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… the earliest occupants of the Waimamaku valley and Waipoua Forest. Southern groups name this ancestor Tumutumuwhenua …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… were in contrast to the evergreen appearance of the native forests or the tawny tussock. Deciduous plantings around the …
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Part of story: Trees in the rural landscape
… of uplifted blocks of greywacke, and covered with dense forest. The area was a refuge for Māori when British troops …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… century, Māori ceased to deplete natural resources such as forests, and technological innovation was slow. Capital …
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Part of story: Economic history
… farming stock and agricultural machinery. Mining and forestry The dredging boom prompted investment in dredges, … and rail as well as households. As the area in native forest steadily diminished, from the 1910s both private and …
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Part of story: Investment
… Bay. Te Kooti and his followers turned inland to the forests of Te Urewera. He waited on the eastern Te Urewera …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… to Napier to learn Maori and English under Father Jean Forest. He also acted as chaplain to the Irish Catholic …
Type: Biography
… March, fowlers would look at the birds’ food supply in the forest to estimate their likely success in the coming …
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Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… be the first ever. The first huntaway events were at Black Forest station near Lake Benmore, in 1870. Administration …
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Part of story: Farm dogs
… had access to sea fisheries, shellfish beds, cultivations, forest resources, lakes, rivers and streams. Many hapū …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… are often known as ‘ngā ika ō te ngahere’ – the fish of the forest. The story of the whale and the kauri places trees …
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Part of story: Te whānau puha – whales
… his nationality. He then transferred his attention to the Forest Rangers, an irregular colonial force which the … Jackson, who suggested he apply for a commission in the Forest Rangers. This was granted on condition that Tempsky … and Tempsky was given command of No 2 Company of the Forest Rangers. McDonnell received the New Zealand Cross in …
Type: Biography
… ecological awareness in arguing for headwater and riparian forest reserves to prevent flooding in farming districts. … Bill in 1903. In 1913 before the Royal Commission on Forestry he advocated accelerated afforestation and the training of scientific foresters, the latter point being a favourite earlier theme. …
Type: Biography
… the use of the maturing state-owned and private plantation forests. Import licensing A balance-of-payments crisis in … included private sector companies, such as New Zealand Forest Products, and a mixed public–private company, Tasman …
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Part of story: Government and industrial development
… most was expected. During his youth he was also trained in forest lore and bird hunting, and was shown the special … Whakatāne River to Hanamahihi, an area between the Urewera forest and the river. When travelling from Hanamahihi to …
Type: Biography
… an abundant supply of raw material from the maturing pine forests planted between the wars. Local and overseas … Skog, Kawerau Winstone Pulp International, Ohakune Pan Pac Forest Products, Napier. Environmental impact Pulp and paper …
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Part of story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries
… and their fur changed colour, it indicated plentiful forest berries and the approach of spring. Hīnau berries …
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Part of story: Kiore – Pacific rats
… Adams islands. The topography is hilly and the shoreline forest of rātā is succeeded higher up by shrubland and then …
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Part of story: Subantarctic islands
… done with care. Fire, earth and water Burning Gisborne’s forest-clad hills for farming led to some of the worst …
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Part of story: Fire and agriculture
… species are fungus feeders, many of which are found in the forest – like the tiny, spore-feeding mildew beetles, and …
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Part of story: Beetles