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Story: Trees in the rural landscape

Olive grove

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Olive grove

Some owners of small rural holdings plant tree crops for income from their land. These olive trees have been planted on what was previously a sheep paddock, on a Wairarapa farm.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Trees in the rural landscape – Ornamental plantings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19712/olive-grove (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.