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- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTable Of Contents
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- CHAPTERcomment
- CHAPTERBeyond the 'Mainland Islands'
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- CHAPTERBeyond the 'Mainland Islands'
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- CHAPTERmailbag
- CHAPTERDiplomatic Protest
- CHAPTER'Friendly Coasters'
- CHAPTERSquaring Off
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- CHAPTERconservation briefs
- CHAPTERThe Science and Romance of the Cabbage Tree
- ILLUSTRATIONPHILIP SIMPSON Found throughout New Zealand, Cordyline australis achieves the most massive size of any Cordyline spec...
- ILLUSTRATION'Every cabbage tree has a story, and the landscape is poorer when they are gone. To the author’s family "the cabbage ...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe cabbage tree's links with the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana are captured here in primeval forest in South We...
- CHAPTER'Better Red than Dead' — Project Crimson's First Decade
- CHAPTERGetting help from Project Crimson
- CHAPTERConservation Minister Meets With Society’s Council in Marlborough
- ILLUSTRATIONHon. Sandra Lee
- CHAPTERNew Weapon Targets Weeds in Sensitive Sites
- CHAPTERForest and Bird Approves J.S. Watson Grants
- CHAPTERLoder Cup to Nurseryman for Native Plant Advocacy
- CHAPTERNew Foundation to Help National Parks and Conservation
- CHAPTERNew Chairperson for Conservation Authority
- CHAPTERWorld's 1186 Threatened Birds
- CHAPTERThe Science and Romance of the Cabbage Tree
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- CHAPTERworldwatch
- CHAPTERNew Zealand Team Saves Wildlife in the Seychelles Islands
- ILLUSTRATIONCoralline Denis Island (143 hectares) in the tropical Seychelles group, one of three islands cleared of rats, cats an...
- ILLUSTRATIONDON MERTON
- ILLUSTRATIONGIDEON CLIMO
- ILLUSTRATIONIn safe keeping: around 140 Aldabran giant tortoises were rounded up and held in captivity on Curieuse Island, while ...
- CHAPTERNew Zealand Team Saves Wildlife in the Seychelles Islands
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- CHAPTERThe Return of the Whales
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- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: a five-metre long humpback whale baby. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONBottlenose dolphin make great kayaking companions. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONA Bryde's whale surfaces and blows noisily beside our boat. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONDead Bryde's whale in Omaha Bay. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONBottlenose dolphin. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
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- ILLUSTRATIONTo be in the water with bottlenose dolphin is an unforgettable experience JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONLarge male orca. on surface. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- CHAPTERIsland in the mist
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- ILLUSTRATIONPETE SHAW
- ILLUSTRATIONClematis (pictured) and mistletoe have made a comeback since the reduction in the number of possums. GAYE PAYSE
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- ILLUSTRATIONHealthy ground cover now lines the banks of streams feeding the Waimana River. MEG COLLINS
- ILLUSTRATIONRestoration in the northern quadrant of Te Urewera National Park is concentrated on four core areas.
- ILLUSTRATIONKiwakiwa ferns have recovered with the help of deer control. MEG COLLINS
- ILLUSTRATIONAt the Lions-sponsored education lodge, from left Tane Rangi, possum-hunter Gary Peratiaka, project leader Pete Shaw,...
- ILLUSTRATIONAt left: Lindsay Wilson clears a rat trap baited with peanut butter. PETE SHAW
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow: Sara Owen, of the Department of Conservation, bands a kokako chick so it may be traced as it grows. PETE SHAW
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- ILLUSTRATIONRhys Burns with Burt, the kiwi-tracking dog, also uses a radio-tracking device to locate young birds released into th...
- ILLUSTRATIONMEG COLLINS
- ILLUSTRATIONGary Peratiaka Jnr and Tane Rangi pluck possum fur for extra pocket money. MEG COLLINS
- CHAPTERThe Hidden Treasures of Castle Hill
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- ILLUSTRATIONCastle Hill buttercup DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- ILLUSTRATIONCarex inopinata DAVID R. GIVEN
- ILLUSTRATIONLimestone wheate GM: CROWCROFT
- ILLUSTRATIONHebe armstrongii DAVID R. GIVEN
- ILLUSTRATIONCastle Hill forget-me-not DAVID R GIVEN
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- ILLUSTRATIONGORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS
- CHAPTERSuwarrow Atoll
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- ILLUSTRATIONInner reef, Gull Group, Suwarrow
- ILLUSTRATIONCathy Fitzgerald at Tom Neale’s old house on Anchorage Island, Suwarrow.
- ILLUSTRATIONAt left: entrance to New Island.
- ILLUSTRATION‘Masked boobies
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- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Cathy Fitzgerald counting frigate birds.
