Notes

Table of contents: The land before humans -- Ancestors and survivors
(Ammonites ; Extinct birds ; Survivors) -- Peopling New Zealand (First arrivals ; Early plundering ; A
whalers' port ; Gold rushes) -- Notable plants (Nikau ; Cabbage tree, or ti-kouka ; Pohutukawa ; Whau ;
Kauri ; A redwood grove ; Flax, or harakeke) -- Some rare land birds (Kiwi ; Kakapo ; Kea ; Black robin
; Takahe) -- Special seabirds (Penguins ; Australian gannet ; Northern royal albatross). Water life
wonders (Eels ; Giant squid) -- Fishing for dinner (Glow-worms) -- Myths, mariners and mountains (Cape
Reinga ; Kaipara Harbour ; City of volcanoes ; Waikato River ; Mount Egmont/Taranaki ; Mount Hikurangi)
-- The fire within (The thermal wonderland ; Mount Tarawera ; The Pink and White Terraces ; Lake Taupo
; White Island) -- Rock, ice and water (Waikoropupu Springs ; Glaciers ; Aoraki/Mount Cook ; Punakaiki
rocks ; Moeraki boulders ; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak).
Summary: Includes information about the country's geography, flora, fauna and the people of the land.