Right: This low structure excludes wallabies (not deer or possums). The photo shows regrowth of mahoe.
five-finger, hangehange, rewarewa, protected when they were seedlings from wallaby grazing by the low fence. Outside the fence seedling loss continues. Ngati Tarawhai gifted 1202 ha of the Okataina Scenic Reserve to the Crown. Descendants encouraged the Department of Conservation and helped fund efforts to poison wallabies in this forest in 1987 and 1990. One can see why! Forest and Bird staff Kevin Smith, Ann and Basil Graeme and DoC Officer Dave Hunt ponder the results of wallaby damage.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 44
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95Right: This low structure excludes wallabies (not deer or possums). The photo shows regrowth of mahoe. five-finger, hangehange, rewarewa, protected when they were seedlings from wallaby grazing by the low fence. Outside the fence seedling loss continues. Ngati Tarawhai gifted 1202 ha of the Okataina Scenic Reserve to the Crown. Descendants encouraged the Department of Conservation and helped fund efforts to poison wallabies in this forest in 1987 and 1990. One can see why! Forest and Bird staff Kevin Smith, Ann and Basil Graeme and DoC Officer Dave Hunt ponder the results of wallaby damage. Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Page 44
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