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This graphic novel provides a fresh approach to the story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. It covers a wide time span, from the arrival of Polynesian explorers to the signing of Te Tiriti, to the New Zealand Wars, and through to the modern-day Treaty settlement process.

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Issue 180

Erect-crested penguins
Robin Morrison
Weeds
Peripatus
Ice Floe Ordeal

Faeces have a lot to teach us.

They can reveal secrets about the lives of extinct animals, and the troubles of endangered ones.

Eating dung can give animals a nutrient boost—while in the oceans, a deluge of plankton poo powers the entire carbon cycle.