Kauri : witness to a nation's history / Joanna Orwin.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Auckland : New Holland Publishers NZ Ltd, 2019.Edition: Revised and updated edDescription: 271 str., [16] str. s tablama : ilustr. (djelomice u bojama) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781869665296
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Sadržaj: 1. Father of the forest te matua o te wao. Kauri in the Maori world ; 2. Legends in the landscape. How and where Kauri grow ; 3. The first spar seekers. Early European and Maori contacts ; 4. Ship and shore stations. Establishment of the timber trade, 1810-1840 ; 5. Hinterland and harbour. Expansion of the timber industry, 1840-1920 ; 6. Capitalising on kauri. Colonial politics, Auckland, and the kauri trade, 1840s-1920s ; 7. Gum spear, spade, and scraper. Life on the gum-fields, 1830s-1930s ; 8. The cutting edge. Peak and decline of the kauri timber industry, 1900-1940 ; 9. Turn of the tide. Rise of the conservation movement ; 10. Habitat and heritage. Into the twenty-first century ; 11. Disease and dilemma. The challenge of the 21st century ; 12. Kauri forests for the future. Opportunities in the twenty-first century.
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Sadržaj: 1. Father of the forest te matua o te wao. Kauri in the Maori world ; 2. Legends in the landscape. How and where Kauri grow ; 3. The first spar seekers. Early European and Maori contacts ; 4. Ship and shore stations. Establishment of the timber trade, 1810-1840 ; 5. Hinterland and harbour. Expansion of the timber industry, 1840-1920 ; 6. Capitalising on kauri. Colonial politics, Auckland, and the kauri trade, 1840s-1920s ; 7. Gum spear, spade, and scraper. Life on the gum-fields, 1830s-1930s ; 8. The cutting edge. Peak and decline of the kauri timber industry, 1900-1940 ; 9. Turn of the tide. Rise of the conservation movement ; 10. Habitat and heritage. Into the twenty-first century ; 11. Disease and dilemma. The challenge of the 21st century ; 12. Kauri forests for the future. Opportunities in the twenty-first century.

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