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  • ILLUSTRATIONCover: 'Orchids are Everywhere' according to author-photographer Ian St George who contributes the feature on page 32...
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• TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTable Of Contents
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• CHAPTERcomment
  • CHAPTERThe role of central Government
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• CHAPTERmailbag
  • CHAPTERCursed lorikeets
  • CHAPTERCarving up the coast
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• CHAPTERconservation briefs
  • CHAPTERKarori predator fence completed
    • ILLUSTRATIONBelow: Much of the Karori Sanctuary is in over-mature pines but the native growth along the valley floor indicates th...
    • ILLUSTRATIONAbove: The new predator-proof fence around the Karori Sanctuary cost $2.1 million. Key elements in the 8.6-kilometre ...
  • CHAPTERPublic honours for conservationists
    • ILLUSTRATIONLesley Shand GORDON ELL,
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  • CHAPTERCrested grebes need refuges
    • ILLUSTRATIONThe Australasian crested grebe nests at water level, where it is vulnerable to the wash of motor boats and jet-skis. ...
  • CHAPTEREradication of Asian seaweed planned
    • ILLUSTRATIONA diving team works in Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island where complete eradication of the invasive Asian seaweed is plan...
  • CHAPTERSolitary vigil for the last kokako
    • ILLUSTRATIONThomas Donovan spent six months two hours tramp from the road end, in Puketi Forest Northland, to protect its last br...
    • ILLUSTRATIONOne baby kokako fell from the nest.
  • CHAPTERBeechmast encourages breeding birds
    • ILLUSTRATIONYellow-crowned parakeets tend to breed more in 'beechmast years' when beech trees flower and seed heavily. However, s...
  • CHAPTERSouthland's threatened plants
    • ILLUSTRATIONGunnera seedling
    • ILLUSTRATIONSouthland Conservation Board Chair, Jan Riddell, with Chris and Brian Rance at the garden opening.
    • ILLUSTRATIONCreation of the first display beds, with the help of Southland Forest and Bird.
  • CHAPTERPainting a millennium of loss
    • ILLUSTRATIONRonald Cometti, who painted New Zealand's extinct birds in this issue of Forest & Bird, has been a full-time wildlife...
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  • CHAPTEREnvironmentally Friendly Packaging
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• CHAPTERA Living Legacy
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  • ILLUSTRATIONPart of the Matuku Reserve
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• CHAPTERAuckland's regional parks
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  • ILLUSTRATIONTawharanui Regional Park is a proposed 'mainland island'. Reefs by the beach are protected in a marine reserve. JENNY...
  • ILLUSTRATIONWest Mahurangi Regional Park protects coastline and coastal forest. GORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS
  • ILLUSTRATIONHuge 'picture frames' have been installed at most parks, drawing attention to the scenery. The sponsored frames have ...
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  • ILLUSTRATIONRegenerating kauri forests in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland are just part of a mixture of rainforest associa...
  • ILLUSTRATIONA recent purchase, Duders Regional Park on the Firth of Thames is typical of several coastal reserves. A peninsula pr...
• CHAPTERMainland Islands
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• CHAPTERGetting Rid of Possums
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• CHAPTERForgotten isles 'small but very precious'
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  • ILLUSTRATIONDAVID LEE
  • ILLUSTRATIONPictured Left: Gull nest on Koi. Below: Tiny Beehive Island off Kawau in the Hauraki Gulf. People landing may threate...
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• CHAPTERIslets in Danger
• CHAPTERSeven Unknown Islands Explored
  • ILLUSTRATIONThreatened reef heron often nest in crevices or caves on tiny offshore islands, GEOFF MOON
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• CHAPTERA Millennium of Lost Birds
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  • ILLUSTRATIONRonald Cometti
• CHAPTERPreserving Fiordland
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• CHAPTERUnderwater
  • ILLUSTRATIONJENNY AND TONY ENDERBY
  • ILLUSTRATIONStriped snake star in black coral at night. JENNY AND TONY ENDERBY
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  • ILLUSTRATIONBelow, Red coral. At right, sea pens swivel with the currents. Bottom right, elegant snake stars on gorgonians.
  • ILLUSTRATIONTransparent sea pen.
