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… and poorly drained sites. Common habitats are mature forest, open scrublands and swamps. Fungal partners Orchids … Waikato swamp. Draining swamps and wetlands, and clearing forest for urban sprawl destroys the orchid habitat. The New …
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Part of story: Orchids
… of these, Aratiatia, was completed in 1964. The maturing forests of the Volcanic Plateau attracted both private and public investment, in the New Zealand Forest Products plant at Kinleith and the Tasman Pulp and …
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Part of story: Investment
… Rotorua. The range is divided by valleys and still mostly forest-covered. It is crossed by tracks but by only one … of the range has been incorporated in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park, which marks the southern limit of kauri and the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… Lush rainforest grows on the lower slopes of 2,518-metre Taranaki … and alpine herbfields at higher altitudes. The kāmahi forest on the middle slopes is known as goblin forest because of its trailing moss and gnarled trees. North …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… is now covered by one of the world’s largest man-made forests, mainly Pinus radiata (radiata pine). Calderas – … was abandoned and the area was planted in exotic forests. The illness was later found to be caused by a lack …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… the government to protect the area, including its native forest, at a time when much of the country’s native forest was being logged. The park includes the coast and the …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… lowland cedar ( Libocedrus plumosa ) is a tree of lowland forests in the northern half of the North Island and the … ( Libocedrus bidwillii ) grows in upland and subalpine forests throughout the mainland, and seldom exceeds 20 …
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Part of story: Conifers
… also carted supplies and wool bales. They were used in the forestry industry, even in the 20th century, to haul logs … of the bush country to pasture for grazing sheep. After the forest was felled and burned, the land was sown with English …
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Part of story: Beef farming
… than single people were resettled in Taupō, where blocks of Forest Service dwellings formed a village atmosphere. Other …
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Part of story: Tokelauans
… of Māori. Huhu beetles have adapted well to introduced pine forests and thrive on pine wood. Giraffe weevil The giraffe …
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Part of story: Insects – overview
… slopes of Raukūmara, facing the Bay of Plenty, are still forest-covered, heavily divided by valleys, and marked by …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… at Te Puke-o-Kahu, a hill between the Rangitoto and Pureora forests. …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… included the transfer to the iwi of most of Riverhead Forest, valued at $6.5 million. The iwi also gained right of …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… inland, and over several generations encountered the great forests. Māori culture moved from being largely maritime to … there was a belief that humans were part of nature – the forests, seas and waterways. People saw themselves in a …
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Part of story: Māori
… around 1870. Here Robert Button bought 800 acres of Peel Forest bush, and prospered from milling the totara and farming the cleared land. It was at Peel Forest that Bella acquired her love of horses. Her father …
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… with gold prospectors in the 1860s and 1870s, and original forest was cleared. There is now little sign of mining … first to contain a large area of lowland conifer– broadleaf forest, including distinctive nīkau palms close to the …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… in pasture, pine trees, gorse and other exotic species. Forests reduced sand drift and provided timber. But there … In places, dunes are advancing inland, burying native forest. Downwind of Mason Bay beach, a 14-kilometre dune …
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Part of story: Dune lands
… webbing between the hind toes. The other three species are forest dwellers, although Hamilton’s frog is mainly … before returning to its retreats at dawn. The Whareorino Forest population in King Country, discovered in 1991, may …
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Part of story: Frogs
… away the topsoil. In New Zealand, following the removal of forest cover, the main problem was water run-off causing … place in the 1950s and 1960s. This focused on planting new forests, preventing and reducing soil erosion, and …
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Part of story: Economy and the environment
… and ironsands, or through government projects. Exotic pine forests planted at Santoft from 1956 and Lismore from 1963 … from 1987 at Santoft and 1991 at Lismore. From 1975 more forests were planted, and in 1978 a pulp mill was built at …
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Part of story: Whanganui region