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Kōrero: East Coast region

East Coast vegetation

  • Landforms

    Landforms

  • Vegetation

    Vegetation

  • Place names

    Place names

  • Districts

    Districts

  • Highways

    Highways

In 1840 a large part of the East Coast was covered in native forest, but by 1930 much had been felled. In the 2000s the land surface was dominated by introduced grassland and plantation forests, with indigenous forest largely confined to the main ranges.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – Climate, flora and fauna, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/33277/east-coast-vegetation (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Monty Soutar, i tāngia i te 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.