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		<title>Kimbolton and Kiwitea &#8211; &#8220;putting the small man on the land&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/26/kimbolton-and-surrounds-putting-the-small-man-on-the-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amos Burr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheltenham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The area between Cheltenham and Kimbolton, north-east of the Manawatu town of Feilding, offers both interesting landscapes and history to the observant traveller [click here to view map]. But here, the history is not so much in what is there, but what isn&#8217;t there. The area, once part of the Kiwitea County, is speckled with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9669&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did tsunami cause resource wars in prehistoric New Zealand?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/21/did-a-tsunami-cause-resource-wars-in-prehistoric-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/21/did-a-tsunami-cause-resource-wars-in-prehistoric-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tsunami]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pa sites]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Shores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Bruce McFadgen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori settlement patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parihaka Pa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori warfare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists have conventionally divided New Zealand prehistory into two chronological phases: &#8220;Archaic Maori&#8221; and &#8220;Classic Maori&#8221;. These phases are defined by the distinctive assemblages of artefacts (such as adzes, fishing implements and ornaments) that are associated with each phase. But they also largely coincide with the centrality of big game to Maori subsistence. During the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9623&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lichen-covered fences and other miscellaneous ramblings</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/05/lichen-covered-fences-and-other-miscellaneous-ramblings/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/05/lichen-covered-fences-and-other-miscellaneous-ramblings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Akatawara Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cow and calf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lichen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reikorangi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post makes no pretensions of being a serious essay about environmental history; it is more an excuse to post a few pictures from the little Reikorangi expedition my son undertook a few days ago (see: Views of Kapiti 8: the kahikatea of Ngatiawa and The bridge between two counties: Ngatiawa Bridge). This first picture was taken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9526&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The bridge between two counties: Ngatiawa Bridge</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/02/the-bridge-between-two-counties-ngatiawa-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/02/the-bridge-between-two-counties-ngatiawa-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[historic bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangaone South Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangaone Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ngatiawa River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reikorangi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sawmilling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waikanae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waikanae River]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After our first excursion to Reikorangi on the last day of 2011 [see: Views of Kapiti 8: the kahikatea of Ngatiawa], I couldn&#8217;t resist another outing there with my son the next day. I find the landscapes of Reikorangi so alluring; the natural environment itself is varied and interesting, both in its contours and mix of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9464&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Year of the Dragon: a New Zealand &#8220;dragon&#8221; story</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/01/welcome-to-year-of-the-dragon-a-new-zealand-dragon-story/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2012/01/01/welcome-to-year-of-the-dragon-a-new-zealand-dragon-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cook Strait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living fossils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand dragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nga Manu Nature Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen's Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tuatara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Victoria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not being an avid follower of the Chinese zodiac, I was not aware that 2012 was the Year of the Dragon until yesterday, when I read a post of a favourite blogsite of mine. So, I thought it would be an opportune time to write about a New Zealand &#8220;dragon&#8221;. The tuatara represents 225 million [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9382&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Views of Kapiti 8: the kahikatea of Ngatiawa</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/31/views-of-kapiti-8-the-kahikatea-of-ngatiawa/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/31/views-of-kapiti-8-the-kahikatea-of-ngatiawa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[kahikatea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kapiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ngatiawa River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reikorangi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reikorangi School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sawmilling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a rainy afternoon on the last day of 2011, so the family and I went out on a drive into the countryside to get out of the house. We ventured into the Reikorangi hills to the east of Waikanae, and just at the junction of Ngatiawa and Kents Road [click here to view [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9346&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is cute, furry and ecologically devastating?