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- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTable Of Contents
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- CHAPTERComment
- CHAPTERForest and Bird's High Endeavours
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- CHAPTERForest and Bird's High Endeavours
- CHAPTERRoyal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Founded 1923)
- CHAPTERMailbag
- CHAPTERNative Bird Names
- CHAPTERGreat Barrier Island
- CHAPTERFilling the Ark
- CHAPTERDangerous Insects
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- CHAPTERSupport For Protecting Birds And Forests With 1080
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- CHAPTERRoyal Honour for Les Hutchins
- CHAPTERNational Waste Strategy Aims For 'Zero Waste' Future
- ILLUSTRATIONGORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS
- CHAPTERBusiness Accounts For Its Environmental Impacts
- CHAPTERUnderwater World Reveals Huge Range of New Species
- ILLUSTRATIONNIWA
- CHAPTERRare Plants in Wairarapa Have Links With Taihape
- CHAPTERMajor Expansion of Auckland Museum
- CHAPTERTuitime on the World Wide Web
- CHAPTERMt Bruce Groups Team Up To Fight Forest Invaders
- CHAPTERConservation Trust Launched by Chinese Community
- CHAPTERSupport For Protecting Birds And Forests With 1080
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- CHAPTERPlants that Kill to Survive
- ILLUSTRATIONSundews are insect-eating plants. Above: ground-hugging rosette of the common Drosera spatulata as photographed at De...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Drosera arcturi, Mt Ruapehu. BRUCE SALMON
- ILLUSTRATIONAt left: Drosera auriculata in its flowering stage. Kumeu, Auckland. BRUCE SALMON
- ILLUSTRATIONAt right: Drosera peltata in flower, Kaipara Heads, Auckland. BRUCE SALMON
- ILLUSTRATIONBladderworts are another form of insect-eating plant. The purple flowers of Utricularia dichotoma are seen above at D...
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- ILLUSTRATIONA clump of Drosera binata at Lake Ruapani. BRUCE SALMON
- ILLUSTRATIONA striking display of Drosera binata on the boggy shores of Lake Ruapani, high in the mountains above Lake Waikaremoa...
- ILLUSTRATIONClose up of Drosera binata at work, having made a catch with its sticky dew. BRUCE SALMON
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- ILLUSTRATIONBladderworts capture tiny creatures such as nematodes and water fleas, sucking them into a bladder which is actually ...
- ILLUSTRATIONTiny hairs guide prey towards the bladderwort's vacuum bladder which can swallow prey in 30 milliseconds. BRUCE SALMON
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- CHAPTERMarch of the Mangroves
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- ILLUSTRATIONMangroves grow in the tide, breathing through roots which stick upright above the anaerobic mud. Young plants spring ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONYoung mangroves have colonised the mudflats on this Northland river. A line of mature mangroves in the background run...
- ILLUSTRATIONEstuarine triplefin (at left) in breeding colours is among many species of sealife which use the mangrove habitat for...
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- CHAPTERProtecting the Natural Heritage of the High Country
- ILLUSTRATIONTussock high country, Mavora Lakes, Central Otago photographs, CRAIG POTTON.
- ILLUSTRATIONTop: Lindis Pass links Otago with Canterbury. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Tors atop Rock and Pillar Range, Otago. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Pisa Range, Central Otago. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONAt left: Day-flying moths are a feature of rich insect life. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Upper Rakaia River, typical of the shingle-filled glacial valleys of the Canterbury high country. Braided rive...
- ILLUSTRATIONHawkdun Range, inland Otago. Sheep are mustered down to valley floors in the winter. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONHigh-country wetland in the isolated Nevis district of inland Otago has rich natural communities. CRAIG POTTON
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- ILLUSTRATIONIn Central Otago, native woody vegetation survives mostly on rocky outcrops and in steep gullies. Kowhai and Coprosma...
- ILLUSTRATIONShrubland with a forest relict of Hoheria glabrata in the Pisa Range of Central Otago. PETER N. JOHNSON
- ILLUSTRATIONDrylands of the Molesworth Station. Plagues of rabbits and overgrazing led to Crown management these past 60-odd year...
- ILLUSTRATIONCRAIG POTTON
- CHAPTERThe Hidden World of the Ashburton Lakes
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Lake Heron is the largest of the Ashburton Lakes, though 20 kilometres from the main group. It drains into the...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Ashburton Lakes district of inland Mid-Canterbury lies north of the Rangitata River and the South Branch of the A...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: East Maori Lake is typical of the smaller Ashburton lakes. DON GEDDES
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- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: tussock butterfly 'disappears' when it folds its wings. These butterflies are peculiar to the high country. DO...
