Southern Crested Grebe -A Bird of Value
- CHAPTERSALE OF THE CENTURY
- ILLUSTRATIONMailbox Inlet, Lake Tekapo. The wetlands on the margins of the lake were allocated for sale to Electricorp, a move wh...
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe Wharekauri block on Chatham Island has important peatlands and lakes, and its coastline has many nesting pairs of...
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- ILLUSTRATIONRussell State Forest (foreground), the largest remaining area of regenerating kauri forest, was first allocated to Fo...
- CHAPTERHigh Country Pastoral Leases
- CHAPTERWest Coast Forest Accord
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- CHAPTERNEW ZEALAND PACIFIC AID FORESTRY PROJECTS — GOOD FOR CONSERVATION?
- ILLUSTRATIONThe author reviewing a New Zealand-sponsored forestry project on Erromango Island, Vanuatu, with senior forest guard ...
- ILLUSTRATIONNew Zealand forestry advisors with Tongan counterparts on 'Eud Island, inspecting a Pinus caribaea nursery.
- ILLUSTRATIONAn example of agro-forestry in Tonga. Small trees are planted between bananas, taro, and coconut. Haniteli Fa'anunu i...
- CHAPTERFIJI'S MOIST AND MYSTIC LANDSCAPE
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe Fijian kauri is a stately tree not unlike our own giant kauri — a little lower in stature although equally as bro...
- ILLUSTRATIONMap of Fiji compared to the North Island
- ILLUSTRATIONAt the top of Fiji. Left to right Ian MacDonald, Aleki, Manoa Waqa and Maika Savukikadavu in the foreground. We climb...
- CHAPTERSubject and Author Index
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- CHAPTERSOCIETY'S LODGES AND HOUSES
- CHAPTERBULLETIN
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- CHAPTERObituary
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- CHAPTERNew Hut Fees
- CHAPTER"Wanted Alive" Conservation Officer
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