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Story: Trees in the rural landscape

Radiata pine woodlot

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Radiata pine woodlot

Radiata pine is the most common species grown in small woodlots. The trees can be harvested and sold or used on the farm for fencing, construction or as firewood. This woodlot is on a farm near Rātana, south-east of Whanganui.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Trees in the rural landscape – Rural radiata, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19693/radiata-pine-woodlot (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.