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Mike Pole

From New Zealand. Traveling the weyward path trying to figure out how the world works. I study fossil plants, past climates, travel, walk, hike, read, take photos, struggle with computer graphics and plant trees.

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    The Last Tree in Papanui Bush. And that last palm tree on Easter Island

    by Mike Pole September 29, 2025
    by Mike Pole September 29, 2025

    “What did the kiwi bloke say while cutting down the last tree in Papanui Bush?” Here, I’m just re-phrasing of the question …

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  • Ukraine: War and Wonders

    The Invincible Children of Kharkiv – Musicians in the ‘City without Windows’

    by Mike Pole August 17, 2025
    by Mike Pole August 17, 2025

    Kharkiv, in the far north-east of Ukraine, has been described as ‘a city without windows’ (Mayor Ihor Terekhov in a Twitter post …

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  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    The Hollow Tree Stumps at Curio Bay

    by Mike Pole May 21, 2025
    by Mike Pole May 21, 2025

    A hollow tree stump at the Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay, New Zealand. The inside of the stump (the wood is …

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  • History/Archaeology

    Geography and the Bronze Age Battle at Tollense, Germany

    by Mike Pole April 19, 2025
    by Mike Pole April 19, 2025

    One of the beauties of modern archaeological technique is the ability to analyse ancient battle, or massacre sites, in a forensic way. …

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  • Forests

    Was there a Forest before Central Otago’s Kowhai Forest?

    by Mike Pole March 10, 2025
    by Mike Pole March 10, 2025

    When humans arrived in New Zealand, a bit over 700 years ago (Wilmshurst et al., 2008; Jacomb et al., 2014), it seems …

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    Dunedin’s Saddlebacks/Tieke and Yellowheads/Mopua

    by Mike Pole March 9, 2025
    by Mike Pole March 9, 2025

    Amateur field observations of species can be priceless. A local Dunedin man (Peter Thomson, 1823-1879), using the pen-name ‘Pakeha’, wrote several accounts …

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  • Forests

    Green Island Bush – Divide and Conquer

    by Mike Pole March 7, 2025
    by Mike Pole March 7, 2025

    Green Island Bush is a prime example of a large patch of New Zealand indigenous forest that was essentially annihilated in the …

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    The Lost Ecosystem of the Leith Swamp Forest, Dunedin

    by Mike Pole March 6, 2025
    by Mike Pole March 6, 2025

    One part of Dunedin is different from the rest…. The Dunedin area is an old volcano. It’s formed mostly from the molten, …

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  • Current Events

    Ten Years Trapped in Mongolia – Time to get Mo Munshi home to Australia

    by Mike Pole March 4, 2025
    by Mike Pole March 4, 2025

    In 2007, I started work in Mongolia as a geologist with the company, Gobi Coal and Energy Limited. The Chairman was Mohammed …

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  • New Zealand History

    The Ancient Footpath from Otepoti-Dunedin to Moeraki

    by Mike Pole February 27, 2025
    by Mike Pole February 27, 2025

    How old is the oldest cultural feature on Aotearoa-New Zealand? Imagine being around when the only way to get anywhere was to …

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  • About me
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  • Categories
    • Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest
    • Fire
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    • Forests
    • New Zealand plant fossils
    • New Zealand Geology
    • History/Archaeology
    • Supernatural
    • Cheap Eats Nanjing
  • Places
    • Australia
    • Armenia
    • Bosnia
    • Brazil
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