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  • ILLUSTRATIONPHOTOGRAPHS THIS PAGE BY WARREN FARRELLY
  • ILLUSTRATIONScorpion fish, Long Sound. WARREN FARRELLY
• CHAPTERForest and Bird seeks special marine park
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• CHAPTERSouthland's coastal plan proposes protection for Fiordland waters
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• CHAPTERorchids are everywhere
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  • ILLUSTRATIONA pair of the spider orchid Corybas oblongus beside the Puffer track at Kaitoke, north of Wellington. ILLUSTRATIONS B...
  • ILLUSTRATIONAn unnamed greenhood from the Catlins, south Otago.
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe sun orchid Thelymitra cyanea near Lake Dispute, Queenstown.
  • ILLUSTRATIONA Caladenia from Queenstown.
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe beardie, Calochilus robertsonii, twitahi, Taupo.
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe Easter orchid, Earina autumnalis, near Dunedin.
  • ILLUSTRATIONWinika cunninghamii.
  • ILLUSTRATIONGastrodia cunninghami
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe onion orchid Microtis unifolia in a trackside bog.
• CHAPTEROrchids at Risk
• CHAPTERZero Waste
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  • ILLUSTRATIONPictures from Zero Waste's case files include from top: the Kaitaia recycling station, 'making money from the waste s...
  • ILLUSTRATIONand (bottom) a range of products made from materials recycled from a rubbish dump ALL PHOTOGRAPHS: ZERO WASTE
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• CHAPTERChanging Minds in Big Business
• CHAPTERRestoring
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe Cass River, which flows into Lake Tekapo, was recently targeted for weed clearance by Project River Recovery. Aft...
  • ILLUSTRATIONWrybill (ngutu parore) at nest with chick(top right). The only bird with a bill bent sideways, this feature is often ...
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe impact of weed and pest invasion also affects the unusual wildlife and plants which have evolved in this extreme ...
  • ILLUSTRATIONThe extension of the Ruataniwha wetland adjacent to the Upper Waitaki River is a major achievement of Project River R...
  • ILLUSTRATIONRemoving willows from the Tekapo Delta, to restore the natural run of the river. Weed-infested shingle beds, and clog...
  • ILLUSTRATIONTop: Black stilt (kaki), at nest on the Tekapo River. This is the only known breeding area of this ‘critically endang...
  • ILLUSTRATIONBraided river landscape typical of the Mackenzie Country, where rare and endangered birds are breeding. Project River...
• CHAPTERWho is responsible for braided rivers?
• CHAPTERProject River Recovery
• CHAPTERPredator Research
  • ILLUSTRATIONCaught by a night-sight video camera, a hedgehog (centre) preys on the riverbed nest of a banded dotterel. Research d...
• CHAPTERShock waves from RHD (RCD)
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• CHAPTERin the field
  • CHAPTERReading the Rocks
    • ILLUSTRATIONILLUSTRATIONS BY TIM GALLOWAY
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• CHAPTERbranching out
  • CHAPTEROld Blue Awards for 1999
    • ILLUSTRATIONFour of the winners of Forest and Bird’s annual Old Blue Awards for conservation work received certificates at the an...
  • CHAPTERHunt for jewelled gecko
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  • CHAPTERReplanting the Port Hills
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  • CHAPTERBats in South Canterbury
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• CHAPTERbulletin
  • CHAPTERNew Executive Declared
    • ILLUSTRATIONThe new Forest and Bird executive, declared without need for an election, at the 1999 annual general meeting. The exe...
  • CHAPTERWaikato Branch Funds for Conservation
    • ILLUSTRATIONDr Peter Maddison (above) previously served on the national executive in the early 1990s, and is on the committee of ...
  • CHAPTERKapiti Branch Display Board
    • ILLUSTRATIONDAVID GREGORIE
    • ILLUSTRATIONChris Peterson (left) who joins the executive for 1999-2000 is chair of the Wairarapa branch of Forest and Bird. He i...
  • CHAPTERAuckland Office Changes
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  • CHAPTERThe Bird Next Door
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  • CHAPTERTutira, the Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station
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  • CHAPTERUpper North Island
  • CHAPTERCentral North Island
  • CHAPTERLower North Island
  • CHAPTERSouth Island
• CHAPTERlodges accommodation
  • CHAPTERArethusa Cottage
  • CHAPTERTai Haruru Lodge, Piha, West Auckland
  • CHAPTERWaiheke Island Cottage
  • CHAPTERRuapehu Lodge, Tongariro National Park
  • CHAPTERWilliam Hartree Memorial Lodge, Hawkes Bay
  • CHAPTERMatiu/Somes Island, Wellington Harbour
  • CHAPTERTautuku Lodge
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