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… of 40 conservationists signed a petition to save lowland forests around a campfire on the snow-covered banks of the … became a blueprint for the conservation of native forest. Cannibal country The steep gorge of the Maruia …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… in the town. Kairanga area District consisting of once-forested areas north and west of Palmerston North. Māori … Kārere and Tiakitahuna (Jackeytown) started life as forest clearings but within a generation were farmland. Te …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… but some are more than 1,000 hectares. Outstanding forested scenic reserves include Gray’s Bush near Gisborne, … For example, North Island brown kiwi are found in Tongariro Forest Conservation Area, and Māpara Forest Conservation …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… Wood ear fungus grows naturally on dead trees in lowland forest. Tonnes were harvested as settlers cleared forest for farming, and exports to China continued until the … novaezelandiae , sometimes grows on fallen logs in native forest. Oyster and phoenix mushrooms Cultivation of oyster …
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Part of story: Mushrooms and other cultivated fungi
… The posts of heaven The great trees of Tāne, god of the forest, were called Ngā Tokotoko-o-te-rangi (the posts that … and can live as long as 2,000 years. Tāne Mahuta in Waipoua Forest is the largest living specimen. Kauri grows naturally …
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Part of story: Te ngahere – forest lore
… peat soils cover almost the entire landscape. They support forest, scrub, grassland or herbfields. In poorly drained … sculpted by glaciers. Auckland Island has a tall rātā forest (also home to the southernmost tree fern) on the … southern hemisphere. The lowlands are dominated by dwarf forests of dracophyllum. The larger islands have spectacular …
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Part of story: Ecoregions
… except in winter. Drought conditions are almost continuous. Forest Before people arrived, open forests of mataī and tōtara grew in the lowlands. Mountain …
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Part of story: Ecoregions
… oldest bird known was three years. Fantails are common in forest, rural and urban environments. Fantail fan club … all over New Zealand in a wide range of habitats – native forest, scrub, plantations, rural and urban orchards and …
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Part of story: Small forest birds
… South Island vegetation to the more temperate lowland-forest species of the North Island. Tawa reaches its … a coastal North Island tree. Before Pākehā settlement, forest grew to the shore, although Māori had burnt off areas … in the Waimea Plains and Motueka valley. Today, the lowland forests and swamps have been heavily reduced. Beech forests …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… absent from most of the South Island, and sparse in larger forested areas of the Ruahine Range, central North Island, … five or more white eggs. Some remain in South Island native forests and the larger forests of the central North Island. …
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Part of story: Small forest birds
… took up land at Mangōnui. Timber trade The north’s richly forested areas and kauri gum (the solidified resin of the … in wetlands and swamps where there had been ancient kauri forests. Gum, taken mostly from the north, was Auckland …
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Part of story: Northland region
… climate made it harder to grow imported plants and thick forest had to be cleared. While Māori found alternative foods in the birds and plants of the forest, and fish and shellfish, they also cultivated kūmara … we call beautiful, would vanish, to reveal the gloomy forest and repulsive rugged waste’. 4 Early travellers saw …
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Part of story: Rural mythologies
… species are recognised. They live in coastal broadleaf forests and surrounding scrubland in northern New Zealand. … and rangiora. A different Placostylus species lives in the forests of New Caledonia, where locals regard it as a …
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Part of story: Snails and slugs
… Valley, south of Wairoa, where small remnants of coastal forest still existed. The lawyer and amateur botanist G. O. … the small green plants found on the floors of New Zealand forests. Lacking formal training, Amy set about acquiring …
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… mostly grow in groves on open sites such as old landslips, forest margins, and stream banks. Some have distinct … form conspicuous groves. They grow mostly in the mountain forests of the South Island. Hoheria glabrata grows mainly …
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Part of story: Shrubs and small trees of the forest
… valleys are notable features. Vegetation and wildlife Beech forest grows below the snowline, while above are snow … part of the island has mountain ranges, covered by podocarp forest. The rest has shrubland, low forest, wetlands, grasslands and coastal dune lands. To the …
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Part of story: National parks
… usually requires two individuals. Living throughout the forest canopy and understorey, and unable to use visual … stick insects simply drop them. As adults are mostly in the forest canopy, the eggs fall to the ground. When stick … no males. Distribution Some stick insects are widespread in forest and scrub (genera Acanthoxyla , Argosarchus , …
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Part of story: Stick insects
… power station owned by Contact Energy, and the Pan Pac Forest Products timber-processing plant. Tāngōio Coastal … site and later became a whaling station. Nearby is Tāngōio Forest, an exotic pine plantation. Waipātiki Beach Coastal …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… of tracks and routes. Before 1996 most of this mountainous forested country was managed as Northwest Nelson Forest Park (created in 1970 by amalgamating eight regional state forests). A large part of the central western part of the …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… The settlement pattern changed too, with people living in forested areas as well as along the coast and in open … at Palmerston North. The town was laid out in a large forest clearing – Papaioea – in 1866. Scandinavians added a …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region