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    The Lost Forests of Southland, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017

    Forests that have disappeared so completely that you would hardly believe they really existed, have long fascinated me.  When I left my …

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    The Lost Forest of the Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole March 21, 2017
    by Mike Pole March 21, 2017

    A gem in the heart of Christchurch is Riccarton Bush (sometimes called Deans Bush). It’s a patch of original kahikatea forest, just a …

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    Once a Vast Forest – Motatapu Track, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016
    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016

    Early on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …

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    Hoop Pine fossils – dry rainforest in New Zealand’s Miocene

    by Mike Pole February 27, 2016
    by Mike Pole February 27, 2016

    In a little patch of shale, continually flaking onto the road near Bannockburn (central South Island, New Zealand), there are the unmistakable fossils …

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    Matai- vanquished giant of New Zealand’s dry forests?

    by Mike Pole June 12, 2014
    by Mike Pole June 12, 2014

    I’ve long found New Zealand’s black pine, the matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) to be a special tree. From a dishevelled juvenile, It can …

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    Attack of the Forest-Killing Fungi (Kauri and the Elm Decline)

    by Mike Pole April 24, 2014
    by Mike Pole April 24, 2014

    New Zealanders are becoming aware of a new threat to their native forests – as if logging, burning, opossums, deer, ferrets, cats, …

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    • Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest
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