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… bigger role. Poems include James K. Baxter’s ‘High country weather’ and Denis Glover’s ‘Arawata Bill’. Among …
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Part of story: Mountains
… in the country, although like everywhere in New Zealand the weather can be erratic. Typical maximum summer daytime …
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Part of story: Northland region
… forest. Nearer the coast, on easier topography, the more weathered gravels support Nelson’s apple and pear orchards. …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… vegetation to trap the sand that moves onshore during fair weather. Plants have been used successfully to bind sand …
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Part of story: Coastal erosion
… dead whale tail-first back to land, perhaps in rough wintry weather. As a reward for their labours, the crew might …
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Part of story: Whaling
… Zealand lies in a southerly direction and in a different weather system. The prevailing winds make it difficult to …
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Part of story: When was New Zealand first settled?
… almost entirely volcanic. They are older, lower, and more weathered than the eastern ranges. Eastern ranges To the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… broadcasts, but these were soon joined by news bulletins, weather reports and sports coverage. The radio occupied a …
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Part of story: Domestic recreation and hobbies
… district was dependent on maritime transport, with few all-weather roads and no railway. Smith and his nurses travelled …
Type: Biography
… sewage, and filled with other rubbish, stank in warm weather. By the 1860s the cities realised they had a …
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Part of story: Sewage, water and waste
… stone could be cut with a saw, although it hardened as it weathered. Most stonemasons were multi-skilled, also working …
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Part of story: Building trades
… identified the location where the ship went down but bad weather prevented any attempt to dive. Although he did not …
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… section of State Highway 6 in 1965 provided an all-weather road link with the rest of the West Coast. History …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… sodium, calcium and other elements released from the slow weathering of the parent material. Consequently, lime-rich …
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Part of story: Soils
… appalled, but ignored Kain's concern about deteriorating weather and pressed on. Their decision to traverse the …
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… the 20th century, and they were hard to negotiate in wet weather. The winding road between Hamilton and Raglan was …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… eastern end of the spit opened and closed in response to weather and other conditions. When closed, the lakes’ levels …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… when the railway was put through to Auckland, and an all-weather road was not completed until 1934. Industrial growth …
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Part of story: Northland places
… largest producer of hydroelectricity. About-turn The weather in New Zealand is very changeable – it’s often said …
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Part of story: Wind and solar power
… of the moon, the configuration of the stars, and seasonal weather patterns. Hineteiwaiwa is perhaps the most widely …
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Part of story: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth