Nature is a source of joy, amazement and relaxation, a constant reminder of our significance and insignificance, of what we know and don’t know, of resilience and fragility.For me , nature is looking in awe at the similarity in colour of the blue pinkgill mushroom and the blue wattles of the kokako bird; it is covering your nose to the blooming of the foul-smelling corpse flower; it is hearing in disbelief the ability of the superb lyrebird to mimic the sounds of other birds, or indeed, car alarm, camera shutters and chainsaws