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… Propagation New forests can be propagated from seedlings or cuttings. In the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Radiata pine
… is responsible for the inarticulate sounds heard in the forest. Kōauau Kōauau are the most common type of Māori … Hinepūtehue, a daughter of Tāne Mahuta, the god of the forests, took their anger inside herself and sang soothing …
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Part of story: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro
… including salt marshes, mangroves, sand dunes, lowland forest, wetlands, grasslands and mountain zones. Rock … for butterflies and moths. Few species are widespread. Forested areas have a relatively uniform moth fauna. In …
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Part of story: Butterflies and moths
… and other prominent citizens, extensively explored the forests and mountains of Nelson and Marlborough. He was a … fellow practitioners. In 1896 the Nelson Ancient Order of Foresters dismissed Hudson as their doctor for refusing to …
Type: Biography
… that have been investigated. Food from the land Although forests were widespread, they could not sustain humans year … especially once moa had been hunted to extinction. So forests were burnt down, especially on the drier, eastern …
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Part of story: Conservation – a history
… course of hunting, much of inland Otago was burnt, and the forest was replaced by tussock. Subsistence living Dating of … were plentiful. People journeyed inland to harvest eels, forest birds such as weka and kererū (New Zealand pigeons), …
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Part of story: Otago region
… evidence such as early artefacts. Gnawed seeds and snails Forest seeds are commonly eaten by Pacific rats, who leave … than this date displayed no rat damage. Research on gnawed forest seeds and gnawed snail shells is consistent with the …
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Part of story: When was New Zealand first settled?
… by introduced grasses, shrubs and trees. Some remnant forest, including pūriri, nīkau and karaka, can still be … hills, while the scarlet-flowering pōhutukawa dominates the forest at the coast. …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… hill soils may need phosphorus fertiliser for exotic forestry production. Steep slopes impose greater moisture … land area. About 90% of the area is covered by indigenous forest, exotic plantations or pasture. Dairying and … and beef farming. The Coromandel ranges once grew kauri forests. What’s in superphosphate? About 2 million tonnes of …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… ranges meet the sea at the Catlins coast, a scenic area of forested hills, rocky headlands and sandy bays. Four main … lowland divides the island into two mountainous areas of forested granite with barren summits. Mt Anglem (Hananui), …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… Predators Five dead Archey’s frogs found in the Whareorino Forest showed signs of attack by rats. Interestingly, the … range has been greatly reduced in the last few centuries. Forest clearance, animals browsing and even routine road …
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Part of story: Frogs
… creamed pāua, and mounds of crayfish. From the sea to the forest In the traditional Māori economy, tribes would … of dried seaweed were carried inland to be traded for forest products such as preserved birds. The people of …
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Part of story: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering
… surrounded by sand dunes, quicksand in places, big exotic forest plantations and a sculpted ocean coast. North Head, … dunes and dune life, or (further inland) planted in exotic forest. …
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Part of story: Northland places
… Māori building materials Māori used what they found in forests and swamps to make houses and other structures. They … instant concrete. Wooden houses As the country was heavily forested, the easiest way to build a house was from wood. … still be found in houses of that period. Large production forests of mainly radiata pine ( Pinus radiata ) were …
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Part of story: Building materials
… farmed, was added to the park in the 1960s, and the Waitutu forest in 1998. Much of Fiordland consists of crystalline … Craig, on the west side of Te Waewae Bay, to log Waitutu Forest. However, both closed in 1928 because of falling …
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Part of story: Southland places
… roads was once a flood plain of bog, swamp, kahikatea forest and overflowing rivers. This transformation is the … after their forebears, who milled the timber of the Tūrua forest in the late 19th century. Remnant kahikatea in the … domain struggle to survive as a dry, rather than swamp, forest. …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… farmed, and many of the lower hills are planted in exotic forest. The Sherry River, a tributary of the Wangapeka, was … farmed for sheep, but was poor country. From 1926 exotic forests were planted – the beginnings of the Golden Downs …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… plant has been the town’s principal employer. Plantation forests are widespread through the valley. Cullen Point and … settlement had a school, store and church. Plantation forests cover many hillsides. The Waikākaho–Cullen Creek …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… is not widely grown in its natural habitat, New Zealand foresters had to devise their own techniques to establish …
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Part of story: Radiata pine
… vessels that could navigate vast oceans declined. The forests provided an abundance of building materials suitable …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes