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Tran, Duy, Diane Pearson, Alan Palmer, and David Gray. "Developing a Landscape Design Approach for the Sustainable Land Management of Hill Country Farms in New Zealand." Land 9, no. 6 (June 3, 2020): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9060185.

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Landscape modification associated with agricultural intensification has brought considerable challenges for the sustainable development of New Zealand hill country farms. Addressing these challenges requires an appropriate approach to support farmers and design a better landscape that can have beneficial environmental outcomes whilst ensuring continued profitability. In this paper we suggest using geodesign and theories drawn from landscape ecology to plan and design multifunctional landscapes that offer improved sustainability for hill country farm systems and landscapes in New Zealand. This approach suggests that better decisions can be made by considering the major landscape services that are, and could be, provided by the landscapes in which these farm systems are situated. These important services should be included in future landscape design of hill country by creating a patterning and configuration of landscape features that actively maintains or restores important landscape functioning. This will help to improve landscape health and promote landscape resilience in the face of climate change. Through illustrating the potential of this type of approach for wider adoption we believe that the proposed conceptual framework offers a valuable reference for sustainable farm system design that can make an important contribution to advancing environmental management globally as well as in New Zealand.

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Migoń, Piotr. "New Zealand landscape. Behind the scene." Geologos 25, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 105–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/logos-2019-0009.

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HOLLAND, PETER. "Poetry and Landscape in New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Geography 92, no. 1 (May 15, 2008): 8–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0028-8292.1991.tb00294.x.

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Brown, P., and C. Mortimer. "Econometric Analysis of Landscape Preferences in Canterbury, New Zealand." Economics Research International 2014 (August 17, 2014): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/259471.

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The landscape of rural Canterbury, New Zealand, has evolved from tussock grasslands to one of the most productive dairying areas in the world. While these changes represent a boon for Canterbury’s economy, the visual impact of land-use change has been dramatic. In this paper, we evaluate which changes to the Canterbury landscape have been most pronounced, how people react to those changes, which aspects of the rural landscape are of greatest importance to both urban and rural residents of Canterbury, and whether cost-effective means of mitigating visual changes to the landscape exist. We find that the majority of Cantabrians hold unfavourable views of recent changes to the landscape—particularly with regard to dairying—a finding that is consistent across both urban and rural survey respondents. Using a visual assessment study with cross-classified random effect, we find that dairy cows, irrigators, and silage bales significantly reduce viewers’ subjective evaluations of landscapes while shelterbelts dramatically increase their subjective evaluations. Moreover, native New Zealand shelterbelts are preferred to exotic shelterbelts, but both are preferred to having no shelterbelts, suggesting that the negative visual impacts of dairy farming may be ameliorated by intensified tree planting.

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Schultz, Marianne. "Moving with the Times: The Wellington New Dance Group." Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings 39, S1 (2007): 179–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2049125500000303.

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This paper explores the founding of the New Dance Group in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1945. The New Dance Group introduced radical ideas about dance, art, music, politics, and physical education to New Zealand. This paper examines the influence that American and European dance and physical education had on New Zealand's physical and artistic expression and places the introduction of modern dance within the social and cultural landscape of immediate the post—World War II period in New Zealand.

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Kuzma, Julian. "New Zealand Landscape and Literature, 1890-1925." Environment and History 9, no. 4 (November 1, 2003): 451–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096734003129342935.

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Trundle, C. "Medical Anthropology in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Thoughtpiece." Health, Culture and Society 9 (December 8, 2017): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/hcs.2017.241.

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In considering what makes New Zealand unique for medical anthropological focus, this think piece sets out four themes. These reflect New Zealand’s particular historical, political, social and cultural landscape, and reveal the relevance of local scholarship for wider global debates about health. By tracing the neoliberal reform of state healthcare, indigenous approaches to wellbeing, local cultural practices of health, and the complex ethics involved in health and illness, this paper spotlights the opportunities that New Zealand medical anthropology affords us for addressing the important health and wellbeing challenges that we face today.

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Mitchell, W. J. T. "Reframing Landscape." ARTMargins 10, no. 1 (February 2021): 14–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/artm_a_00281.

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Abstract “Reframing Landscape” explores three distinct landscapes that have been decisively impacted by conquest and colonization, reframed by three artistic interventions: painting, photography, and sculpture. August Earle shows us the de-forested landscape of 19th century New Zealand, still guarded by a Maori totem; Miki Kratsman photographs a wall mural in occupied Palestine that erases the presence of indigeneous people; and Antony Gormley anticipates the clearing of Manhattan by a pandemic in whirlwind of metal. Real spaces and places are converted into landscapes of attention into what has been lost and what is to come.

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Brook, Martin. "Landscape and quaternary environmental change in New Zealand." New Zealand Geographer 73, no. 3 (December 2017): 218–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nzg.12177.

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Nicol, A. "Landscape history of the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54, no. 2 (June 2011): 195–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2010.523079.

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Carvalho, Lucila, Tom Nicholson, Pippa Yeoman, and Patricia Thibaut. "Space matters: framing the New Zealand learning landscape." Learning Environments Research 23, no. 3 (April 11, 2020): 307–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10984-020-09311-4.

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Leotta, Alfio. "Possum’s cinematic space: Landscape, alienation and New Zealand Gothic." Short Film Studies 6, no. 1 (April 1, 2016): 45–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/sfs.6.1.45_1.

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Possum has often been read as a commentary on the sense of place and belonging in postcolonial New Zealand. This article proposes a semiotic analysis of the construction of space in Possum. In particular, it will examine the stylistic choices deployed by the director in relation to the notions of alienation and New Zealand Gothic.

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Grant, Suzanne. "Social enterprise in New Zealand: an overview." Social Enterprise Journal 13, no. 4 (November 6, 2017): 410–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sej-09-2017-0046.

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PurposeThis paper aims to provide an overview of the New Zealand social enterprise (SE) landscape, identifying key influences, enablers of and barriers to SE. Initial mapping is undertaken to identify types of SE in New Zealand. The paper contributes to the wider International Comparative Social Enterprise Models mapping project. Design/methodology/approachData collection combined reviews of previous scholarship with interviews with staff in SEs. FindingsThe New Zealand SE landscape is still emerging. The redevelopment of Christchurch following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes has provided many opportunities for SE growth. Government support has been limited but is at least growing in terms of recognition. In 2014, the government provided base funding for developing SE infrastructure and capacity building, which is primarily delivered through the intermediary Akina Foundation. Resourcing is a key barrier to SE growth. Four main models of SE are evident: trading not-for-profits, community economic development, business-oriented social innovation and Maori enterprises. Research limitations/implicationsThe mapping presented is only a snap shot of current status, rather than a static model. Growth and developments in SE will see each category move as their SE activities develop. Practical implicationsIdentifying and better understanding barriers and enablers will help further advance development of SE in New Zealand. Originality/valueScholarship on SE in New Zealand is limited. This paper brings together key literature as well as provides an initial attempt at mapping the SE landscape. Doing so provides a starting point for further discussion and analysis.

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Hewitt, AE. "Soil classification in New Zealand - Legacy and lessons." Soil Research 30, no. 6 (1992): 843. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr9920843.

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A brief review of the history of soil classification in New Zealand is made in order to place the most recent work in its historical context. The first comprehensive system was inspired by the Russian concepts of zonality, and was published as the New Zealand Genetic Soil Classification by Taylor in 1948. It may be regarded as a grand soil-landscape model that related soil classes to environmental factors. Although successful in stimulating the reconnaissance survey of New Zealand soils, it failed to support the requirements of more intensive land use. Soil Taxonomy was tested as an alternative modem system for a period of 5 years but was found to make inadequate provision for important classes of New Zealand soils. The New Zealand Soil Classification was developed using many of the features of Soil Taxonomy while preserving successful parts of the New Zealand Genetic Soil Classification. Historical lessons include the increasing importance of electronic databases and regional correlation, the importance of nomenclature, the necessity of a national system and the divorce of soil classification from soil-landscape modelling.

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SELBY, M. J. "SOILS IN THE NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPE: THE LIVING MANTLE." New Zealand Geographer 47, no. 2 (October 1991): iii. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.1991.tb01999.x.

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Callahan, David. "Deterritorialization and the landscape of New Zealand video games." Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies 7, no. 1 (May 1, 2019): 63–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/nzps.7.1.63_1.

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Fresno-Calleja, Paloma. "Sarah Lark’s landscape novels and the “New Zealand exotic”." Journal of Postcolonial Writing 56, no. 2 (March 3, 2020): 188–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2020.1728121.

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Morad, Munro, and Main Jay. "Land Resource Conservation and Landscape Zoning in New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Geography 105, no. 1 (May 15, 2008): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0028-8292.1998.tb00023.x.

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Swift, R. S. "Soils in the New Zealand landscape: The living mantle." Geoderma 50, no. 3 (September 1991): 261–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-7061(91)90039-v.

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Davison, Martyn. "Teaching decolonised New Zealand history in secondary schools." Historical Encounters: A journal of historical consciousness, historical cultures, and history education 8, no. 2 (May 6, 2021): 90–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.52289/hej8.205.

