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Kōrero: Dune lands

Hand-planting marram grass

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Hand-planting marram grass

Men and women plant marram grass at Te Kaeo on the Aupōuri Peninsula in 1973. This was an early stage in stabilising these active dunes, which were later planted in radiata pine.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQA 6395 M11697

by John Johns

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Dune lands – The ‘problem’ of drifting sands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14041/hand-planting-marram-grass (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.