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… The vigorous, hardy weeds on New Zealand farms and forest plantations can be harmful in many ways – they poison …
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… sources of energy. Its rivers, geothermal springs and pine forests are already producing electricity and heat. In the …
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… livestock on most farms was provided by remnants of native forest, left after the land was turned into pasture. These … Most have disappeared, and it has been largely up to farm forestry advocates, and more recently regional councils, to encourage farmers to use native bush for shelter. Forests for farms The New Zealand Farm Forestry Association …
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Part of story: Shelter on farms
… Forestry Small sawmills operated in many valleys in the 19th century as lowland forests were cleared. Exotic forestry in Nelson began around … from the late 1920s. By the mid-1950s the area’s exotic forests were second in extent only to the great forests of … Forestry, fishing, manufacturing and tourism …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… in 1840 In 1840, when European colonisation began, forests covered the interior, and there were dunes, … of shellfish, the rivers and streams for eels, and the forests to obtain birds, particularly kākā (parrots) and …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… offshore islands. Impact of grazing animals New Zealand’s forests are now home to 14 wild introduced grazing animals, … deer and the brushtail possum. These have transformed forest understoreys and regeneration patterns. Some forest …
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Part of story: Human effects on the environment
… fruit turns yellow when ripe. Banana passionfruit grows at forest edges in the North Island and in warmer parts of the … roadside, in bush margins, clearings and in regenerating forest. In 1925 the New Zealand government vainly offered a … It still remains a serious pest in scrubland and forest reserves in Northland, Nelson, the West Coast and …
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Part of story: Weeds of the bush
… New Zealand’s forests provided Māori with food in the form of birds – …
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… German wasp and common wasp, which have invaded the beech forests. Native and introduced bees are busy pollinators, …
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… New Zealand kauri, is restricted to the sub-tropical forests in areas north of latitude 38° S (in Auckland, … kauri have a narrow pyramid shape. As the trees reach the forest canopy, which takes 50 years or more, they shed their …
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Part of story: Kauri forest
… Alpine shrublands Above the treeline, the forest suddenly gives way to shrubland or grassland. Alpine … as a dense band of scrub up to 200 metres above subalpine forest, or as a mosaic with tussock grasses and alpine … lacebark ( Hoheria lyallii ) forms tall shrublands and low forests on old slip faces and in gullies. It is one of New …
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Part of story: Shrublands
… private railway from Putaruru, completed in 1905. Today the forest, the rail track and most of the town are gone. The … the site of an outdoor education school. In the 1970s, the forest around Pureora was the scene of protests by …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… the grey crags … to be received … amid the spray-glittering forest, into a magic pool’. So wrote Victorian essayist …
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… fell for four months. Vegetation Much of the region was forested in 1840, but between 1880 and 1920 most of the … wetter climate meant it was less easily cleared. Regrowth forests are more extensive. Kānuka is most widespread, while …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… land mammals. In pre-human times, they darted about the forests in their millions, but today they are reduced to a …
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… were planted with introduced species, or turned into pine forest, golf courses or housing. Today many remaining dunes …
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… be the original kaitiaki – for instance, Tāne, god of the forest, was the kaitiaki of the forest. All other kaitiaki emulate those original ones. Many … and whānau (families) care for a place such as a lake or forest. They work to conserve the natural heritage, address …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… woman) married Tūteahuru, a grandson of Tāne, god of the forest. They produced a vast number of insects and lizards … time when the moths lay their eggs as they fly through the forest. They then die, falling to the forest floor. Damaging trees After the eggs hatch, the anuhe …
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Part of story: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world
… New Zealand’s extensive coastline and dense forests proved a lucky combination for enterprising …
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