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Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 38

Learn how to restore and protect our unique natural heritage. The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand has developed a NZ Native Plants course that will provide you with a valuable resource that will greatly enhance you and your families appreciation of our native vegetation. This course will provide you with the practical skills to enable you to propagate and protect your own native plants as well as encouraging you to participate in the management and preservation of native plants in your own ecological region: Start your course anytime. Work through at your own pace. You will learn about the importance of NZ native plants planting and vegetation ecology of native plants us0 of native plants in cultural landscapes protection of native plants economic and other aspects growing native plants reference material and sources For S75 Study Right or S150 Non-study Right, youl receive a double box set comprising AAv 2 ringbinder folders containing 7 learning units and 1 information unit; 570 pages of text, 540 photographs, 65 graphics and 88 woodcuts (by the late John Moore) He Wharekura-tini Kaihautu 0 Aotearoa specially designed field notebook For more information simply T H E 0 P E N call uS free on 0800 650 200 fax (04) 566 5633 P 0 [ YT E � H N |c 0F NEW ZEALAnd or write to The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Private Bag 31914, Lower Hutt. TOPNZ F&B 2193