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/30/what-is-cute-furry-and-ecologically-devastating/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/30/what-is-cute-furry-and-ecologically-devastating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fur trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[possums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tararua Ranges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokomaru]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Answer: a possum. Even this little fellow, still not fully grown, would wreak havoc on vegetables and fruit trees, and in an indigenous forest environment, shrubs, trees, bird young and eggs. Recently, we stayed at our friends&#8217; lifestyle block near Tokomaru, nestled in the foothills of the Tararua Ranges [click here to view map]. As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9309&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Omarupapaku &#8220;Old Mother Parker&#8221;: the forest that was</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/25/omarupapaku-old-mother-parker-the-forest-that-was/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/25/omarupapaku-old-mother-parker-the-forest-that-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Esler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E. J. Wakefield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foxton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foxton Port]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Wilson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kiekie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omarupapaku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Round Bush Reserve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Round Bush&#8221;, an unassuming reserve near the coastal town of Foxton, Manawatu, is a place of great significance &#8211; though a casual passer-by would barely notice it, let alone have any sense of this significance. A description of this remnant swamp forest is thought to be the first recorded account of the botany of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9242&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kirkin’ of the Tartan: the Scottish diaspora of Turakina</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/24/kirkin-of-the-tartan-the-scottish-diaspora-of-turakina/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/24/kirkin-of-the-tartan-the-scottish-diaspora-of-turakina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[short essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highland Clearances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirkin' of the Tartan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scottish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish diaspora]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Turakina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turakina Maori Girls College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By David Carnegie Young All my life I had driven through the village, the great iron gates to its cemetery and  spreading oaks speaking of a larger, lost past. From the 1950s I’d watched the gradual decline of a place that, long before my life, had been so much more. There was the smithy, whose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9214&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When is a road a &#8220;line&#8221;? The curious case of Kairanga County</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/18/when-is-a-road-a-line-the-curious-case-of-kairanga-county/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/18/when-is-a-road-a-line-the-curious-case-of-kairanga-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kairanga County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M. H. Holcroft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Line of the Road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with the roading theme [see the last post], I have just finished reading The Line of the Road by M.H. Holcroft, a history of the Manawatu County from 1876 to 1976, published in 1977. The book was published to commemorate 100 years of the Manawatu County Council (as it was at the time). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9187&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>envirohistory NZ: better and brighter (but without the ads)</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/18/envirohistory-nz-better-and-brighter-but-without-the-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/18/envirohistory-nz-better-and-brighter-but-without-the-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rimutaka Road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just like the Rimutaka Road from Wellington to the Wairarapa (pictured), we at envirohistory NZ are always looking for ways to improve ourselves. The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted a couple of changes, but the other change involves something that you will not see. First, we have changed our URL, from http://envirohistorynz.wordpress.com to, simply, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9154&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wairarapa Moana: a story of dispossession</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/11/wairarapa-moana-a-story-of-dispossession/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/11/wairarapa-moana-a-story-of-dispossession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[eels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl du Fresne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Onoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Wairarapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Monk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pouakani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rangitane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rimutaka tunnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa Moana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waitangi Tribunal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wetlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks back, I took the train to the Wairapara. When we emerged from the tunnel through the Rimutaka Ranges (which at 8.8 kms is one of the longest train tunnels in New Zealand), the landscape was striking. Firstly, what struck me was the sheer scale of the agricultural plains, the indigenous forest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9106&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A history of environmental history in New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/10/a-history-of-environmental-history-in-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/10/a-history-of-environmental-history-in-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rangitikei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arbor day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herbert Guthrie-Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental attitudes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2003, Paul Star, an Otago-based environmental historian, published a paper outlining developments in the field of environmental history in New Zealand, how it fits in to the international context, and some thoughts about the areas in which the field would most benefit from further research (&#8220;New Zealand Environmental History: A Question of Attitudes&#8221;). It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9067&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manawatu&#8217;s environmental past to be documented</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/03/manawatus-environmental-past-to-be-traced/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/12/03/manawatus-environmental-past-to-be-traced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu Gorge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palaeoenvironmental research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wasteland of the colony]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[envirohistory NZ&#8216;s founder and primary contributor, Catherine Knight, has been awarded a New Zealand History Research Trust Fund Award in History to research the environmental history of the Manawatū. The project, tentatively entitled &#8220;Forested hinterland to pastoral province: the environmental transformation of the Manawatū&#8221;, will ultimately result in a book. The research will canvass the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9037&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is forest?