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… history. Milling companies cut a swathe through the forests of Kaipara and Northland, the Waitākere Range, … all purposes. But some were shocked at the destruction of forests that had taken 800 years to grow. Geologist …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… and adds a considerable amount of sediment to the river. Forest has been planted on nearby former farmland to slow … North Island. They are a direct result of the change from forest to pasture. Slips occur when the soil (topsoil and …
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Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… of fair-haired blue-eyed children skipped along the forest roads, preceding mothers wearing embroidered …
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Part of story: Scandinavians
… pooling water. Habitats Typically velvet worms live in damp forest, under or inside rotting logs, or in the undergrowth. …
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Part of story: Peripatus
… It was widely believed that the country’s lush native forests were a sign of fertile land. However, only some …
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Part of story: Soil investigation
… major deserts. For example, goats were introduced to the forested island of St Helena in 1513. By 1815 the island had …
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Part of story: Goats and goat farming
… species. Habitat Insects are plentiful on sea coasts, forests and mountain tops, but in temperate climates like …
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Part of story: Insects – overview
… radiata pine ( Pinus radiata ) in the state-owned Kāingaroa Forest. The site was chosen because of the availability of …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… species (matagouri). Herbs to bushes Dense, evergreen forests and lack of natural grasslands below the treeline …
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Part of story: Evolution of plants and animals
… the canoe was hewn out of a tree from the Tawhitinui forest, in the Pacific homeland Hawaiki. It survived an epic …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… Uenuku. Another version has Toi as the consumer of trees or forest food, which is the meaning of his name Toikairākau. …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… Waonui-a-Tāne.’ (The tōtara tree has fallen in Tāne’s great forest.) Tōtara are tall and strong and the wood and bark …
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Part of story: Tangihanga – death customs
… He made an egg from clay, and took it to Tāne, god of the forest, who said, ‘Me whakaira tangata’ (give it life). This …
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Part of story: Ngārara – reptiles
… inland salt-tolerant muttonbird scrub yields to podocarp forest. There is a mix of land status, with Department of … the 4,000 Māori owners of 3,515-hectare Tūtae-Kā-Wetoweto Forest received $10.9 million from the government and signed …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… included species that pollinated and dispersed the seeds of forest trees and shrubs, and the large plant-eating birds …
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Part of story: Extinctions
… changes to important features of the habitat, such as kelp forests and sea-grass meadows, and to the functioning of an …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… its height in the 1890s and early 1900s, when remote forested areas of the North Island were tackled. But grass …
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Part of story: Economy and the environment
… fern flourishes in open woodlands where felled or burnt forest is regenerating. Māori harvested the roots and shoots …
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Part of story: Te ngahere – forest lore
… can be found inside decaying wood, usually on the forest floor. They are a primitive type of termite, lacking …
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Part of story: Insects – overview
… landscape in the 19th century. Millions of acres of forest, tussocklands and swamp were converted into pasture …
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Part of story: Horses