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… that native plants and animals would be preserved, and introduced species controlled or exterminated. More national …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: National parks
… developer New Zealand (like Australia) was very slow to introduce sociology into the university curriculum. This may …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Intellectuals
… 1950s, and their ongoing decline is mainly due to stoats. Introduced trout probably compete for food. Conservation …
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Part of story: Wetland birds
… force focuses on: maritime patrols: six P3K Orion aircraft, introduced in 1966 and upgraded to P3K2 standard from 2011 … eight NH90 and five AgustaWestland A190 helicopters, introduced in stages from 2011. Other services include air …
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Part of story: Armed forces
… poetry. A first-year course in geology with W. N. Benson introduced him to the riddles of the fossil record and was … member of the Otago Bridge Club, he was instrumental in introducing the contract game, tutored during the depression …
Type: Biography
… in horticultural and, later, veterinary science were introduced; and female students were encouraged. In 1947 … to achieve and great determination. Again and again he introduced new projects and he was generally persuasive in …
Type: Biography
… to that in other western countries. European background Introduced from the Americas to Europe by Christopher … pipe racks and smoking hats. Māori smoking Māori were introduced to the habit by whalers, and it spread quickly. …
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Part of story: Smoking
… economy was largely dependent on products derived from introduced grass. Forests and tussock were cut down and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Economy and the environment
… and neck. The royal spoonbill or kōtuku-ngutupapa is a self-introduced native; yellow-billed spoonbills also …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Wetland birds
… that would be suitable for the cut-flower trade. Jack Hobbs introduced the ‘Wiri’ series of dwarf and semi-dwarf mānuka. …
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Part of story: Horticultural use of native plants
… hand shears. Header harvesters, firstly horse-drawn, were introduced in the late 1920s, and by the mid-1930s had …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rural workers
… food production – canning and refrigeration – were introduced. Household refrigerators appeared in the 1920s, …
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Part of story: Food and beverage manufacturing
… of the southern North Island – and in Hawaii, where it was introduced for timber – it has become a serious weed, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tall broadleaf trees
… late 1991 Parliament passed the Electoral Referendum Act, introduced by Prime Minister Jim Bolger’s National …
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Part of story: Referendums
… of asylum seekers since the late 1980s, the government introduced regulations and new laws designed to: hasten the …
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Part of story: Refugees
… A few years after they left, the Madrid Protocol banned all introduced species (other than people) from the continent. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Antarctica and New Zealand
… the courier market in August 1989 as CourierPost, and later introduced ‘track and trace’ technology. Cycle couriers …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Mail and couriers
… produced in New Zealand, and while some soft cheeses were introduced in the early 1900s, demand for these was small. …
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Part of story: Food
… that were closed to the public. As an experiment, they were introduced to Somes Island (Matiu), in Wellington Harbour, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tuatara
… climate, geology, the marine environment, native and introduced plants and animals; developing better plant …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Research institutions