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Kōrero: Soil investigation

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - First observations

Māori agriculture

Māori agriculture

Māori soil names

Māori soil names

Māori gardens

Colonial Museum

Colonial Museum

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Early investigations and bush sickness: 1900–1930

Soil surveyors

Hartley Travers Ferrar

Hartley Travers Ferrar (1 o 2)

Otago soil map

Otago soil map (2 o 2)

Bush sickness

Cobalt-deficient areas

Cobalt-deficient areas

Mai i te whārangi 3 - DSIR soil science: 1930–1950

Soil Bureau headquarters

Soil Bureau headquarters

Drafting a soil map

Drafting a soil map

Harry Gibbs, soil scientist

Harry Gibbs, soil scientist

Hazards of fieldwork

Hazards of fieldwork

Charles Wright

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Golden age of soil survey: 1951–1985

Soils and teeth

Soils and teeth

‘New Zealand has soil!’

‘New Zealand has soil!’

John Walker talks about soil

John Walker talks about soil

Alan Pullar and Colin Vucetich

Alan Pullar and Colin Vucetich

Portable drilling rig

Portable drilling rig

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Changing role of soil science: 1986 onwards

The living mantle

The living mantle

Student field trip

Student field trip

Land use map

Computerised soil mapping

Computerised soil mapping

Learning about soils

Learning about soils

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

P. J. Tonkin, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/soil-investigation/media (accessed 29 March 2023)

He kōrero nā P. J. Tonkin, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007