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- CHAPTERComment
- CHAPTERSaving Our Seas, Restoring Our Forests
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- CHAPTERSaving Our Seas, Restoring Our Forests
- CHAPTERRoyal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Founded 1923)
- CHAPTERMailbag
- CHAPTERNo Thar, Thanks
- CHAPTERRestoring Nature
- CHAPTER10 Years of the RMA
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- CHAPTERconservationbriefs
- CHAPTERStoats: Renewed Efforts to Control Tiny But Master Predators
- CHAPTERGrowing Interest in Pet-free Housing Subdivisions
- CHAPTERHow you can help
- CHAPTERKiller Fungus Attacks Rare New Zealand Frogs
- CHAPTERKaka Beak Recovery on the East Coast
- CHAPTERNational Eradication of Argentine Ants Desirable
- CHAPTERDangerous Insects, Spiders, Invading New Zealand in Import Cargoes
- CHAPTERNational Education Programme Based on Society's Nature Reserve at Bushy Park
- CHAPTERBushy Park Forest Reserve
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- CHAPTERThe Other Wild West Coast
- ILLUSTRATIONSurf sweeps over fishermen at Muriwai. GEOFF MOON
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- ILLUSTRATIONFrom the cliffs at Muriwai, black sand beaches run 50 kilometres north to the Kaipara Harbour. Forest and Bird seeks ...
- ILLUSTRATIONRed coastline shows extent of the protection proposal. CINDY MCQUADE, FOREST & BIRD
- ILLUSTRATIONNorth Shore Forest and Bird helped fence clifftops for the Muriwai gannet colony. The Auckland Regional Council soon ...
- ILLUSTRATIONWhatipu, at the north head of the Manukau Harbour where kauri-timber ships once loaded. GORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS
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- ILLUSTRATIONWild surfs from the Tasman sweep against cliffs of the Waitakere Ranges. Bethells/ Te Henga is typical of the Aucklan...
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- CHAPTERA Feeling for the Forest
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- CHAPTERWhy Birds Sing at Dawm
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: An introduced yellowhammer in full song. Introduced birds, such as blackbirds and thrushes, are now a major com...
- ILLUSTRATIONA New Zealand robin, one subject of an experiment by the author to establish whether supplementary feeding improved t...
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe haunting song of the kokako may still be heard in a few remote forests at dawn, but no longer in the South Island...
- ILLUSTRATIONTui sometimes appear to be singing silently when, in fact, their song is simply pitched too high for the human ear to...
- CHAPTERYellow-eyed Penguin, Plodding, Plucky, Persistent.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft top: Two adults and a juvenile which has lost its downy coat. DENIS PATERSON
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- ILLUSTRATIONLeft below: Typical coastal habitat of yellow-eyed penguin. NEVILLE PEAT
- ILLUSTRATIONYellow-eyed penguin brave the surf and rocky shore to reach their nest sites in coastal shrubland or forest. MALCOLM ...
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow, David Blair, project officer of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, during a survey of penguin habitat on Stewart I...
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- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Penguin researcher John Darby in the field. NEVILLE PEAT
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow: Leaving the beach. Adult penguins spend the day at sea. SUE MURRAY
- CHAPTEROne Egg Good, Two Eggs Bad?
- CHAPTERA Highly Politicised Species
- CHAPTERLooking for More Marine Reserves
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: more than 250,000 people visit the Cape Rodney to Okakari Point Marine Reserve in lower Northland each year.
- ILLUSTRATIONA diver above the kelp forest, a haven for many species of fish. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONA Small red moki moving through the weed.
- ILLUSTRATIONA small john dory uses the kelp as camouflage as it hunts small fish.
- ILLUSTRATIONLizardfish hunt on the sandy floor of the channels and bays at the Poor Knights.
- ILLUSTRATIONEcklonia kelp creates a habitat for many species of fish when kina numbers are naturally controlled in a marine reser...
- ILLUSTRATIONTwo-spot demoiselle schools swarm around the reefs at the Poor Knights Islands. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONVisitors mingle with blue maomao near Goat Island Beach. JENNY & TONY ENDERBY
- CHAPTERSaving Our Streams
- ILLUSTRATIONFeeding stock on riverbeds pollutes water and destroys native wildlife habitats. FISH AND GAME NEW ZEALAND
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- ILLUSTRATIONRick Burke, a Bay of Plenty farmer, has fenced and restored his streamsides. ANN GRAEME
- ILLUSTRATIONStream restoration in the southern Waikato. Riverbank fences once removed have now been restored and the riparian str...
