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Story: Dune lands

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Dunes

  3. The ‘problem’ of drifting sands

  4. Dune lands today

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Dunes

New Zealand dune lands

New Zealand dune lands

Dune land features

Dune land features

Advancing dunes

Advancing dunes

Aupōuri Peninsula

Aupōuri Peninsula

Inland dunes

Inland dunes

From page 2 - The ‘problem’ of drifting sands

Farmland, Houhora

Farmland, Houhora

Waikanae, 1909

Waikanae, 1909

Hand-planting marram grass

Hand-planting marram grass (1st of 3)

Windbreak

Windbreak (2nd of 3)

Tractor planting

Tractor planting (3rd of 3)

Planting pine forest

Planting pine forest

Rabbit and Rough islands

Rabbit and Rough islands

From page 3 - Dune lands today

National dune land reduction

National dune land reduction

Pīngao

Pīngao (1st of 2)

Planting pīngao

Planting pīngao (2nd of 2)

Mason Bay

Mason Bay (1st of 2)

Raumati

Raumati (2nd of 2)

Lyall Bay, 1909

Lyall Bay, 1909 (1st of 2)

Lyall Bay, 2007

Lyall Bay, 2007 (2nd of 2)

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/dune-lands/media (accessed 20 May 2022)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Sep 2007

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