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/30/what-is-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Cowell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter of the Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magna Carta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public forest estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional use of forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The excellent UK site History and Policy carries a paper by Ben Cowell, written earlier this year, in the wake of the UK government&#8217;s proposal to sell off much of the public forest estate. There was a public outcry, which appeared to take the government by surprise. Cowell suggests that had policy-makers been more aware [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=9002&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring NZ&#8217;s environmental history through maps</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/27/exploring-nzs-environmental-history-through-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atlas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm McKinnon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori horticulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Historical Atlas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel slightly embarrassed to admit this (and therefore perhaps shouldn&#8217;t), but I have only recently discovered the cartographic and other visual delights which lie between the sturdy covers of the New Zealand Historical Atlas, published in 1997. Of course, I had seen it referenced many times in scholarship on New Zealand&#8217;s environmental history, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8956&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coast: three generations of men on the Rangitikei coast</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/26/coast-three-generations-of-men-on-the-turakina-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[father and son relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koitiata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Coast&#8221; is a novel written by David (Carnegie) Young about three generations of men; their relationships with each other and the wild Rangitikei coast. Strong themes running through the book are ancestry and belonging (and acceptance). The narrative is largely based in the Rangitikei: in the township of Marton and the small beach settlement of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8904&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nature study in NZ: a teacher&#8217;s reflections on historical approaches</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/19/nature-study-in-nz-a-teachers-reflections-on-historical-approaches/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/19/nature-study-in-nz-a-teachers-reflections-on-historical-approaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denniston Incline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent issue of Education Today, Bill Clarkson, a veteran teacher and environmental educator, wrote about nature study in New Zealand and reviewed some of the pioneering literature which influenced how nature study was taught in New Zealand. These books include &#8220;New Zealand Nature Study&#8221; by W. Martin (1947) and &#8220;Nature Study: handbook for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8827&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 2nd birthday, envirohistory NZ!</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/15/happy-2nd-birthday-envirohistory-nz/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/15/happy-2nd-birthday-envirohistory-nz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[15th November]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[envirohistory NZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy birthday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[envirohistory NZ turns two today, having been launched two years ago on 15 November 2009. In the last year it has doubled its hits, getting nearly 40,000 over the last 12 months, compared to 20,000 in its first 12 months of life. Just like a small child, it is growing and learning all the time. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8738&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>History shaping the future &#8211; NZHA conference</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/12/history-shaping-the-future-nzha-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/12/history-shaping-the-future-nzha-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Cumberland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landmarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Historical Association Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week&#8217;s New Zealand Historical Association Conference features a special four-person panel dedicated to environmental history. The panel is entitled: &#8220;History shaping the future: how environmental history research can inform environmental policy and management&#8221;, and will feature papers by Professors Katie Pickles and Eric Pawson (both from Canterbury University), Professor Tom Brooking (Otago University) and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8798&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A burning question: what is pastoralism?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/09/a-burning-question-what-is-pastoralism/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/09/a-burning-question-what-is-pastoralism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canterbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Peel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pastoralism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Peden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeds of Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheep farming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have learned a few things while reading &#8220;Seeds of Empire&#8221;, by Tom Brooking and Eric Pawson, including the definitions of some terms that crop up a bit in environmental history literature (see also: How did the Korean War change the NZ landscape?). One example of this is in Robert Peden&#8217;s essay &#8220;Pastoralism and the transformation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8751&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food basket to floodway: the story of Awapuni Lagoon and Mangaone Stream</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/05/food-basket-to-floodway-the-story-of-awapuni-lagoon-and-mangaone-stream/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/05/food-basket-to-floodway-the-story-of-awapuni-lagoon-and-mangaone-stream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Awapuni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awapuni Lagoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangaone Stream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rangitane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swamp drainage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I posted the story, The city of hidden lagoons: Palmerston (of the north), which explored the watery history of the Manawatu city of Palmerston North, where I grew up. In particular, the post told a little of the story of the long-forgotten Awapuni Lagoon, which once lay in the south-west corner of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8713&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ebb and flow of a rural township: Tokomaru</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/05/the-ebb-and-flow-of-a-rural-township-tokomaru/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/11/05/the-ebb-and-flow-of-a-rural-township-tokomaru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horowhenua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokomaru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dairy factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifestylers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[river pollution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post How did the Korean War change the NZ landscape? and specifically the mention of the demise of local dairy factories in the post-Korean War years, led me to think about ex-dairy factory towns and villages within my immediate orbit. One such place is in the northen Horowhenua village of Tokomaru, on the western side [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8661&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How did the Korean War change the NZ landscape?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/10/30/how-did-the-korean-war-change-the-nz-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/10/30/how-did-the-korean-war-change-the-nz-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["farming frontier"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fertiliser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fletcher aircraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marginal land]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rural landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeds of Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheep farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taihape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Brooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[topdressing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wool boom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading the recently published Seeds of Empire: the Environmental Transformation of New Zealand, and have made a few surprising discoveries. One was how much of an impact the Korean War had on the New Zealand rural landscape. The War led, in fact, to the last phase of geographical expansion of the productive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8612&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manawatu history talk: Totara Reserve</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/10/16/manawatu-history-talk-totara-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/10/16/manawatu-history-talk-totara-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr Catherine Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local History Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lowland forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North City Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podocarp forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pohangina River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pohangina Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[totara]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Catherine Knight will be presenting a talk on November 2nd about the history of Totara Reserve as part of this year&#8217;s Manawatu Local History Week [click here to download programme]. Entitled &#8220;Totara Reserve: a window into Manawatu&#8217;s environmental history&#8220;, the talk will explore how Totara Reserve was preserved initially for its timber, but within [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8579&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Map of &#8220;Middle Island&#8221; 1840</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/24/map-of-middle-island-1840/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/24/map-of-middle-island-1840/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ngai Tahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making our Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Strack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmund Halswell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1841]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadastral boundaries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this map in Mick Strack&#8217;s essay &#8220;Bounding the Land: Cadastral framework on the Taieri&#8221; in the recently published &#8220;Making Our Place&#8221;, and it intrigued me. It is a map of the South Island, sketched by Edmund Halswell around 1841 from an unidentified Ngai Tahu source. The map shows the South Island so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8536&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A history of the lawn</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/14/a-history-of-the-lawn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[history of the lawn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Xanthe White]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent New Zealand Listener issue, garden columnist Xanthe White wrote about the fascinating history of the lawn, a ubiquitous feature of the New Zealand urban landscape. White explains that the origins of the lawn can be found in agriculture; specifically the task of scything of fields for winter feed. The clearing of woods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8453&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peppercorne&#8217;s predictions on deforestation and climate change</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/02/peppercornes-predictions-on-deforestation-and-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/02/peppercornes-predictions-on-deforestation-and-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deforestation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frederic Peppercorne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaitaki Ranges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveyor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tapuwaeroa Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Unless immediate steps are taken towards the conservation of large tracts of existing forests, and towards the re-planting” of forests “the climate, which is naturally dry, will become, year by year, more dry, until at length pastoral and agricultural pursuits … will become profitless, if not impossible.” This was not written in 2008. Or 1988. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8393&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Environment &amp; Nature in New Zealand: latest issue is out!