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… relocated and most kākāpō are now found on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island off Stewart Island’s west coast. Kākā, and … is rare. Several shag species nest on the shoreline and New Zealand fur seals breed – mostly on offshore islands, but …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… to the Chatham Islanders who served overseas in the New Zealand armed services in the world wars, and in memory of … his successors, the Barkers, were still farming in 2000. A fish-freezing business operated throughout the 20th century. …
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Part of story: Chatham Islands
… Price setting and subsidies In 1973 the New Zealand economy faltered as export prices fell and the price … in expanding markets in Japan, particularly for aluminium, fish, wool and kiwifruit. In 1980 no single market took more …
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Part of story: Overseas trade policy
… individuals form colonies in thick, moss-like crusts. New Zealand is a centre for bryozoan diversity. Almost 1,000 … relationship is closer to lamp shells (brachiopods), shellfish, and worms. Although tiny (0.5–1 millimetre), …
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Part of story: Marine animals without backbones
… and Tōtara Estate, which processed the carcasses for New Zealand's first frozen meat shipment in 1882. Duntroon … businesses have operated since the 1980s. Moeraki Fishing and holiday locality 37 km south of Ōamaru, on a …
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Part of story: Otago places
… From late winter into summer, groups moving inland would fish the rivers. Forest birds such as kākā, kākāpō, kererū, … Hāwea and Rapuwai, was assimilated into Ngāti Māmoe – newcomers from the north – through warfare and then … of HMS Acheron, during its marathon charting of the New Zealand coast, climbed Bluff Hill and was excited by the …
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Part of story: Southland region
… natural resources. Oyster-shell lure at Tairua In 1964 a fish lure made from the shell of a pearl oyster was found … dig at Tairua. Given the absence of pearl oysters in New Zealand waters, it must have belonged to a migrant from East …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… became steadily more popular during the 20th century. New Zealand’s population was becoming urbanised, and valued the … done A motor-camp holiday permitted men to spend the day fishing, or drinking beer around a wobbly table. Children …
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Part of story: Camping
… Land area Wellington: 2,123 sq km New Zealand: 268,690 sq km Climate (National Institute of Water … pattern is most distinctive) Agriculture, forestry and fishing Wellington: 0.3% New Zealand: 5.7% Manufacturing …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… associated with building a house, making a canoe, hunting, fishing or waging war. Some feasts, known as paremata or … that ‘ceremonious visits are regarded as gala days by the New Zealanders’. 4 Writing about gatherings, ethnologist Elsdon …
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Part of story: Leisure in traditional Māori society – ngā mahi a te rēhia
… mountain to the Crown in 1887. This formed the basis of New Zealand’s first national park. He observed, ‘Tongariro is my … mountainous land had not always been here, but had been fished up from the bottom of the sea. They also compared the …
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Part of story: Mountains
… Land area Taranaki: 7,213 sq km 1 New Zealand: 268,690 sq km Climate (National Institute of Water … pattern is most distinctive) Agriculture, forestry and fishing Taranaki: 7.5% New Zealand: 5.7% Manufacturing …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… and Company, gave the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, £2,000 towards establishing the Wolf Harris chair … honey, and then examined the nutritive value of New Zealand fish and other regional foods. He introduced into New …
Type: Biography
… fearful of Māori radicalism. Early years and emigration to New Zealand Hilda Rosenbaum was born in Cape Town, South Africa, … arrangements to allocate a portion of commercial fishing rights to Māori, and to consider redress for proven …
Type: Biography
… set up large libraries for the use of the station hands. Newspapers passed from hand to hand, and were used to line … In the early days, they shot birds like kererū (New Zealand pigeons) or chased pigs. Later goats and deer became … game laws, became a recognised right of colonial men. Fishing was another pastime for days off. Colonists copied …
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Part of story: Rural recreation
… Of about 12,700 animal species known in the waters around New Zealand, 90% are invertebrates. They are an incredibly … lifestyles. The best represented groups are molluscs (shellfish, octopus and squid) and crustaceans (crabs, rock …
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Part of story: Marine animals without backbones
… Brittle stars Brittle stars look like thin starfish. They usually have five long skinny arms – but … as Astroba granulatus , are also known as basket stars. New Zealand has at least 165 species of brittle star, but they …
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Part of story: Starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms
… sea Adult eels probably spawn at some depth in warm seas. New Zealand’s shortfin eels produce 1.5–3 million eggs, and the … the longfin eel’s access to the sea in 35% of its habitat. Fish out of water As a young man, author David Graham worked …
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Part of story: Eels
… of the then-depressed mining industry, he formed a new company, Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand, with the assistance of the Rothschild family. … including old mining settlements. Deer hunting and trout fishing are possible in many places. …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… who greatly advanced knowledge of fossil reptiles in New Zealand. Wiffen, who described herself as ‘a rank amateur, a … seemed to sprout fossils … There were rocks encrusted with fish teeth, shark teeth, fish scales and vertebrae, gleaming …
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