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… The bryozoan Watersipora arcuata arrived in the Auckland region in 1955–56 and later spread to the South Island. It … mussel lines and has been a nuisance on mussel farms in the Marlborough Sounds. In 2005, the clubbed tunicate Styela …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… Mines Department in some of the least accessible parts of Marlborough, Nelson and south Westland. This work involved … districts and quickly built up an intimate knowledge of the region, much of it acquired from arduous journeys on foot or …
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… there were 19 polo clubs and about 300 players. The major regions are Waikato, Hawke’s Bay and Canterbury/Marlborough. Rodeo Rodeo originated in the west of the …
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Part of story: Rural recreation
… worked on contract cutting flax. The main flax-milling region was Manawatū, where the largest mills were built … mills in Northland, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty, Wairarapa, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, Southland and on the West …
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Part of story: Flax and flax working
… (exotic or native). Saved by trees Research in the Gisborne region by Landcare scientist Mike Marden showed that … caused by farming. An example is Molesworth Station in Marlborough, once a sheep station ravaged by rabbits. Sheep …
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Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… Horowhenua coasts Interrupted only by river outlets, the region’s sweep of beach was the major communication route … installation (a second is at Waihopai in Marlborough). The settlements are generally free of the …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… Forest Park, on the east coast north of Napier, in the Marlborough Sounds and in Central Otago. By 2016 wilding … problem in the Auckland, Waikato and coastal Bay of Plenty regions, where it has displaced many native canopy trees. In …
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Part of story: Weeds of the bush
… to botanise more extensively was the north-west Nelson region, particularly Kahurangi National Park and its … region, compiling 75 plant lists, and another 43 trips in Marlborough, producing 49 plant lists. With his … species that had not been identified before. In the Nelson-Marlborough region, he identified 135 taxonomic groups as …
Type: Biography
… and Heritage The Prow, an encyclopedia of the Nelson and Marlborough regions the Department of Conservation’s website, which …
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Part of story: Digital media and the internet
… New Zealand, comprising North Island clubs and Nelson and Marlborough. In 1895 Auckland clubs split from the … Association. The association consisted of 17 centres (regions), eight in the North Island and nine in the South, … Bowls New Zealand. In 2012 the country was split into three regions: Northern, Central and Southern, covering 27 centres …
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Part of story: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin
… wake of this change – from 493 in 1988 to 1,653 in 1998. Regional restaurants Beyond the main centres, restaurants opened in the regions associated with wine-making, such as Marlborough, Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay. Some vineyards …
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Part of story: Restaurants and food outlets
… and his wife, Amy Evelyn Wynn. He was educated at Marlborough College, and graduated MA in botany from the … Board (1955–56). He was an early advocate of the Auckland Regional Botanic Garden and supported the scheme for a …
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… settlement on the plains. Land purchase Most of the region was purchased from Ngāi Tahu by the government in … by men trying to find ways to bring sheep from Nelson and Marlborough into Canterbury. Routes were discovered from the …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… were opened at Port Nicholson (Wellington), Cloudy Bay in Marlborough and Waikouaiti in Otago. Further stations opened … Jean Baptiste Pompallier was appointed bishop of this region and he and his small team arrived in the Hokianga in …
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Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… fires. When Europeans arrived, less than one-tenth of the region was forested. Timber was cut or burnt to create … became a problem when they spread into Canterbury from Marlborough and Otago in the 1880s. Goats and red deer also …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… port in the 1860s, supplying both the West Coast and Marlborough with imports. The number of ships and tonnages … Nelson’s airport opened in 1938. For decades it was a small regional facility, and flights went via Wellington, but by …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… family involvement in the claim when he assumed the regional tribal leadership after Hāriata’s death in 1938. He … areas and the restitution of traditional place names in Marlborough and Northern Canterbury. In the 1980s she served …
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… Golden Bay Fred Tyree travelled widely around the Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast regions, capturing with technical excellence his now-famous …
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… National Park (23,703 hectares) is in the north-west Nelson region, on the northern part of the Pikikiruna Range, … Nelson Lakes National Park Located between Nelson and Marlborough, just south of St Arnaud village, Nelson Lakes …
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Part of story: National parks
… with a population of 2,118 in 2013. Known as the heart of Marlborough’s wine region, Renwick is at the junction of state highways 6 (to …
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Part of story: Marlborough places