Author	Article	Page Numbers	Abstract
Bedford, R & R Longhurst	The 29th International Geographical Congress	1-4
Barnett, JR	Rationalising Hospital Services: Reflections on Hospital Restructuring and its Impacts in New Zealand	5-21	Abstract
Morin, KM	(Anti?) Colonial Women Writing War	22-29	Abstract
Leberman, S & P Mason	Mountain Biking in the Manawatu Region: Participants, Perceptions and Management Decisions	30-38	Abstract
Scott, G	'What Goes Around Comes Around': Informal Activities and Reciprocity Networks in Westport, New Zealand	39-45	Abstract
Nunn, PD	Illuminating Sea-Level Fall around AD 1220-1510 (730-440 cal yr BP) in the Pacific Islands: Implications for Environmental Change and Cultural Transformation	46-54	Abstract
Lawson, W	Review of Antarctic Environments and Resources: A Geographical Perspective by JD Hansom & JE Gordon.  Addison, Wesley Longman, 1998.	55
Parnell, K	Review of Pacific Island Landscapes: Landscape and Geological Development of Southwest Pacific Islands, Especially Fiji, Samoa and Tonga by PD Nunn.  University of the South Pacific, Suva, 1998.	55-56
Cockerton, C	Review of Samoa: Mapping the Diversity by RG Ward & P Ashcroft.  Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva and National University of Samoa, Apia, 1998	56
Barnett, J	Review of Strategies for Sustainable Development: Experiences from the Pacific by J Overton & R Scheyvens.  UNSW Press and Zed Books, 1999.	56-57
Wearing, A	Review of The Smallfarming Revolution.  New Beginnings in Rural New Zealand by D & I Grant.  Viking, 1998	57
Wearing, A	Review of Sand Forests.  A Historical Perspective of the Stabilisation and Afforestation of Coastal Sands in New Zealand by P McKelvey.  Canterbury UP, 1999	58-59
Perry, P	Review of Where They Lived: Studies in Local, Regional and Social History by WJ Gardner.  Regional Press, 1998	59
Moran, W	Review of New Worlds, New Geographies by JR Short.  Syracuse UP, 1998.	59-60
Cockerton, C	Review of Masculinities in Aotearoa/New Zealand by R Law, H Campbell & J Dolan.  Dunmore, 1999	60-61
Winchester, HPM	Review of Gender, Identity and Place - Understanding Feminist Geographies by L McDowell.  Polity Press, 1999	61

Barnett, JR.  Rationalising Hospital Services: Reflections on Hospital Restructuring and its Impacts in New Zealand. 
This paper investigates recent patterns of hospital restructuring in New Zealand and discusses the extent to which emerging forms of governance and changes in hospital provision conform to Jessop's (1994) idea of the 'hollowed out' state.  The paper places teh 1993 reforms within their historical context and examines processes of decentralisation, downsizing, privatisation and cost shifting within the hospital sector.  It concludes with a discussion of some of the implications of hospital restructuring for regions, communities and their medical care providers and lays out some of the key questions which should rank high on the geographical research agenda.

Morin, KM.  (Anti?) Colonial Women Writing War. 
This paper examines the wartime literature of Sarah Selwyn, Mary Ann Martin, and Caroline Abraham, all wives of prominent chruch and government men in colonial Aotearoa/New Zealand.  Along with their husbands these women became leading participants in the "pamphlet war" surrounding the justice and legality of the colonial government's survey and confiscation of Maori land at Taranaki, c. 1850-1860.  I analyse the socio-spatial frameworks of these colonial women, linking them with their protest narratives of the Taranaki confiscations and ensuing war.  The anti-colonial position articulated by these women must be viewed within the context of ideological constraints on women's participation in public life, but also within the context of expanded social and spatial boundaries of such high-placed colonials, the gendered space of the episcopal residences during wartime, the women's networks of communication, and their material and discursive links to public arguments taking place in England over colonial conflicts.

Leberman, S & P Mason.  Mountain Biking in the Manawatu Region: Participants, Perceptions, and Management Dimensions. 
The increase in the number of mountain bikers world-wide has raised a number of issues associated with impacts and appropriate management strategies.  Studies in the USA, UK and New Zealand have indicated a growing concern with environmental impacts, demonstrated attitudes of other recreationalists to mountain bikers and identified a number of management issues.  This article presents the findings from field research conducted during the southern summer of 1997/8.  The research was carried out in association with the Palmerston North City Council (PNCC) and the Manawatu Mountain Bike Club.  The aims of the research were to investigate the demographics of mountain bikers and related management issues.  Key findings of the field research were that: access ot mountain biking opportunities was a problem; information provision was poor; there was conflict between user groups; there was a lack of agreement on whether there should be dedicated or multi-use tracks.  The article discusses how the research findings have been used to assist in the creation of an outdoor recreation and tourism strategy for Palmerston North.  A model for managing recreation/tourism activities is also suggested.

Scott, G.  'What Goes Around Comes Around': Informal Activities and Reciprocity Networks in Westport, New Zealand. 
The article reports the results of a survey into the informal activities of 47 households in the unemployment-affected small town of Westport, New Zealand.  Overall levels of household informal participation are found to be fairly high across all income groups.  There is an abundance of informal resources in the surrounding area and a longstanding local culture encouraging participation.  However, differentiated 'established local' and 'new local' reciprocity networks, reflecting broader scale processes of social and economic fragmentation, have emerged since a major round of state and private sector restructuring occurred in 1987.