Barbarous Improvidence
I'n the 'sixties New Zealanders took far more, interest in the future of their country, according to an article in "Forest and Bird." Wanton destruction of the bush was referred to in 1868 in Parliament as "our barbarous improvidence" and as long ago as 1851 the settlers were well aware, of the dire effects of soil erosion following the loss of the natural vegetative covering.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 26, 23 November 1943, Page 5
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67Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 26, 23 November 1943, Page 5
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