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… Zealand’s first acclimatisers – around 1250–1300 AD they introduced kiore (Pacific rats), kūmara (sweet potato), … fruticosa ). Early European seafarers liberated pigs and introduced potatoes in the late 1700s. In the 1800s Pākehā … new to science. There was an almost religious fervour for introducing animals and plants to new lands where they might …
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Part of story: Acclimatisation
… alpine zone is less disturbed, and less compromised by introduced plants and animals, than many other native … mammals European settlement had a much greater impact. Some introduced plants are now abundant and widespread. The … wild sheep do not live at such altitudes. Chamois and tahr, introduced to South Island mountains in the early 20th …
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Part of story: Alpine plants
… North Africa and Asia. Also known as German owls, they were introduced to Britain in the 1870s. Between 1906 and 1910, … it has a shorter tail. Diet and behaviour Little owls were introduced with the aim of reducing the population of small introduced birds, which had become pests on farms. There …
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Part of story: Introduced land birds
… known species are: 123 species of Acanthodrilidae, two introduced (non-native) 53 species of Megascolecidae (three introduced) 17 species of Lumbricidae (all introduced) one species of Glossoscolecidae (introduced). …
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Part of story: Earthworms
… no longer have enough food to sustain them through winter. Introduced animals People have also introduced animals that damage the bush: Possums feed mainly …
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Part of story: Introduced animal pests
… Four parliamentary seats to represent Māori were introduced in 1867, with the intention that they would be …
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… people became concerned about the negative impact of some introduced species on New Zealand’s environment, and native …
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Part of story: Biosecurity
… it leads to dryer conditions in some areas. Habitats of the introduced frogs The introduced Australian bell frogs usually live near water, …
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Part of story: Frogs
… possum is New Zealand’s most damaging animal pest. Introduced deliberately for the fur trade, this cat-sized …
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… New Zealand. When electricity and town water supplies were introduced, electricians and plumbers were also needed. …
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… The arrival of humans and the animals they introduced has had a devastating effect on New Zealand’s …
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… (chanted song-poetry) to contemporary composers who draw on introduced musical styles and influences, the Māori world …
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… Introduced fish In the late 1800s and early 1900s, British settlers introduced fish of the Salmonidae family – trout and salmon …
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Part of story: Coarse fish
… and the subantarctic island coasts. New toxic microalgae Introduced toxic microalgae or phytoplankton can cause … around New Zealand, but one that is thought to have been introduced is Gymnodinium catenatum , discovered in 2000 in …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… on all the islands, but it is locally modified by weeds introduced by humans. On Raoul, the only forested island, … Island the New Zealand tūī is the most common species. Introduced plants and animals The introduction of goats, …
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Part of story: Kermadec Islands
… Introduced for sport in the 19th century, deer became a pest …
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… sailed with them from England to New Zealand. Originally introduced to pollinate English plants, bees settled in well …
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… autumn and winter) – called ‘the season’. Native and introduced birds The grey duck, Australasian shoveler, … Zealand pigeon and even godwit were hunted by Europeans. Introducing game birds European settlers introduced birds to …
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Part of story: Game birds