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- CHAPTERComment
- CHAPTERHelicopter Heroes
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- ILLUSTRATIONGiant bristly carrot at 1500 metres in the upper Otira Valley. GERRY MCSWEENEY
- CHAPTERHelicopter Heroes
- CHAPTERRoyal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc.
- CHAPTERMailbag
- CHAPTERAshburton Lakes
- CHAPTEREradicating Kiore
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- CHAPTERconservation briefs:
- CHAPTERProposed Conservation Parks in Otago
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- CHAPTERCanterbury-Marlborough Parks Proposals
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- CHAPTERThe Menu of Moa
- ILLUSTRATIONCROWN COPYRIGHT, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- CHAPTERMystery of the Dying Native Mangeao
- CHAPTERForest and Bird Support for Farm Environment Awards
- CHAPTERSouthern Heritage Celebrated in New Gallery
- CHAPTERHedgehogs Eating Birds' Eggs, Native Insects and Lizards
- CHAPTERPacific Rats — Wildlife Pests and Cultural Treasures
- CHAPTERSide Effects of Possum Blitz Aids Kiwi
- CHAPTERRecreational Hunters Fall to Control Deer Numbers
- CHAPTERProposed Conservation Parks in Otago
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- CHAPTERSea Snakes Turtles in New Zealand Waters
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Banded sea snake. TONY WHITAKER
- ILLUSTRATIONAptly named, the yellowbellied sea snake is easily distinguished from other marine snakes by its black on yellow colo...
- ILLUSTRATIONTONY WHITAKER
- ILLUSTRATIONThe hawksbill turtle is the sole source of tortoiseshell or 'carey'. Despite worldwide bans, the illegal trade in the...
- ILLUSTRATIONWith its large size, rubbery skin and seven longitudinal ridges, the leathery turtle looks remarkably like an upturne...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe enlarged ventral 'fin' enables the yellow-bellied sea snake to swim forwards and backwards with equal ease. PIERR...
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe highly venomous banded sea-snake rarely reaches New Zealand because it is a semi-terrestrial species that seldom ...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe banded sea snake is 'the most terrestrial of marine snakes and is frequently described as amphibious, rather than...
- CHAPTERSpecies of marine reptiles recorded in New Zealand
- CHAPTERWhat to do if you find a snake or turtle
- CHAPTER'So Excellent a Fishe'
- CHAPTERInformation on Sea Snakes
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- CHAPTERCoastal Sand Dunes: a shrinking wilderness
- ILLUSTRATIONCoastal sand dune habitats are becoming increasingly rare. New Zealand has lost over 70 percent of its coastal sand d...
- ILLUSTRATIONBotanist Colin Ogle (left) leads a trip through coastal dune country near Wanganui at the November 2001 Forest and Bi...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe critically endangered sand gentian, Sebaea ovata, is now only found in two sites within New Zealand. It only surv...
- ILLUSTRATIONA native sun orchid, (Thelymitra sp.) in the sandhills at Whitiau Scientific Reserve near Wanganui. BILL FAIRWEATHER
- ILLUSTRATIONMoving sand dunes smother shrubs. SARAH GIBBS
- CHAPTERNew Zealand's coastal sand dunes today: the good, the bad and the ugly
- CHAPTERThe Good: Sand dune restoration by community groups
- CHAPTERThe Good: 'We have the technology'
- CHAPTERThe Bad: Sand dune developments still being proposed
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- CHAPTERThe Bad: Hoons on dunes
- CHAPTERThe Ugly: Alien invaders
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- CHAPTERKatipo threatened by changes to coastal sand dunes
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- ILLUSTRATIONL. katipo (adult female on marram grass).
- ILLUSTRATIONL. katipo (adult male on marram grass).
- ILLUSTRATIONL. atritus (adult female on marram grass).
- CHAPTERSouth African Invader
- CHAPTERA Spectacle of Sea Slugs
- ILLUSTRATIONColourful Verco's nudibranchs, Tambja verconis, are usually found on bryozoans. ENDERBY photograph the diverse creatu...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Wellington nudibranch Archidoris wellingtonensis.
- ILLUSTRATIONTop left: Clown nudibranchs, Ceratosoma amoena, are New Zealand’s most commonly seen species. Middle left: The aprico...
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow: Jason mirabilis nudibranch.
- ILLUSTRATIONBlack-tailed sea hares, Aplysia dactylomela, are the largest of the coastal sea hares.
- ILLUSTRATIONJason mirabilis nudibranch is found right around New Zealand.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe pink form of the apricot nudibranch, Tritonia incerta.
