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… Poverty Bay plains, known as Gray's Bush, probably the only forest community of its type in New Zealand. He helped …
Type: Biography
… of New Zealand in 1947 he dealt with the deterioration of forest in the Tararua Range (mainly due to deer and …
Type: Biography
… the 1880s, opened up a new economy based on family farms. Forests were felled. In 1861 there were 158,000 acres …
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Part of story: Economy
… crops was a laborious job. In North Island bush country, forests were burned or felled, and logs and stumps removed …
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Part of story: Arable farming
… Unity Order of Oddfellows and the Ancient Order of Foresters. Members, usually working men, paid a regular …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Voluntary welfare organisations
… of Finns and their families were recruited by New Zealand Forest Products. Most went to Tokoroa and Kawerau, where …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Scandinavians
… factual articles on birds for the junior section of Forest and Bird . In the 1960s Avis and Bob moved to Levin, …
Type: Biography
… could do serious damage to private gardens and plantation forests. Parts of suburban Hamilton and Auckland were …
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Part of story: Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry
… and trees for timber are managed together. Known as agroforestry, this can be successful on more productive sites … waterways. Plantation trees Pines and cedars planted for forestry production (around 400 stems per hectare) can … larger than the gully. Some 320 square kilometres were reforested through the East Coast forestry project, begun in …
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Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… green feathers. Because tītiti pounamu often lived in beech forest, they were also known as momo-tawai (the beech-tree …
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Part of story: Ngā manu – birds
… typified by curved entrance drives, perimeter plantings of forest trees, water, and Japanese features such as lanterns, …
Type: Biography
… Salt Lake City. The couple had 14 children. They lived in Forest Dale with others of the whānau and Christy worked as …
Type: Biography
… be it flood, bushrangers or intricate roads hewn out of forest, beset with boulders or tree-stumps: the greater the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Coaches and long-distance buses
… of land was gained from Māori, and extensive tracts of forest were cleared, after which regional economies …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Regional economies
… over one year have been measured as 1–10 metres through forest, 70 metres over low scrub, and 400 metres across …
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Part of story: Dune lands
… useable native timber in the region had been felled. Exotic forests were planted throughout northern Marlborough from …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Marlborough region
… plains, drive over an alpine pass with towering beech forests, walk on the Franz Josef Glacier, and watch the sun …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… This included the transfer of 528 hectares of Athenree Forest valued at $618,000, and the establishment of a …
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Part of story: Tauranga Moana
… properties such as Crown-owned land, reserves and state forests, has also affected the operation of councils. A …
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Part of story: Northland region
… On the evening of 20 October, after 12 nights’ hiding in forested hill country, Graham was sighted by Constable James …
Type: Biography