Dunedin: Universtiy of Otago Press, 2003. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper.

Covers geology, landforms, fossils, climate, biogeography, environmental change and the impact of human beings, before taking the reader through a series of habitat-based chapters. Forests and shrublands, tussock grasslands and associated mountainlands, inland waters and wetlands, the coast and the open sea are explored and there is a closing chapter on conservation issues.
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