Today, the Akatarawa Road between Waikanae and the Upper Hutt provides a beautiful scenic route through rugged native forest and forestry country, with views across the valley out to sea [click here to view location]. The road largely follows the Akatarawa River, which joins the Hutt River north of Upper Hutt. (more…)
January 6, 2011
Akatarawa Valley – last refuge of the huia
Posted by envirohistorynz under commentary | Tags: Akatarawa River, Akatarawa Road, Environmental History, forest milling, Forestry, horse-drawn cart, huia, Hutt River, Maori Land, New Zealand, Reikorangi, sawmills, Upper Hutt, Waikanae, wild goats |Leave a Comment
January 3, 2011
Upper Hutt: the valley of many struggles
Posted by envirohistorynz under commentary | Tags: Akatawara River, deforestation, Environmental History, Ernst Dieffenbach, European settlement, Hutt River, minimum flow, New Zealand Company, Petone, Pinehaven, Silverstream, Totara Park, Upper Hutt |1 Comment
Following on from the post on the environmental history of Lower Hutt/Petone – the valley of disappointment, this post focuses on the Upper Hutt area, and in particular, the history of the river. This post is in response to a special request by one of envirohistory NZ‘s readers; one of a group of Upper Hutt Valley residents who are concerned about the effects of an application to lower the minimum flow of the Hutt River. (more…)
January 6, 2011
Protest on the landscape – Wallaceville, Upper Hutt
Posted by envirohistorynz under commentary | Tags: 1080, beech tree, conservationists, Department of Conservation, hunters, mustelids, pesticide, pests, possums, rats, sodium fluoroacetate, Tararua Ranges, Totara Park, Upper Hutt, Wallaceville, woolshed |Leave a Comment
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