From the tine of our earliest settlement sea borne explorers have ventured forth around our extensive coasts seeking out the opportunities presented to gain a living from the diverse natural wealth presented. Those early peoples voyaged far and wide in ...

The Bounty Islands lie about 600km south-east of New Zealand. The 14 named islands and several smaller rock outcrops cover an area of 135 ha. Basic information on the Bountry Islands geography, geology, entomology, biology and discovery & exploration is p ...

Clematis vitalba L. is a deciduous perennial climber native to central Europe and southern England which has become a major invasive weed species in New Zealand native forest remnants. In forest remnants, C. vitalba tends to establish in forest gaps, fore ...

Since the previous edition of the Technical Manual was published (1983), the New Zealand economy has seen considerable changes, and indeed is still subject to flux as a result of Government Policies and external market forces. Many of the changes have aff ...

In 1941 the Government passed the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act which set up Catchment Boards and Commissions to (inter alia) conserve soil resources and prevent damage by erosion. In view of the accepted extent and severity of erosion, and ...