- ILLUSTRATIONplanted the banks of the Littie Waipa with native trees and flaxes but left long grass to catch nutrient run-off from...
- CHAPTERFrom Fish and Game's Filthy Farming File
- ILLUSTRATIONMob-stocking sheep, on flat land beside stream during winter, damages the streambanks, removes riverside vegetation, ...
- ILLUSTRATIONDairy cows wallow in an unfenced waterway, damaging stream bed and banks with their feet and depositing wastes direct...
- ILLUSTRATIONA winter feed pad on a beach of the lower Mataura River in Southland. Effluent enters the river through its gravels, ...
- ILLUSTRATIONAerial view of a leaking feedlot on the edge of the Mataura River, an internationally famous trout fishery which is s...
- CHAPTERForest and Bird Concerned With Impacts of Dairying
- CHAPTERThe forgotten fish
- ILLUSTRATIONBanded kokopu live in small, rocky streams. Shy fish, they hide under banks and logs, coming out at night to feed.
- ILLUSTRATIONInanga lay their eggs in estuarine vegetation when it is flooded at high Spring tides, so streamside protection is es...
- ILLUSTRATIONKoara are smartly speckled. They use their large pectoral and pelvic fins to climb waterfalls so they can be found fa...
- ILLUSTRATIONCommon but rarely seen, the handsome redfin bully is found in the lowland as, like the inanga, it cannot climb. It pr...
- CHAPTERCulverts Kill Fish Too
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- CHAPTERWho Wants Wallabies?
- ILLUSTRATIONThis fence at Okataina excludes both deer and wallaby, a 'desert' outside and a flourishing and diverse regeneration ...
- ILLUSTRATIONDama wallaby, a pest in several parts of the North Island. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: This low fence at Okataina excludes wallabies but not deer. Together both browsers have 'vacuumed up' all seedl...
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- ILLUSTRATIONRed-necked or Bennett's wallaby is well-established in South Canterbury. ROD MORRIS, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
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- ILLUSTRATIONRay Weaver, a landowner on Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf, has been leading the drive to eradicate its wallabies. S...
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- CHAPTERIn the field
- CHAPTERLife in earth
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- CHAPTERLife in earth
- CHAPTERConcerns about the soil from genetic engineering
- CHAPTERbranching out
- CHAPTERHigh Country Grasslands Park Opened
- CHAPTERInternational Ornithological Expert Studying Migration
- CHAPTERInvasion of the Pied Fantails
- ILLUSTRATIONRoosting fantails in winter. BETH RICHARDS
- CHAPTERForest and Bird Council Meets at Wanganul
- CHAPTERSociety's Evolving Policy on Genetic Engineering
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- CHAPTERRMA Objection To Protect Seascapes From Marine Farming
- CHAPTERGrowing Demand for Native Plants in South Otago
- ILLUSTRATIONMARYLYN McCLINTOCK
- CHAPTERMembership Drive at Ellerslie Flower Show
- CHAPTERAnd in Hastings/Havelock North Too
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- CHAPTERlodges and reserves
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- CHAPTERCoastal Forest Reserves on Waiheke Island
- CHAPTERBase for Exploring Waiheke
- CHAPTERbook notes
- CHAPTERThe Plight of the Penguin
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- CHAPTERField Guide to the New Zealand Orchids
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- CHAPTERShifting Nature
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- CHAPTERRolling Thunder, The Spirit of Karekare
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- CHAPTERThe Plight of the Penguin
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- CHAPTERhuman footprint
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- CHAPTERUsing Rainwater Saves Money While Going Easy on the Earth
- ILLUSTRATIONPlumbing arrangements show uses rainwater can be put to in the average house. Water savings total 65 percent of total...
- ILLUSTRATIONA rainwater tank holding 5000 litres has been installed alongside the Takapuna Library as a demonstration of what can...
- ILLUSTRATIONrecently presented an award to the Mayor of North Shore, George Wood, recognising the council's initiatives in encour...
- ILLUSTRATIONNorth Shore City Council favours rainwater collection and porous surfaces to prevent stormwater erosion, and run-off ...
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