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- CHAPTERComment
- CHAPTERRoyal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Founded 1923)
- CHAPTERMailbag
- CHAPTEROur 80th Birthday
- CHAPTERWeeds and Natives
- CHAPTERSupporting our Work
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- CHAPTERconservation briefs
- CHAPTERThe Battle to Save Lake Omapere
- CHAPTERNo Breeding Kakapo This Year
- CHAPTERLake Pearson Declared a Wildlife Refuge
- ILLUSTRATIONEndangered southern crested grebe breed in Lake Pearson. DAVE MURRAY © DEPT OF CONSERVATION
- ILLUSTRATIONLake Pearson in the North Canterbury high country has been protected as a wildlife refuge but cattle can still enter ...
- ILLUSTRATIONSouthern crested grebe. DAVE MURRAY © DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- CHAPTERRare Coastal Plants Replanted On Offshore Island
- CHAPTERRare Plant Discovery in Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park
- CHAPTERLoder Cup Recognises Local Achievements
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- CHAPTERKapiti is a special place
- ILLUSTRATIONA whau lends an almost tropical air to the coastal forest of Kapiti Island, a Nature Reserve off the coast of Parapar...
- ILLUSTRATIONA North Island weka on Kapiti Island. Weka were introduced to Kapiti last century and their presence there is not una...
- ILLUSTRATIONDAVE HANSFORD
- ILLUSTRATIONA North Island kaka on Kapiti Island wildlife sanctuary. Kapiti supports over 1000 kaka, with indications that their ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA shining spleenwort catches the sun below a returning canopy of coastal forest on Kapiti Island, a Nature Reserve of...
- ILLUSTRATIONLike leafy colanders, the leaves of kawakawa, the northern pepper tree, let sunlight fall to the forest floor on Kapi...
- ILLUSTRATIONA North Island kokako chick on a nest on Kapiti Island Nature Reserve, off the lower North Island coast. Eight, possi...
- ILLUSTRATIONA tripot lies at Rangatira Point on Kapiti Island, mute testimony to a few prosperous, dangerous decades in the islan...
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- ILLUSTRATIONA weka distracts visitors to Kapiti Island from an introductory talk. A pest-free sanctuary tor some of New Zealand's...
- CHAPTERAccess Permits and Fees
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- CHAPTERProtection for Kapiti Under the Waves
- ILLUSTRATIONJewel anemones cluster over the submerged reefs off Kapiti Island, on the northwestern coast of the lower North Islan...
- ILLUSTRATIONA seahorse in the Kapiti Island Marine Reserve. Many locals gave up their fishing rights to Kapiti's waters to let th...
- ILLUSTRATIONA leatherjacket grazes on coralline algae in the Kapiti Marine Reserve, off the northwest coast of the lower North Is...
- ILLUSTRATIONA blue cod rests on the stony bottom off Kapiti Island, propped characteristically on its pelvic and caudal fins. A N...
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- CHAPTERLife on a Humble Shrub
- ILLUSTRATIONBush Pohuehue, a Muehlenbeckia. The plant scrambles over others, providing habitat for insects and lizards. © DEPARTM...
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- ILLUSTRATIONMore than 40 species of copper butterflies are dependent on Muehlenbeckia to complete their life cycles. Caterpillars...
- ILLUSTRATIONTiny flowers and leaves of Muehlenbeckia complexa. Insects breed and eat the foliage and stalks. BRIAN PATRICK
- ILLUSTRATIONMany other insects depend on Muehlenbeckia for protection and food for their larvae. At top, an unnamed boulder butte...
- ILLUSTRATIONBRIAN PATRICK
- ILLUSTRATIONMuehlenbeckia is an outstanding example of the habit of 'divaricating' growth. Branches turn inwards on each other, t...
- CHAPTERWhich Crowe is that?
- ILLUSTRATIONAndrew Crowe draws from his practical experience of living in the outdoors. PAT BASKETT
- ILLUSTRATIONLife-sized pictures of leaves and insects have been among the subjects of Andrew Crowe’s work. This is kawakawa. PAT ...
- ILLUSTRATIONAndrew Crowe has written (and often illustrated) more than 30 books about nature in New Zealand. PAT BASKETT
- CHAPTERThe View from the Plains
- ILLUSTRATIONHouses on the volcanic spurs of the Port Hills are changing the familiar grassy background to Christchurch. LYNETTE H...
- ILLUSTRATIONPine forests too are re-clothing once-open grasslands above the city. LYNETTE HARTLEY
- ILLUSTRATIONGrant and Marilyn Nelson have been restoring 106 hectares of covenanted land for a private charitable trust. Several ...
- ILLUSTRATIONOpen slopes of the Port Hills above Heathcote, typical of the spurs many want to protect. LYNETTE HARTLEY
- CHAPTERReserves on the Port Hills
- CHAPTERHugh Wilson Living with the Land
- ILLUSTRATIONThe 1050 hectares of Hinewai Reserve fall from Stony Bay Peak at 806 metres down a valley to the Otanerito homestead ...
- ILLUSTRATIONLYNETTE HARTLEY
- ILLUSTRATIONForest and Bird members assisted with the construction of the visitor shelter at left. LYNETTE HARTLEY
- ILLUSTRATIONHugh Wilson bikes everywhere. LYNETTE HARTLEY
- CHAPTERA Helping Hand For Nature
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Nature Heritage Fund helped save Waikauwau Bay on the Coromandel from private development. © DEPARTMENT OF CONSER...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe purchase of Waikauwau Bay also protected increasingly scarce natural habitat. © DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- ILLUSTRATIONMangarakau Swamp lies on the outer edge of northwest Nelson. More than 120 hectares of wetland was purchased by the N...