- ILLUSTRATIONCommon among the seaweeds are the little sea hares, Aplysia parvula.
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow: Tambja verconis nudibranch and eggs amongst Bugula bryozoans.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe morose nudibranch, Tambja morosa, grazes on bryozoans.
- CHAPTEROcean Life Crisis
- ILLUSTRATIONSeals and hake accidentally killed during trawling for hoki on the West Coast fishing grounds.
- ILLUSTRATIONPart of an estimated 70-tonnes catch of hoki taken by a trawler off Greymouth.
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom-trawling for hoki also scoops up other fish, known as 'by-catch'. This haul from the Hokitika Canyon also incl...
- ILLUSTRATIONEvery year, ocean fishing catches about 10,000 albatrosses and petrels.
- ILLUSTRATIONArrow squid are another catch from the Auckland Islands Shelf.
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- ILLUSTRATIONA coloured fish-finder picks up a Spawning aggregation of orange roughy over a Seamount. Topside, seabirds raft next ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONA catch of orange roughy caught from a seamount. Populations have been drastically reduced in the past 20 years.
- ILLUSTRATIONPart of a 'bag burst' spilling approximately 180 tonnes of southern blue whiting in the vicinity of subantarctic Camp...
- CHAPTERForest and Bird's Marine Reserves Campaign
- CHAPTERChanges Necessary
- CHAPTERProtected Seamounts
- CHAPTERTales of Birds
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe old Bird Hall that occupied a gallery towards the front of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, from 1929-1969. Ever...
- ILLUSTRATIONPioneer botanist, Thomas Cheeseman, arranged many bird 'exchanges' while Curator, 1875 — 1905. AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL ...
- ILLUSTRATIONStudy skins of moreporks, and colourful Australian parrots, from the reference collection of the Auckland War Memoria...
- ILLUSTRATIONOne of the museums oldest birds, a New Zealand quail, prepared by I. St John around 1856. The bird is now extinct. B....
- ILLUSTRATIONThe museum's preparator, Louis Griffin, in a basement workroom, 1909. The museum then occupied a building in Princes ...
- ILLUSTRATIONDisplay of brown kiwis completed for the former Princes Street building around 1916. AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM
- ILLUSTRATIONArticulated bird skeletons in storage at Auckland War Memorial Museum. B. GILL
- CHAPTERrestoration: Restoring the Dawn Chorus
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- CHAPTERRhythm of the wetland
- ILLUSTRATIONNorthern coastal forest clothes the hillside of Matuku Reserve, west of Auckland. JOHN STANILAND
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- ILLUSTRATIONMatuku Reserve, viewed across one of the expansive ponds created by a huge flood in the slow-moving Waitakere River. ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONFlaxes and cabbage trees border the wetland area. A boardwalk gives access to the wetland. JOHN STANILAND
- ILLUSTRATIONThe wetland area includes large areas of floating vegetation. Resident birds include bittern and fernbird.
- ILLUSTRATIONCabbage trees grow best on alluvial soils, such as the ones found on the border of Matuku forest and the Te Henga wet...
- CHAPTERCreepy Crawlies
- CHAPTERVoices of the Dawn Chorus
- CHAPTERBeyond Matuku: A Glimpse into the Future?
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- CHAPTERIn the field
- CHAPTERThe Very Versatile Crab
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- CHAPTERThe Very Versatile Crab
- CHAPTERbranching out
- CHAPTERRestoring the Forgotten Fauna of Quail Island/Otamahua
- ILLUSTRATIONWeta motel on kanuka trunk used to create habitat for cavity-dwelling invertebrates. MIKE BOWIE
- ILLUSTRATIONWooden discs used to simulate log habitat for invertebrates. MIKE BOWIE
- ILLUSTRATIONView of Lyttelton Harbour with Quail Island in the middle and Lyttelton in the background. MIKE BOWIE
- CHAPTERRussell Sanctuary Now Includes Weka
- CHAPTERRestoring the Forgotten Fauna of Quail Island/Otamahua
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- CHAPTERForest and Bird's RMA Workshops
- CHAPTERBranch Groups Visit Limestone Island
- CHAPTERPlucking Pines
- CHAPTERNew NZCA
- CHAPTERbook notes
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- CHAPTERWhich New Zealand Insect?
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- CHAPTERLife-size guide to New Zealand Birds
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- CHAPTERWanaka, The Lake Wanaka Region
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- CHAPTEROutdoors in New Zealand
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- CHAPTERSea Kayaker's Guide to New Zealand's Upper North Island
- CHAPTERPukaha, songs from the forest
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