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Kōrero: Rabbits

Rabbit warren

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Rabbit warren

Rabbits prefer to make their warrens in sandy banks. This hill face in Gibbston valley, Central Otago, is riddled with burrows, and much of the vegetation has been destroyed. Heavy rainfall would continue the damage started by the rabbits’ burrowing and overgrazing, and could lead to soil erosion.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 K3814

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Robert Peden, Rabbits – Rabbits’ impact on farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15252/rabbit-warren (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.