</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/01/environment-nature-in-new-zealand-latest-issue-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/09/01/environment-nature-in-new-zealand-latest-issue-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese market gardener]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment and Nature in New Zealand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of online journal Environment &#38; Nature in New Zealand is out, and can be accessed here. CONTENTS: 1-23    ARTICLE: Amy Davis, &#8216;&#8221;For Beauty and Health&#8221; Nature and the environment in suburban Karori, Wellington&#8217; 24-54    ARTICLE: Lily Lee and Ruth Lam, ‘陈达枝 Chan Dah Chee  (1851 -1930): Pioneer Chinese Market Gardener and Auckland [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8348&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Kingdom of Taranaki&#8221; &#8211; is there truth behind the epithet?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/28/the-kingdom-of-taranaki-is-there-truth-behind-the-epithet/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/28/the-kingdom-of-taranaki-is-there-truth-behind-the-epithet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Highland clearances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[settlers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taranaki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have often heard the region of Taranaki referred to as the &#8220;Kingdom of Taranaki&#8221;, owing to the fierce independence displayed by its long-time residents &#8211; particularly farmers, and particularly in relation to property rights. While the epithet is used facetiously, it is often underpinned by a sense of admiration for this feisty independence. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8311&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waikato: from dairy capital to wetland capital of the world?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/21/waikato-from-dairy-capital-to-wetland-capital-of-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/21/waikato-from-dairy-capital-to-wetland-capital-of-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Waikato was one of the original dairy farming regions of New Zealand, and its transformation from forested hills and swampy valleys to productive farmscapes was well underway by the late 19th century. So it would be ironic, but a satisfying example of the circular route environmental history often takes, if the region was one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8240&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar: how can environmental history shape the future?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/17/seminar-how-can-environmental-history-shape-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/17/seminar-how-can-environmental-history-shape-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr Catherine Knight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a great session last week at University of Waikato, Hamilton, hosted by the History Department (see: How can environmental history shape the future?), Catherine will be doing the same talk at Massey in October. The Hamilton talk was attended by scholars of history (both faculty and students), ecologists, hydrologists, as well as environmental managers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8210&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forgotten streams, urban wetlands and Scandinavians: top posts for second quarter 2011</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/06/forgotten-streams-urban-wetlands-and-scandinavians-top-posts-for-second-quarter-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/08/06/forgotten-streams-urban-wetlands-and-scandinavians-top-posts-for-second-quarter-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Waitangi Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anticipated, the top posts for the last quarter have been Christchurch-related, with Earthquake reveals the forgotten streams of Christchurch and Christchurch: a city haunted by its environmental past? being overwhelmingly the most popular (864 and 627 views respectively). Next was the post Waitangi Park &#8211; an urban wetland recreated, about the recently (re-)created wetland [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8193&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How can environmental history shape the future?</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/07/31/how-can-environmental-history-shape-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/07/31/how-can-environmental-history-shape-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmental history shaping the future]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Pickles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Historical Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pohangina Bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Brooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tsunami stone tablet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do these three &#8211; seemly unrelated &#8211; photographs have in common? They all feature in an upcoming talk by Dr Catherine Knight exploring how environmental history research can shape the future, through policy and planning decisions which take account of the environmental past. This question has become increasingly topical both here and internationally, particularly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8152&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Undoing environmental history (with a spade)</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/07/23/undoing-environmental-history-with-a-spade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though my implement of choice for environmental history is the pen (or more accurately, the keyboard), I am known to pick up a spade from time to time. Specifically, to plant native trees on land in the Pohangina Valley, about 40 kilometres north-east of the Manawatu provincial &#8220;capital&#8221; of Palmerston North [click here to view [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8096&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is there such a thing as a natural disaster? The lessons of environmental history</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/07/17/is-there-such-thing-as-a-natural-disaster-the-lessons-of-environmental-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent essay published in the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand newsletter, University of Canterbury Professor of Geography Eric Pawson asks why people are becoming more &#8211; not less &#8211; vulnerable to environmental disasters. Recent events, such as the recent Canterbury earthquakes, the Japan earthquake and tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8050&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farm landscape in the Horowhenua</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/07/07/farm-landscape-in-the-horowhenua/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/07/07/farm-landscape-in-the-horowhenua/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Knight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellington-Manawatu Railway Line]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently sent