- ILLUSTRATIONPrimary beech forest and numerous groves of beech forest are well scattered within the secondary kanuka cover of Boun...
- ILLUSTRATIONA grove of matai forest up one of the tributary streams in the Boundary Creek block in Marlborough. JACK HAYWARD
- ILLUSTRATIONKnuckle Point on the Karikari Peninsula in the Far North, purchased with $2.7 million from the Nature Heritage Fund. ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA portion of the Forest and Bird Pauatahanui Reserve on the Porirua Harbour north of Wellington. The Nature Heritage ...
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- CHAPTERKaraka A Poisonous Food
- ILLUSTRATIONGORDON ELL. BUSH FILMS
- ILLUSTRATIONOld karaka trees on the site of an ancient Maori settlement on Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) in Auckland. Maori had a ...
- ILLUSTRATIONGroves of dead 'kopi' or karaka, killed by grazing livestock, are a landscape feature on Chatham Island. GORDON ELL. ...
- ILLUSTRATIONKaraka fruit heavily in summer through early autumn. GORDON ELL. BUSH FILMS
- ILLUSTRATIONAn ancient Moriori figure carved in the bark of a kopi, at Haupupu, Chatham Island. GORDON ELL. BUSH FILMS
- CHAPTERProtecting the Rocky Shore
- ILLUSTRATIONTONY & JENNY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATION1. Bull kelp can grow up 10 metres in length on the Auckland west coast. Bull kelp is a huge, buoyant seaweed that gr...
- ILLUSTRATION2. Red waratah anemones growing on mussels. TONY & JENNY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATION3. Limpets.
- ILLUSTRATION4. Grape weed. TONY & JENNY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONThe intertidal organisms that live on the exposed rock platforms need to be able to cope with the harsh environmental...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe blue is a 'red' seaweed which is common in the rock pools of the open Waitakere coast. TONY & JENNY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONPink seasquirt. TONY & JENNY ENDERBY
- ILLUSTRATIONReef or sun star which is the most common of the sea stars on the Waitakere coast. Sea stars are found in the low int...
- ILLUSTRATIONPeriwinkles on barnacles. TONY & JENNY ENDERBY
- CHAPTERPotential Marine Reserves on Auckland's Wild West Coast
- ILLUSTRATIONTANIA JEFFS
- CHAPTERFounding Forest & Bird
- ILLUSTRATIONE. Phillips Turner was among those who set up the Native Bird Protection Society, the original name for Forest and Bi...
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe physical impact of the main trunk railway cutting through the forests in the central North Island. This photograp...
- ILLUSTRATIONEarly scenic reserves were established along major routes. This map, from an official report by E. Phillips Turner, r...
- CHAPTERTongariro National Park
- ILLUSTRATIONPETER BLAXTER, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- ILLUSTRATIONPETER BLAXTER, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
- CHAPTERProtection for Kapiti Island
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- CHAPTERin the field
- CHAPTERLeaves Of Grass
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- ILLUSTRATIONTussock grassland in the Lake Onslow district of Central Otago. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONLindis Pass is one of the most striking tussock landscapes in Otago. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONTussock grassland also grows in the central North Island — Tongariro National Park. CRAIG POTTON
- ILLUSTRATIONMost of New Zealand's tussock grasslands are found in the South Island high country. Fores and Bird is conducting a c...
- CHAPTERLeaves Of Grass
- CHAPTERbranching out
- CHAPTERField Trip All At Sea
- ILLUSTRATIONForest and Bird's national 'Save the Albatross' campaign was launched at the Taiaroa Heads Albatross Colony near Dune...
- ILLUSTRATIONWaikato Forest and Bird joined with the Waikato Botanical Society to visit some seldomvisited reserves managed by the...
- ILLUSTRATIONForest and Bird's campaign to protect the Auckland wild west coast (see feature on page 30) was taken to the recreati...
- ILLUSTRATIONand below Mike Percy and Ken Catt who were among the advocates. SARAH GIBBS
- ILLUSTRATIONForest and Bird branch councillors and executive members gathered at Pudding Hill in mid-Canterbury during November t...
- ILLUSTRATIONMembers of Waikato Forest and Bird find out at first-hand about the values of protecting areas of coast. Above: snork...
- ILLUSTRATIONaboard Seaquest III in Tairua Harbour, Coromandel Peninsula, during their field trip. BILL FAIRWEATHER
- ILLUSTRATIONDiplomatic presentation. Front row, left to right: Second Secretary Min-Cheol Lee from the Korean Embassy; Counsellor...
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- CHAPTERSaving Albatross
- CHAPTERField Trip All At Sea
- CHAPTERBulletin: Notice of Annual General Meeting
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- CHAPTERbook notes
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- CHAPTERAntarctica: the Blue Continent
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- CHAPTERClassic Peaks of New Zealand
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- CHAPTERThe Rise and Fall of the Southern Alps
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- CHAPTERJolly Green Giant
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- CHAPTERPick Up A Pack
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- CHAPTERLodges and Reserves
- CHAPTERLittle Reserves Preserve Local Character
- ILLUSTRATIONConway’s Bush in South Canterbury, looking north with the Waihi River in the background. The reserve has been cared f...
- ILLUSTRATIONA view of the Percy Leonard Moore Reserve near Dunedin, taken from the southeast. The reserve is maintained by Dunedi...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Ecclesfield Reserve is cared for by Upper Hutt Forest and Bird. More than half is beech forest containing hard an...
- CHAPTERLittle Reserves Preserve Local Character
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