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… show that it was once present on the mainland. Habitat loss Forest clearance by Māori and European settlers has reduced … clearance has now stopped, the continued fragmentation of forests may cause the larger, flightless, and less common …
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Part of story: Beetles
… confined to areas where the soil is disturbed less often – forests, old gardens, hills and mountains. There are 36 known native species that live in forest litter. Seven species have been recorded from Stewart …
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Part of story: Earthworms
… pittosporums are common throughout the country, growing in forest and scrub from the coast to subalpine habitats. … ) is a small tree or shrub, conspicuous in coastal forest. It grows naturally on the Three Kings Islands and … when its leaves are crushed. Lemonwood is common in forests throughout the North and South islands, growing from …
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Part of story: Shrubs and small trees of the forest
… most damaging animal pest, wreaking havoc on native forests. Possums are found virtually everywhere on mainland … forest and shrubland. Black possums predominate in wetter, forested areas, including the Kaimai Range, Te Urewera, …
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Part of story: Possums
… The importance of fertiliser Farmers, horticulturists and foresters all want their pastures, crops or trees to grow as … of fertiliser is applied annually to pastures, crops and forests by truck or tractor, or by fixed-wing or helicopter … hill pastures receive fertiliser every one to three years, forests may be topdressed only at 10-year intervals. …
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Part of story: Topdressing
… The sea and the forest were seen as the two food baskets of the traditional Māori economy. Bounty of the forest In the forest, birds were important as a supply of protein. Before …
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Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… in most parts of Australia. Diet Possums eat and damage the forest at every point, taking mainly leaves, but also buds, … these are among the first species to be eaten out of the forest. Damage to plants and animals When possums eat a … selectively, possums have radically altered the makeup of forests. In the 1960s, possums opened up large tracts of …
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Part of story: Introduced animal pests
… engaged him to report on the country's indigenous forests and in December 1885 he was appointed chief …
Type: Biography
… vegetation Before humans arrived, much of the region was forested, with some tussock grass in the lowlands and also in valleys amid forests. Snow tussock predominated above the treeline. Human …
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Part of story: Southland region
… Pūriri Pūriri ( Vitex lucens ), a stout forest tree that can reach 23 metres high, often has a … that includes teak. Pūriri grows in coastal and lowland forest in the northern half of the North Island. It often … ( Beilschmiedia tawa ) is the main canopy tree of lowland forests with fertile soils in the central and southern North …
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Part of story: Tall broadleaf trees
… was doubled to $10,000. Magic song Of all New Zealand forest birds, the kōkako is considered to have the most … discomfort in the bush to be awakened at dawn by this rare forest music. 1 Its other calls sound like a cackle, a … and King Country. A few also survive in Northland’s kauri forests. In the late 1980s, it was estimated that 350 pairs …
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Part of story: Large forest birds
… J. W. Lee and Arthur Wright in milling kahikatea swamp forest at Koputaroa, near Moutoa, displaying considerable … to extract logs on ground too wet for horses. This forest was cleared by 1898, whereupon Wright and Carter … which held cutting rights to substantial Māori-owned forests. With the railway completed, logging of previously …
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… in the 19th century, deer became a pest in New Zealand’s forests. Hunted first by government cullers, and later from …
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… bush yarns, several wrote about finding a way through the forest. Here is a selection. …
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Part of story: The New Zealand bush
… Phantoms of the forest, these strange insects are well camouflaged. They …
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… such as kohekohe, are only found close to the coast. Forests Before human clearances began, the flood plains were …
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Part of story: Ecoregions
… It is now accepted that the coastal plains were originally forested, and that these vegetarian birds browsed trees, … There were also heavy-footed moa. Where there were swamp forests (none now survive), the eastern moa was most common. …
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Part of story: Moa
… the edges of wetlands – was low-lying and covered in thick forest. Increased open spaces As mountains formed during the … either spread from open coastal habitats or evolved from forest-dwelling ancestors. Since humans settled in New … open country, while the laughing owl lived in both open and forested areas. These birds are all now extinct. …
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Part of story: Birds of mountains and open country
… of cones) are a diverse group, including the giants of the forest – kauri and kahikatea – as well as the shrub-like …
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… trees – evergreen flowering trees that make up the forest canopy. …
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