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… northern part of Pitt Island has large areas of broadleaf forest and rich soils; the southern part has …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Chatham Islands
… Zealand’s ‘distinct natural features’ such as mountains, forests and volcanoes as prime inspiration. While much of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Arts and the nation
… of seven and grew up in a log cabin in the New Brunswick forests, near the port of St John. One of seven surviving …
Type: Biography
… easy to erect. This type of fencing had been developed in forested areas of the eastern United States and was also …
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Part of story: Farm fencing
… of the harbour. A township grew up but by 1909 the kauri forests were exhausted and the mill closed. A dairy factory …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… of the same name, which reaches the western side of Catlins Forest Park. Wyndham was first surveyed in 1869, and is …
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Part of story: Southland places
… helped archaeologists determine when the major periods of forest clearance first began. Examination of chemical …
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Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… Deer farming was still illegal, but McNutt had the Forest Service’s permission to keep deer in confinement to …
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Part of story: Deer and deer farming
… Vegetation was destroyed many times, as buried and charred forests attest. The pyroclastic flows from the massive Taupō …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… and adds a considerable amount of sediment to the river. Forest has been planted on nearby former farmland to slow …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… managing the settlement of the Manchester block, a densely forested area between the Rangitikei River and the Ruahine …
Type: Biography
… Freshwater Run and Port William, but the country was too forested, wet and muddy for successful sheep farming. Timber …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… some paid contractors) at clearing the 'dense, trackless forest', putting up temporary buildings, and developing a …
Type: Biography
… the Whakatāne and District Historical Society and the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. She …
Type: Biography
… settlers, many of Irish origin, struggled to clear the forest and create swamp-free pastures. Kaikōura languished …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Marlborough places
… kākā and kea. These birds evolved in ancient forests at the time of the dinosaurs. While mammals were …
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Part of story: Land birds – overview
… and later, in 1961, negotiated its merger with New Zealand Forest Products. He was also chairman of directors of the …
Type: Biography
… became cunning and hid from musterers. They lived in the forest, coming out to feed on the nearby pastures. Some went …
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Part of story: Beef farming
… were also protests against the ongoing logging of native forests. The influence of ecology As scientists gained a …
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Part of story: National parks
… in the area at the time. McKee later formed Tasman Forests Limited and planted Pinus insignis ( P. radiata ) …
Type: Biography