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… grasslands . Possums , deer , goats and other European-introduced animals have wreaked havoc on the native bush, … Wetlands are home to 20% of New Zealand's indigenous birds. Introduced plants Much of New Zealand’s land area is farmed. …
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Part of story: Natural environment
… because of several factors: With increased light, algae and introduced weeds have spread in rivers, while the warmer … silver tussock and many sedge species are common. Introduced plants such as pines, willows, lupins and …
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Part of story: Rivers
… first mainline diesel-electrics, English Electric DEs, were introduced in 1950, followed by more powerful DFs and DGs. … on the Midland line. In 1929 electric locomotives were introduced on the Christchurch–Lyttelton line, which … early 1980s, when Hungarian-built Ganz-Mavag EM units were introduced. After decades of debate, the central section of …
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Part of story: Railways
… Introduction of shotguns Breach-loading shotguns were introduced to field sports in the 1800s, allowing ducks to … Introduction of birds In New Zealand, early settlers introduced over 20 different species of wildfowl and upland … areas of wetland. Acclimatisation societies successfully introduced the mallard duck and Canada goose, and large bags …
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Part of story: Duck shooting
… by former New Zealand governor George Grey, the Bells introduced a variety of fruit trees and other plants, some … occupied since 1939. A prickly problem Mysore thorn was introduced from India as a hedging plant to keep goats out … Napier and Nugent islands) have never been modified by introduced mammals, so have retained their original bird …
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Part of story: Kermadec Islands
… new Noxious Weeds Act became law, and successive acts were introduced to meet the changing patterns of the agricultural …
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Part of story: Weeds of agriculture
… piped straight from a river or lake until chlorination was introduced from the 1950s. Something in the water Since the … not reduce or manage pollution. Clean-air zones were first introduced in Christchurch in the 1960s. Government …
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Part of story: Public health
… hold a cabinet post. As education minister Hanan sought to introduce several major reforms. Among these were the … to their perceived academic and practical aptitudes. He introduced a medical inspection scheme and, later, a dental …
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… to those with the greatest health risks, and later, to introduce more consumer choice in the system. Hospitals were … 1996. Community services cards for low-income people were introduced in 1992. These entitled users to higher GP and …
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Part of story: Primary health care
… runs were fenced and stock regularly dipped. Rabbits were introduced for sport, but reached plague-like proportions in … time, with the least faults. Over the years organisers have introduced new contests – wool processing, wool handling, … from which found ready markets. When milk tankers were introduced from the 1930s, the industry was rationalised and …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region
… been an integral part of racing. Before the totalisator was introduced in 1880, bookmakers, sweepstakes or private … betting, with the second horse getting 25% of the pool, was introduced. Next came doubles (for winners of two specified … bet types were developed when an automatic totalisator was introduced in 1913. Meanwhile, in the face of more …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… to conscription First World War When conscription was introduced in 1916 the views of conscientious objectors … he would not kill. 1 Second World War Conscription was introduced in 1940 and almost 5,000 men applied to appeal … to compulsory military training In 1909 New Zealand introduced compulsory military training (CMT) for young men …
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Part of story: Conscription, conscientious objection and pacifism
… bleak winters and coarse wet feed in summer. The breed was introduced into New Zealand in 1853 and became popular … ability of the existing sheep flock. The Southdown was introduced in 1842, and was cross-bred to produce … but is no longer found in New Zealand. The Shropshire was introduced in 1864 and was popular as a fat-lamb sire in the …
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Part of story: Sheep farming
… escape predators, then flight became an expensive luxury. Introduced mammalian predators The majority of the world’s … and their extinction was mainly caused by people and introduced predatory mammals. When rats, stoats and human …
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Part of story: Land birds – overview
… change in the United Kingdom and Australia with care and introduced reforms into the Otago system of schooling. He … an additional inspector, Donald Petrie from Melbourne, and introducing, with some misgiving, a more centralised and …
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… was the Bay of Plenty Regional Council which, in 2004, introduced Māori seats elected by voters on the Māori … population of 27.5%. In 2013 the Waikato Regional Council introduced two Māori wards. From 2012 several other … before establishing Māori wards. Councils that had introduced Māori wards without holding a referendum were …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation
… their power. Manually operated machines are still used and introduced, despite the move to other forms of power. One … Wheeled ploughs, which were easier to control, were introduced later. Ploughs helped Māori agriculture flourish … in the 1840s and 1850s. As more draught horses were introduced, farmers were able to use heavier multi-furrow …
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Part of story: Farm mechanisation
… Twelve are endemic (unique to New Zealand) and four are introduced. They are about 5 millimetres long and, as with … species are reasonably widespread throughout New Zealand. Introduced species There are four introduced mosquito …
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Part of story: Sandflies and mosquitoes
… in the first part of the 19th century was exposure to introduced diseases. Māori were extremely vulnerable to the … coastal ports. Māori were also quick to accept introduced livestock and crops, notably pigs and potatoes, … higher than that expected for a population exposed to newly introduced diseases. Of the total deaths, perhaps 700 per …
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Part of story: Taupori Māori – Māori population change
… Secretary of Justice John Robson. Among the reforms they introduced were periodic detention (community-based … for drug offences. Many continued using drugs in prison, introducing other prisoners to drug use. By the mid-1970s … the country’s prisons. In the late 1970s prison authorities introduced searches by drug dogs, drug tests for prisoners …
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Part of story: Prisons