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Kōrero: Soils

Pasture from deforested land

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Pasture from deforested land

Conifer–broadleaf forest and associated vegetation originally covered most of New Zealand. These forests were stable for a long period before people arrived in the country, so they provide a legacy of soils high in organic matter.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10055556

by Peter Morrison

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Allan Hewitt, Soils – Diversity and uniqueness, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12303/pasture-from-deforested-land (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Hewitt, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.