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Kōrero: Fire and agriculture

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Fire and Māori agriculture

  3. South Island sheep runs: tussock and scrub

  4. North Island farms: bush and fern

  5. Burning and erosion

  6. Burning in modern agriculture

  7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Fire and Māori agriculture

Forest in 1000 and 1840

Forest in 1000 and 1840

Fern garden, Mt MacKay

Fern garden, Mt MacKay

Elsdon Best's notes

Elsdon Best's notes

Mai i te whārangi 2 - South Island sheep runs: tussock and scrub

Tussock burning, 1882

Tussock burning, 1882

Grasslands in 1840 and 2002

Grasslands in 1840 and 2002

Mesopotamia Station after burning

Mesopotamia Station after burning

Canterbury fires, 1885–86

Canterbury fires, 1885–86

Mai i te whārangi 3 - North Island farms: bush and fern

Burning the bush, Taranaki

Burning the bush, Taranaki

Burning, Pukatore Station

Burning, Pukatore Station (1 o 3)

Remains of forest

Remains of forest (2 o 3)

Sowing grass seed

Sowing grass seed (3 o 3)

‘The burning region’

‘The burning region’

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Burning and erosion

Tussock-burning, 1959

Tussock-burning, 1959

Impact of burning and grazing

Impact of burning and grazing

Castle Hill Station, 1882

Castle Hill Station, 1882 (1 o 2)

Castle Hill Station, 2005

Castle Hill Station, 2005 (2 o 2)

Test burning

Test burning

Farming in Waitōtara valley

Farming in Waitōtara valley

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Burning in modern agriculture

Cartoon with a message

Cartoon with a message

Spraying gorse

Spraying gorse

Burning wheat stubble

Burning wheat stubble

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Robert Peden, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/fire-and-agriculture/media (accessed 19 May 2022)

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008

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