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Kōrero: Regional economies

Canterbury Plains and South Island high country

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Canterbury Plains and South Island high country

The Canterbury Plains in the foreground, bisected here by the massive braided Rakaia River, and the high country rising to the summits of the Southern Alps in the background, form two distinct ecological regions, with different economies.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN24034/27

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Regional economies – Early regional economies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25208/canterbury-plains-and-south-island-high-country (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.