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… some kilometres either side of the Waipori Stream. Waipori Forest, an exotic plantation, dates from 1924. Lake …
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Part of story: Otago places
… of the lake before settling at Tītīraupenga in Pureora Forest. Ngātoroirangi continues Ngātoroirangi headed east …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… from wood and leaves that accumulated in swamps and forests between 70 and 45 million years ago (Ma). Younger …
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Part of story: Fossils
… timber down to the coast. Some of the crew went into the forests to catch birds to eat. After the canoe was repaired, …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… at times was even warmer. For example, in New Zealand kauri forests and red subtropical soils extended as far south as …
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Part of story: Glaciers and glaciation
… kūmara and fern root, and a careful harvest of the forests, the seashore and the sea. Tribes were self …
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Part of story: Economy
… heat-shimmer. When she dances around the margins of the forests, summer is approaching. Summer and Rehua (Antares) …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… where it is re-contoured into dunes and planted in pine forest. The concentrate is mixed with water to produce a …
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Part of story: Iron and steel
… trouble when Māori refused to haul felled logs out of the forest, or took offence because ships’ crews ignored their …
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Part of story: Logging native forests
… Ponanga saddle road follows a scenic route through native forest between Pīhanga and Tīhia. A walking track leads from …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… flax, tall herbs or scrub, often intermingled, and also forest. The largest example is the Whangamarino swamp – some …
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Part of story: Wetlands
… family. There were more than 1,200 hectares of native forest in the area, and the town of Waimate began as a …
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Part of story: South Canterbury places
… have evolved in cool, shaded streams surrounded by forest, and do not tolerate high water temperatures. For …
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Part of story: Water quality
… Land birds are those that live in forests, scrub and open country. The term does not include …
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Part of story: Land birds – overview
… part of the conservation estate. Volunteers from the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society have planted more than …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… to Te Aorangi (Feilding) and the Pūrākau and Te Rākauhou forests on the sides of Mt Stewart. Matanginui followed the …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… are early commercial buildings along Tinakori Road. Steep, forested Te Ahumairangi Hill (formerly Tinakori Hill), …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… was to be transferred to a new company called Tarawera Forests Limited in return for a share in the profits gained … marae, and in 1967 it was ratified by the Tarawera Forests Act. The transferred land included Maunga Pūtauaki …
Type: Biography
… James Bell between 1905 and 1911. Founders of the State Forest Service in 1919 had Canadian training and experience. …
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Part of story: North Americans
… native falcon usually lives among the crags, and hunts the forest tops for small birds. The tiny rock wren is present …
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Part of story: Birdwatching