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Kōrero: Forest succession and regeneration

Mānuka/kānuka regeneration

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Mānuka/kānuka regeneration

After a stage of mānuka and/or kānuka, a forest can develop in many different ways, depending on the location, seed sources and the presence of browsing animals. This table shows a range of forest types that have regenerated through mānuka and kānuka in the North Island and the Marlborough Sounds.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Bob Brockie, A living New Zealand forest. Auckland: David Bateman, 1992.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Forest succession and regeneration – Mānuka, kānuka and gorse, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/11908/manukakanuka-regeneration (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.