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Kōrero: Rangitāne

Te whakawātea i te ngahere

Deforestation

Nō ngā tekau tau o 1860 me 1870 ka hokona e te kāwanatanga ngā whenua o Manawatu hei whakanoho i ngā tāngata whai. Ka topea, ka whakawāteatia te ngahere ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua. Ka kite i te whakaahua nei te āhua o te whenua i muri i te topenga o te ngahere. Ko Matamau tēnei wāhi, kei te takiwā o Tanewaka (Dannevirke) i te tekau tau atu i 1880.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, E. R. Williams Collection

Reference: 1/1-025788; G

by William Williams

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mason Durie rāua ko Meihana Durie, Rangitāne – 19th century: war, settlement and leadership, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4253/te-whakawatea-i-te-ngahere (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mason Durie rāua ko Meihana Durie, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 3 March 2017.

Comments

Brigitte
03 August 2013
I wonder what happened to all the birds and natural life living in the forest, once their homes were burnt to the ground