this photo from the envirohistory NZ banner to the Stirling University Research Centre for Environmental History and Policy to be used on their related links page. When I did so, I thought it may be a good opportunity to share the &#8220;back story&#8221; of the photo. The photo is taken by veteran [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=8006&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paekakariki: perch of the green parrot</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/24/paekakariki-perch-of-the-green-parrot/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/24/paekakariki-perch-of-the-green-parrot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paekakariki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[railway station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signal box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Marines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellington Manawatu Line]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This signal box on the Paekakariki Railway Station platform tells of an illustrious history of a small coastal town intimately linked with the railway. The railway station dates from 1886 when the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company&#8217;s line from Wellington to Longburn was completed. The railway runs alongside the state highway, the Paekakariki to Porirua [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7961&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The end of whaling in New Zealand: the Soviet factor</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/18/the-end-of-whaling-in-new-zealand-the-soviet-factor/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/18/the-end-of-whaling-in-new-zealand-the-soviet-factor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cook Strait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extinction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[factory ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humpback whales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jez Weston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perano]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like so many other industries based on a finite natural resource, whaling in New Zealand has a long history of over-use, leading to a collapse of that resource. The southern right whale was caught from shore-based stations in the early nineteenth century, but by 1850 their numbers had been so depleted that shore-based whaling was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7916&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black gold &#8211; early oil exploration in Taranaki</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/11/black-gold-early-oil-exploration-in-taranaki/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/11/black-gold-early-oil-exploration-in-taranaki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Plymouth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil exploration in Taranaki has been in the news lately, with Greymouth Petroleum and international companies expressing strong interest in the oil reserves under Taranaki soils and sea-bed. Until recently I had assumed that oil exploration was a phenomenon of the 20th century &#8211; until a Taranaki resident informed me that it was being extracted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7893&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forests: why they are vital to our environment and economy</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/04/forests-why-they-are-vital-to-our-environment-and-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/06/04/forests-why-they-are-vital-to-our-environment-and-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Attenborough]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow (June 5) is World Environment Day, and this year&#8217;s theme is Forests. This short animated film, narrated by David Attenborough, explains the role forests play in our global economy and environment, as well as outlining the threats our forests face. See also: Destruction of our forests over time. Filed under: commentary Tagged: David Attenborough, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7875&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opiki toll bridge: graceful relic of a thriving flax industry</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/25/opiki-toll-bridge-graceful-relic-of-a-thriving-flax-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/25/opiki-toll-bridge-graceful-relic-of-a-thriving-flax-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 03:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When driving north along State Highway 56 through the low-lying plains flanking the Manawatu River, a traveller cannot help but notice a suspension bridge to the north of the current road, a tall industrial chimney incongruously positioned at the western end of its span [click here to view map]. Now, its suspension wires dangle without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7809&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Revenge of the jungle &#8211; Ta Prohm, Cambodia</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/21/revenge-of-the-jungle-ta-prohm-cambodia/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/21/revenge-of-the-jungle-ta-prohm-cambodia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 19:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angkor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fall of Khmer empire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nature wins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk-cotton tree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ta Prohm Temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temple ruins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photo, taken by a colleague on his recent travels through Cambodia, represents environmental history at its most palpable: it shows the perpetual tension between nature and human society &#8211; this being a rare occasion where nature has demonstrably won the battle.This temple was part of a wealthy and thriving complex in the region of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7780&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Earthquake reveals the forgotten streams of Christchurch</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/11/earthquake-reveals-the-forgotten-streams-of-christchurch/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/11/earthquake-reveals-the-forgotten-streams-of-christchurch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 05:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1850s map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aerial map]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As explored in the earlier post Christchurch &#8211; a city haunted by its environmental past, Christchurch&#8217;s environmental history had serious &#8211; arguably fatal &#8211; implications in the February earthquake. As the post discussed, this related especially to the fact that much of what is now a city was once a vast swamp, comprised not only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7710&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The city of hidden lagoons: Palmerston (of the