- ILLUSTRATIONLake Emma is one of the larger lakes. Most are popular with holidaymakers and anglers.
- ILLUSTRATIONLooking over Mystery Lake, the Potts and Rangitata rivers toward Mesopotamia Station (pioneered by Victorian author a...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe secretive marsh crake.
- ILLUSTRATIONNew Zealand scaup at its nest.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe threatened falcon, karearea.
- ILLUSTRATIONAustralasian crested grebe.
- ILLUSTRATIONBanded dotterel with eggs. Before the coming of pests such as ferrets, stoats, rats and cats, weed-free braided river...
- CHAPTERFOREST AND BIRD PROPOSES
- CHAPTERA Kaikoura Ranges National Park
- ILLUSTRATIONMore than 550 native plant species have been recorded in the Chalk Range/Isolated Hill area, around one quarter of Ne...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe bulk of the Seaward Kaikoura Range is a striking feature of the Kaikoura coast.
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe Kaikoura ranges park proposal relates only to publicly owned land. Crown reserves in the mountainous area are sho...
- ILLUSTRATIONAt left, Tapuae-o-Uenuku, 2885 metres, is the highest peak of the Inland Kaikoura Range, and often visible from the W...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Clarence Reserve includes a broad dry valley between the Inland and Seaward Kaikoura ranges. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONAt bottom left, Manakau at 2608 metres is the highest point in the Seaward Kaikoura Range. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONSpecial plants and animals live high in the ranges, Top left: bluff weta; ROD MORRIS
- ILLUSTRATIONtop right, unnamed alpine slug; ROD MORRIS
- ILLUSTRATIONabove, penwiper plant, below vegetabie sheep; below right, black scree daisy. ROD MORRIS
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- ILLUSTRATIONSnow covers shearwater colony. ROD MORRIS
- ILLUSTRATIONShearwater nest in burrows among tussock. ANDY DENNIS
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- CHAPTERA Kaikoura Ranges National Park
- CHAPTERrestoration: Restoring the Dawn Chorus
- CHAPTERRestoring the Forest in Suburban Upper Hutt
- ILLUSTRATIONCutting trails for bait lines for possum control in Barton's Bush, Upper Hutt. BARRY WARDS
- ILLUSTRATIONDomain Bush, part of a 50-year project to restore the last of the original lowland forest in the Hutt Valley. The cit...
- ILLUSTRATIONMasses of weeds such as wandering willie had invaded Barton's Bush. Upper Hutt Forest and Bird has been steering rest...
- CHAPTEREastbourne — 'The Working Man's Mainland Island'
- ILLUSTRATIONARNOLD AND JAN HEINE
- ILLUSTRATIONRecovering rata: blooms, and new leaves growing from a trunk, after possum control in the Eastbourne Hills. ARNOLD AN...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe MIRO group takes a break in their 'mainland island', part of the East Harbour Environmental Park in the hills beh...
- ILLUSTRATIONPossum control led to a rich flowering of rata in 1999-2000, but lots more leaves in 2001. Photographing the forest c...
- CHAPTERRestoring the Forest in Suburban Upper Hutt
- CHAPTERIn the field
- CHAPTERAncient Algae
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- CHAPTERAncient Algae
- CHAPTERbranching out
- CHAPTERMarine Reserves Banners Presented to Prime Minister
- CHAPTERForest Accord Continues to Save Native forest
- CHAPTERSelf-imposed 'Tax' Benefits Marlborough Branch
- CHAPTER'Prime Real Estate' — For Penguins
- CHAPTERMercury Bay Funding and a New Email Forum
- CHAPTERForest and Bird Executive Declared for 2002-3
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- CHAPTERHon. Sandra Lee Elected Distinguished Life Member
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- CHAPTERbook notes
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- CHAPTERHandbook of the Birds of the World, volume 7
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- CHAPTERThe Penguin Guide to New Zealand Wildlife
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- CHAPTERBotany of the Waikato
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- CHAPTERWalking the Waitakere Ranges
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- CHAPTERCONSERVATION
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- CHAPTERChallenges and priorities for the new government
- CHAPTERVote for the Environment Charter
- CHAPTERGreater focus on marine conservation needed
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- CHAPTERRat eradication from Little Barrier Island overdue
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- CHAPTERMolesworth Station
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- CHAPTERBiodiversity funding needs a major boost
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- CHAPTERTaiapure would thwart Akaroa marine reserve
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- CHAPTERProtect the environment — protect the RMA
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