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Kōrero: Human effects on the environment

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Early human impact

Forest before human arrival

Forest before human arrival

Pre-European game-hunting sites

Pre-European game-hunting sites

Wairau Bar archaeological site

Wairau Bar archaeological site

Kiore (Pacific rat)

Kiore (Pacific rat)

Māori village with dogs

Māori village with dogs

Māori gardens

Māori gardens (1 o 2)

Ōtuataua stonefields

Ōtuataua stonefields (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Pre-European deforestation

Pollen analysis

Pollen analysis

Fossil charcoal fragments

Fossil charcoal fragments

Canterbury Plains

Canterbury Plains

Raupō swamp

Mai i te whārangi 3 - European impact

Forest cleared for farmland

Forest cleared for farmland

Logging native timber

Logging native timber

Digging drains

Landslides

Wilding pines

Wilding pines (1 o 3)

Spread of marram grass

Spread of marram grass (2 o 3)

Hawkweed

Hawkweed (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Impact on animals

Impact of rats

Sealing

Predators

Westland petrel

Westland petrel

Possum damage

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Janet Wilmshurst, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/human-effects-on-the-environment/media (accessed 20 January 2022)

He kōrero nā Janet Wilmshurst, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007