north)</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/08/palmerston-north-the-city-of-hidden-lagoons/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/08/palmerston-north-the-city-of-hidden-lagoons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 05:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Awapuni Lagoon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hokowhitu Lagoon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lagoons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this photo on the Manawatu Memory Online site the other day, while looking for an image of early Manawatu history. I was immediately captivated by the image. It is the 1881 photograph of the now long-gone Awapuni Lagoon, located in what is now the south-western corner of Palmerston North city, about where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7650&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scandinavians, earthquakes &amp; whales: top 5 posts of first quarter of 2011</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/01/scandinavians-earthquakes-whales-top-5-posts-of-first-quarter-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/05/01/scandinavians-earthquakes-whales-top-5-posts-of-first-quarter-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 07:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canterbury earthquake]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese tsunami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last whaling station]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scandanavian settlers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tohoku]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Waitangi Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At envirohistory NZ, we like to review the most popular posts of each quarter (though sometimes &#8211; such as on this occasion &#8211; a little late). The top five posts of the first quarter of 2011 covered a wide breadth of topics, from the the environmental histories which contributed to the devastating consequences of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7633&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last train to Muri: train station closes after 60 years</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/30/last-train-to-muri-train-station-closes-after-60-years/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/30/last-train-to-muri-train-station-closes-after-60-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[30 April 2011]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu and Wellington Railway Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matangi trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muri Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muri Station closes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a train-mad two year old means that I get to ride trains a lot. This is fine by me, because trains are a great vantage point from which to gain insights into our environmental history. They bring us closer to how our forefathers saw the world before cars were the main means of transport.Today, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7545&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A historic day for Kapiti: the opening of Whareroa Farm</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/30/a-historical-day-for-kapiti-the-opening-of-whareroa-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/30/a-historical-day-for-kapiti-the-opening-of-whareroa-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander MacKay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of Conservation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[iwi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kapiti Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kaumatua]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Landcorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MacKay's Crossing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[United State Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wetland restoration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whareroa Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whareroa farm history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whareroa Farm opening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whareroa Guardians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whareroa Stream]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the 30th April 2011, was a day of great triumph and celebration for many people in the Kapiti Coast community, with the official opening of 440 hectare Whareroa Farm Reserve, between Paraparaumu and Paekakari [click here to view location]. It is certainly not every day that a new recreational and nature reserve is opened [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7497&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The return of the bellbird</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/24/the-return-of-the-bellbird/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/24/the-return-of-the-bellbird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ancient sanddunes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bellbird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paraparaumu Scenic Reserve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as I was putting my son down for his afternoon nap, I caught the melodic, undulating song of what might have been a tui, but when I looked out of my son&#8217;s window the bush on the bank outside, it was the distinctive olive shape of a smaller sized bird that I saw. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7430&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dividing the landscape: production vs scenery</title>
		<link>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/23/dualism-in-the-landscape-taranaki/</link>
		<comments>http://envirohistorynz.com/2011/04/23/dualism-in-the-landscape-taranaki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>envirohistorynz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attitudes towards the environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dairy farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dualism in the landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egmont National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Egmont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Fuji]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perceptions of the environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[production/scenic dichotomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productive landscapes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Last Samurai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowhere tells more starkly of the duality in our relationship towards the natural environment than Taranaki: the dichotomy of the &#8220;productive&#8221; and &#8220;scenic&#8221; landscape. Taranaki is known throughout the world for the almost perfectly conical mountain which rises up through what are otherwise the flattest of plains. This mountain and the region was made famous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envirohistorynz.com&amp;blog=10491627&amp;post=7397&amp;subd=envirohistorynz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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