BAC19007 Canterbury University Press, Christchurch: 2004. Quarto, paperback, 411 pp., colour photographs, maps, other illustrations. BRAND NEW.<P> New Zealand has suffered from one of the most severe but perhaps best documented extinction cascades during the two thousand years since first human contact. This book tells the story of New Zealand's birds, mammals, reptiles and frogs, from their Gondwanan origins to the arrival of the first rats, then people and their camp followers. The loss of now extinct birds and the introduction of other species have changed ecological systems in New Zealand forever. In the last 50 years New Zealand has become a leader in the conservation of endangered species. Flight of the Huia reviews the way our attitudes to and management of conservation have changed during this time and concludes with a debate on future directions for conservation of this now much altered fauna. ISBN: 9780908812523 $50.00AUD
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