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… The peninsula was once covered by a massive kauri forest. Some 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, this was gradually … and furniture, and the land is now partly farmed and partly forested with exotic species. Ninety Mile Beach Aupōuri …
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Part of story: Northland places
… to New Zealand’s natural environment, burning off areas of forest and hunting some species (such as moa) to extinction. … Kirk, a botanist. He had worked as chief conservator of forests from 1885 to 1887 and wrote many important botanical …
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Part of story: Life sciences
… caliginosa that leave casts on the soil surface. In native forests, where there are only native earthworms, there is no … surface casting. Weight and number of earthworms In native forests the weight of earthworms has been found to be …
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Part of story: Earthworms
… was largely the result of human activities such as forest clearance and swamp drainage. Cockayne was mentor to … on Te Moehau, marine algae on the Poor Knights Islands and forest ecology on Maungapōhatu. The Wildlife Service and the …
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Part of story: Life sciences
… and mountain peaks. They could tell that the land was forest-covered and the coastline lacked sheltered … apart from a few sealing parties. It was known to be forest-covered and mountainous, with high rainfall, so …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… uplifted blocks of greywacke. They are covered with dense forest and much of the area is now a regional park. It was a … on State Highway 2, 21 km east of Pōkeno. The nearby exotic forest was planted in the 1920s and 1930s by relief workers. …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… village of Papanui developed beside a rare patch of native forest, which was quickly cut out for timber and firewood. … Bush (also known as Deans Bush) is the only surviving swamp forest on the Canterbury Plains. In 1843 the Deans brothers …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… is pasture and arable cropping land, about 7% is exotic forest, and less than 2% is orchard or market garden. The remainder is indigenous forest and shrubland (33%), tussock grassland (14%), urban … steep slopes are used for sheep, beef and deer farming, and forestry. Most forestry is in the North Island. Hill country …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… After the Second World War, growth was also fostered by forest, farm and hydroelectricity development. Many … a city in 1962. Economy today Since the late 1970s, forestry, farming and electricity have employed fewer people … and SCION, a Crown research institute which focuses on forestry science and forest-related industries. The money …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… biformis ) is a shrub or small tree of high-altitude forest and subalpine scrub. In the North Island it grows on … the West Coast of the South Island, and prominent in swamp forest on Stewart Island. The saplings have long, drooping …
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Part of story: Conifers
… symbols of natural beauty, and as areas of indigenous forest became smaller there was a movement to preserve the … a world of unpolluted lakes and rivers and pristine forests. Environmental campaigners frequently pointed out …
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Part of story: New Zealand identity
… o Taranaki. Protection Recognising the importance of the forest cover on the mountain, the Taranaki Provincial … land within a radius of 6 miles (9.6 kilometres) was made a forest reserve to preserve the timber resource – a …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties’. In the Māori … be much closer to absolute power. In addition, the phrase ‘Forests Fisheries and other properties’ was translated as …
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Part of story: Nation and government
… 600 and 700 metres. They were one of Southland’s main forested districts at the time of European settlement, but … runs across the Hokonui Hills. The US company Rayonier owns forests at the eastern end of the hills. …
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Part of story: Southland places
… fire brigade and marae. The headquarters for Mangatū forest was located 21 km further north, on Armstrong Road. The forest was first established as part of a soil-conservation …
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Part of story: East Coast places
… Caledonia, in 1943 he was appointed chief instructor of the forest and jungle warfare wing at the army school of … Wildlife Division had been transferred to the New Zealand Forest Service. Yerex died at Te Awamutu on 17 January 1967, …
Type: Biography
… National government gave Corbett the portfolios of land, forests and Māori affairs. He was not in cabinet’s inner … was rewarded by cabinet seats. He held the portfolio of forestry from 1949 to 1954 and during that period was a …
Type: Biography
… populations increased. Pressure on such resources as crops, forests, rivers, lakes and sea fisheries was an especially …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… cicadas are found in a variety of habitats, including tall forest, scrub, grasslands, swamps, riverbeds and sand dunes. …
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Part of story: Cicadas
… treated sewage was sprayed on the soil in Whakarewarewa Forest, rather than being discharged into the lake. As a …
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Part of story: Water quality