- ILLUSTRATIONRed-tailed tropic bird
- ILLUSTRATIONBrown booby and chick
- ILLUSTRATIONFrigate bird
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- CHAPTERThe Fading of Fucnsia
- ILLUSTRATIONThis flower rises direct from the typical peeling bark of a mature fuchsia. DOUGAL HOLMES
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- ILLUSTRATIONBelow, fruit form from fertile flowers. DAVE KELLY
- ILLUSTRATIONDOUGAL HOLMES
- ILLUSTRATIONDAVE KELLY
- ILLUSTRATIONTree fuchsia overhangs a southern stream. Fuchsia is one of New Zealand's few deciduous trees. DAVE KELLY
- ILLUSTRATIONThe relative position of the anthers and stigma varies between hermaphrodite flowers, with some flowers having them v...
- ILLUSTRATIONWhen fertile flowers of the fuchsia fall away, they reveal berries, known in Maori as konini. These are spread throug...
- ILLUSTRATIONDAVE KELLY
- CHAPTERCreatures of the swamp
- ILLUSTRATIONAn Australasian bittern with its chick in the Whangamarino Swamp of the lower Waikato valley. Around one-quarter of a...
- ILLUSTRATIONPeatlands on the southern end of the Blue Mountains are extensive, with a mosaic of shrubland, cushionfield and open ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA small area of Donatia cushionfield survives within Seaward Moss Conservation Area in an isolated part of the reserv...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe moth Heloxycanus patricki is one of the largest insects in the Seaward Moss peatland, but surprisingly escaped de...
- ILLUSTRATIONSpotless crake depend on swamplands for their habitat. They are secretive birds seldom seen, and only then when lured...
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- ILLUSTRATIONAn Australasian bittern in the Whangamarino Swamp hunts for small fish. The bird is related to the herons but has str...
- ILLUSTRATIONA striking day-flying moth of southern Southland peatlands is Aponotoreas synclinalis. The elongated larvae feed on w...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe winter ghost moth Cladoxycanus minos is a moss-bog 'specialist' with larvae often found in tunnels within sphagnu...
- ILLUSTRATIONSeaward Moss Conservation Area south of Invercargill is one of the largest peatlands nationally. Significant tracts o...
- CHAPTERlodges and reserves
- CHAPTERLenz Reserve Recovers From Early Logging
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- ILLUSTRATIONPapatowai, Catlins FERGUS SUTHERLAND
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- ILLUSTRATIONPurakaunuf falls FERGUS SUTHERLAND
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- ILLUSTRATIONLenz Reserve: FERGUS SUTHERLAND
- ILLUSTRATIONFur Seals FERGUS SUTHERLAND
- CHAPTERTautuku Lodges Are A Good Base For Exploring the Catlins
- ILLUSTRATIONTautuku Lodge DIANA NOONAN
- ILLUSTRATIONThe A-frame DIANA NOONAN
- ILLUSTRATIONFrancis Coutts cabin DIANA NOONAN
- CHAPTERLenz Reserve Recovers From Early Logging
- CHAPTERin the field
- CHAPTERSummer Visitors
- ILLUSTRATIONNZ mant is (female.) Illustrations TIM GALLOWAY
- ILLUSTRATIONClitarchas: common or manuka stick insect
- ILLUSTRATIONEgg case NZ mantis
- ILLUSTRATIONEgg case, springbok mantis.
- ILLUSTRATIONEggs of spined stick insect.
- ILLUSTRATIONSpringbok
- ILLUSTRATIONof the spined stick insects, Acanthoxyla
- CHAPTERSummer Visitors
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- CHAPTERbooknotes
- CHAPTERCollins Field Guide to New Zealand Wildlife
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- CHAPTERThe Brushtail Possum: Biology, Impact and Management of an Introduced Marsupial
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- CHAPTERThe Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Freshwater Fishes
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- CHAPTERStewart Island: a Rakiura Ramble
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- CHAPTERStephens Island: Ark of the Light
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- CHAPTERRare Birds of New Zealand
- CHAPTERCollins Field Guide to New Zealand Wildlife
- CHAPTERrestoration
- CHAPTERPreying on the Predators
- ILLUSTRATIONRainforest at Windy Aill
- CHAPTER'Gardening' the Forest
- ILLUSTRATIONOn Quarantine Island in Dunedin Harbour, a planted forest only six-years old already has the feel of a natural place....
- ILLUSTRATIONAfter 35 years, the forest floor is still bare at Dunedin's Craigieburn Reserve. The plantings have grown more as bus...
- ILLUSTRATIONRemoving sycamore trees at Kanuka Bush in 1985, part of an urban forest restoration. The kanuka trees, above, were lo...
- ILLUSTRATIONKEN MASON
- ILLUSTRATIONKen Mason contemplates another phase of ‘stem reduction' at Kanuka Bush in 1999. At his feet, club mosses and filmy f...
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