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… of soil. Because many New Zealand soils developed under forests, they do not have large stores of vital nutrients. …
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Part of story: Farming and the environment
… road and railway building, and the felling and burning of forest to create pasture. Whanganui expanded rapidly, and … A block was leased from Māori in 1874 at Karioi, on the unforested part of the Waimarino plain. Between 1880 and 1882, … Chinese families started around Ohakune in 1924, and exotic forestry began at Karioi in 1927. …
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Part of story: Whanganui region
… burning fossil fuels such as petrol, coal and oil. Burning forests and replacing them with crops or pasture also adds …
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Part of story: Atmosphere
… part of the 20th century, Hokitika was a service town for forestry and farming. The opening of State Highway 6 through … there are several walking tracks along the shore and in the forest. Hokitika valley The river flats in the Hokitika …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… dunes. It was once covered with a mixture of dense coastal forest and extensive wetlands, but much of this was cleared …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… have a son and a daughter. King worked for the New Zealand Forest Service at Otautau, then in 1960 became the first …
Type: Biography
… subdivision development, orcharding, agriculture, forestry, viticulture, fishing and marine farming – … gained an interest in about 12,000 hectares of former Crown forest land in Te Tai Ihu, and received about $7.75 million …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… the largest surviving New Zealand kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest, north of Dargaville. Treaty claim settlements Te …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… History Pahīatua was established in 1881 in the densely forested area known as the Forty Mile Bush. At first it was …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… in Romania, became a notable plant pathologist and forester. In 1946 there were only 46 Romanians living in New …
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Part of story: Central and South-eastern Europeans
… ratite birds (the ancestors of moa and kiwi), tuatara and forests with kauri, podocarps and beeches. These then …
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Part of story: Geological exploration
… could be seen from a distance. In the 1930s the New Zealand Forest Service imported more poplar species to investigate …
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Part of story: Trees in the rural landscape
… plus interests in Crown assets including the Wharerata Forest. Young Nick’s Head Historic Reserve was vested in …
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Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… shaped the character of the region. The plateau’s exotic forest plantations came to maturity in the 1950s, and plants …
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Part of story: Regional economies
… sun (solar), wind, moving water, and plants such as pine forests, which supply firewood. This energy is harnessed to …
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Part of story: Wind and solar power
… issues such as the protection of birds and native forests. These overshadowed aspects of the physical …
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Part of story: Conservation – a history
… along the shore. Driftwood – smooth bleached remains of forest trees – dominates river mouth beaches on the west …
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Part of story: Coastal shoreline
… Tautuku estuary has a wetland walk; the west side, still forested, includes Lake Wilkie, a lake that formed behind …
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Part of story: Otago places
… and taua whawhati rau rākau (taua that tramples the forests). The sizes of taua varied from small groups up to a …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri
… and people’s characters were likened to features of the forest. Independence and love The tī kōuka (cabbage tree, …
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Part of story: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology