Opposite: Kahikatea forest was once widespread on floodplains and swamps throughout New Zealand but today 98 percent has disappeared with the only remaining extensive forests now in southern South Westland. Elsewhere remnants are scattered through mainly dairy farming districts. The PNA programme is seeking to identify and protect kahikatea forests, described by Captain Cook's botanist Joseph Banks as "the finest trees my eyes ever beheld." Photo: G D McSweeney.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Unnumbered Page
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69Opposite: Kahikatea forest was once widespread on floodplains and swamps throughout New Zealand but today 98 percent has disappeared with the only remaining extensive forests now in southern South Westland. Elsewhere remnants are scattered through mainly dairy farming districts. The PNA programme is seeking to identify and protect kahikatea forests, described by Captain Cook's botanist Joseph Banks as "the finest trees my eyes ever beheld." Photo: G D McSweeney. Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 February 1986, Unnumbered Page
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