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… Blackball bridge sonnets ). Peter Hooper ( A song in the forest ) was inspired by the landscapes and changing climate …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… was a venue for trotting and greyhound racing. Hunting The forested areas of the Blue Mountains and the Catlins are …
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Part of story: Otago region
… at Meremere from 1973, and in the early 2000s the Maramarua Forest, with its steep logging tracks, proved ideal for …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… in design, but were all built from whatever was to hand. In forested areas, dwellings had high, pitched roofs thatched …
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Part of story: Kauri gum and gum digging
… beds, fresh water, north-facing slopes for horticulture and forest for hunting birds. From the 1500s onward pā …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… was a lot of publicity about the destruction of native forests. Many New Zealanders realised that they valued their …
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Part of story: Horticultural use of native plants
… cottages and shops scattered around a harbour or within a forest clearing. Gradually they took on more shape: streets …
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Part of story: City history and people
… as vessels got larger and the river silted owing to forest clearance in the headwaters. The 660-metre-long …
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Part of story: East Coast places
… Range Rugged hill country, in 2011 mostly planted in exotic forest, adjoining the coast south of Muriwai. It is crossed …
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Part of story: East Coast places
… over 40 km. Many of the lower slopes of the range were deforested in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since … of the cave). The reserve, the remains of a much larger forested area, was set aside by sawmiller Charles White in …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… It is said that this adze was once owned by the god of the forest, Tāne Mahuta himself, and was used to separate the …
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Part of story: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry
… trees and sometimes distort their growth patterns. In some forests pampas grass ( Cortaderia selloana ) has become …
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Part of story: Weeds of agriculture
… playground. Both Māori and Pākehā children played in the forests, rivers, coastal waters and open spaces. Children …
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Part of story: Children’s play
… seasonal food-gathering rounds, when local resources from forest, wetland and open country were harvested. How marks …
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Part of story: Māori rock art – ngā toi ana
… and fall of water levels, tree stumps were exposed and the forest edge collapsed because of exposure to wind. Success … its land development work by protecting wetlands and native forest. 4 The Reserves Act 1977 and the new National Parks … to walkways from subdivisions, and urged that the remaining forest be protected. He loved sport, and wrote histories of …
Type: Biography
… he was a frequent visitor, and was chairman of the Peel Forest Board. He died at Chippenham on 15 April 1956, and …
Type: Biography
… She was also vocal on issues of local importance, including forest preservation, soil erosion and the development of …
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… Aston was also a council member and president of the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand from 1946 …
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… by the Department of Internal Affairs, then the New Zealand Forest Service and later the Department of Conservation. …
Type: Biography
… the west coast of Northland. Te Roroa people of the Waipoua forest say Māhuhu was captained by Whakatau and landed at …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions