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… Plants Before humans arrived Hawke’s Bay was heavily forested. Beech trees and subalpine plants grew on the … these plants with exotic pasture grasses for farming. Forests in southern Hawke’s Bay, and on the hill country and …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… interior rises to 1,000 metres above sea level, with beech forests and an area of red tussock called Moa Park. In the … nearby Rabbit Island, where it is used to fertilise a pine forest. Wildlife The park is home to forest and sea birds. …
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Part of story: National parks
… growth form. Some shrublands are a temporary stage in forest regeneration, while others are permanent. …
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… Scrambling up forest trees, or swarming alongside roads and railway …
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… can find them in a wide range of habitats, from swamps to forests to alpine herb fields. …
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… On the east, where it is drier, beech predominates and the forest is more open. Arete Peak and Mt Hector The range … to the dense supplejack vines that often make these forests almost impenetrable. Today a narrow road follows the …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… Kauri grew throughout the extensive forests of the peninsula before the arrival of Europeans. It …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… In the misty mountain tops or deep in the forests lived the patupaiarehe – fairy-like beings who were …
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… holidaymakers enjoy its quiet towns, rugged coastline and forested mountains. …
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… first arrived in Central Otago, it was probably covered in forests of mataī and tōtara. However, Māori burnt much of … of native forest in the Catlins district, and plantation forests around Tapanui and in other districts closer to …
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Part of story: Otago region
… Tokoroa can also mean a long pole or staff. Farming and forestry The area around Tokoroa was owned by the Thames … forestry, and between 1925 and 1935 New Zealand Perpetual Forests planted radiata pine forests close to Tokoroa. When …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… Most of the 100 or so species of Podocarpus grow in tropical forests in the southern hemisphere, although some are found … in the South Island, Hall’s tōtara formed extensive forests on the eastern side and in Central Otago. These were …
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Part of story: Conifers
… abundant marine life, a benign climate and luxuriant forests: the features which inspired James Cook to name the …
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… of New Zealand for settlement. Railways connected farms, forests and mines to markets and ports, and fostered the …
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… although the days when they roamed far from home to play in forests or on beaches with no supervision are largely over – …
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… Tūhoe developed a powerful connection with the mountains, forests and rivers. They say that their ancestors were Te …
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… New Zealand’s rugged terrain, many rivers and dense forest made it difficult to build roads. People in isolated …
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… especially the battles fought by Tāne, guardian of the forest and its tiny creatures. …
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… Once covered in forest, today rural New Zealand is mostly pasture. However, … prevent erosion and can control waterways. Timber from farm forestry can also be used on the farm or sold for a profit. …
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