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Kōrero: Grasslands

Tramping

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Tramping

These trampers are following a track near Borland Saddle in Fiordland National Park. Much of the South Island high country above the treeline is dominated by tussock grasslands. The higher rainfall areas are mostly formally protected as conservation land, in this case a national park. Trampers are familiar with these alpine tussock lands, which they call the ‘tops’.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10058223

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Alan F. Mark, Grasslands – Land ownership, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13366/tramping (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Alan F. Mark, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.