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In September 2019, the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced that it will be compulsory to teach New Zealand history in all of the nation’s schools from 2022. To some extent the announcement was a surprise because the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) is far from being prescriptive and allows teachers autonomy to decide what and how history is covered in the classroom. It was also however, a foreseeable outcome of long-standing and common place assumptions that young people know little or nothing of New Zealand’s history (Belich, 2001; Neilson, 2019) and that this can be remedied by making the study of New Zealand history compulsory in schools (Gerritsen, 2019; New Zealand Government, 2019). This article seeks to test these assumptions and in doing so examines the case for teaching New Zealand history, especially from the perspective of a decolonised and inclusive national narrative. It also acknowledges the emergence, within secondary schools, of culturally sensitive and place-based approaches to the teaching of New Zealand history. The article does this by first, describing three recent examples of teaching New Zealand history that adopt these approaches; the last of which, draws upon my classroom practice as a history teacher and teacher-researcher. It then suggests that Te Takanga o te Wāi (Ministry of Education, 2015)[i] provides a useful framework to further ground these practices in a theory that balances Indigenous and western approaches to teaching history. In the wake of Jacinda Ardern’s announcement that New Zealand history will shortly be compulsory in all schools, the article concludes by proposing that a lightly prescribed framework of New Zealand’s colonial history in the curriculum will provide history teachers with a more coherent professional landscape.

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Holland, Peter, and Sherry Olson. "Ledgers and landscapes: Indicators of rural landscape change in southern New Zealand, 1878-1919." New Zealand Geographer 73, no. 1 (December 14, 2016): 45–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nzg.12145.

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Pearson, Diane. "Key Roles for Landscape Ecology in Transformative Agriculture Using Aotearoa—New Zealand as a Case Example." Land 9, no. 5 (May 11, 2020): 146. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9050146.

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Aotearoa—New Zealand (NZ) is internationally renowned for picturesque landscapes and agricultural products. Agricultural intensification has been economically beneficial to NZ but has implications for its clean green image. Contaminated waterways, high carbon emissions, and extensive soil erosion demonstrate the downside of high stocking rates and land clearing. Transformative farming systems are required to address the challenge of balancing production with the environment. Whilst navigating through the process of change, farmers need to be supported to make informed decisions at the farm and landscape scale. Landscape ecology (LE) is ideally positioned to inform the development of future farming landscapes and provide a scientific context to the criteria against which land-related information can be evaluated. However, to do this effectively, LE needs to demonstrate that it can link theory with practice. Using NZ as a case example, this paper discusses the key roles for LE in future farming systems. It looks at the way LE can help quantify the state of the landscape, provide support towards the co-creation of alternative futures, and assist with the inclusion of land-related information into design and planning to ensure mitigation and adaption responses assist in the transformation of farming systems for sustainable outcomes.

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Paviour-Smith, Kitty. "Vegetation of New Zealand." Biological Conservation 62, no. 1 (1992): 69–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(92)91156-m.

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Jones, Peter E., Jason Augspurger, and Gerard P. Closs. "Landscape-scale life-history gradients in New Zealand freshwater fish." Freshwater Biology 62, no. 3 (February 6, 2017): 570–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12886.

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Holland, Peter, Sherry Olson, and Chris Garden. "Agents of landscape change in southern New Zealand, 1896-1920." New Zealand Geographer 74, no. 1 (October 25, 2017): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nzg.12174.

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Dye, Jessica, Stephanié Rossouw, and Gail Pacheco. "Well-being of women in New Zealand: The changing landscape." New Zealand Economic Papers 46, no. 3 (December 2012): 273–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2012.722845.

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Rice, Rebecca. "‘My dear Hooker’: the botanical landscape in colonial New Zealand." Museum History Journal 13, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 20–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19369816.2020.1766296.

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McIntosh, P. D., D. N. Eden, and S. J. Burgham. "Quaternary deposits and landscape evolution in northeast Southland, New Zealand." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 81, no. 1-2 (December 1990): 95–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(90)90042-6.

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Schmidt, Jochen, Phil Tonkin, and Allan Hewitt. "Quantitative soil - landscape models for the Haldon and Hurunui soil sets, New Zealand." Soil Research 43, no. 2 (2005): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr04074.

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Limited resources and large areas of steeplands with limited field access forced soil and land resource surveyors in New Zealand often to develop generalised models of soil–landscape relationships and to use these to produce soil maps by manual interpretation of aerial photographs and field survey. This method is subjective and non-reproducible. Recent studies showed the utility of digital information and analysis to complement manual soil survey. The study presents quantitative soil–landscape models for the Hurunui and Haldon soil sets (New Zealand), developed from conceptual soil–landscape models. Spatial modelling techniques, including terrain analysis and fuzzy classification, are applied to compute membership maps of landform components for the study areas. The membership maps can be used to derive a ‘hard’ classification of land components and uncertainty maps. A soil taxonomic model is developed based on field data (soil profiles), which attaches dominant soil profiles and soil properties, including their uncertainties, to the defined land components. The method presented in this study is proposed as a potential technique for modelling land components of steepland areas in New Zealand, in which the spatial soil variation is dominantly controlled by landform properties. A soil map was developed that includes the uncertainty in the fundamental definitions of landscape units and the variability of soil properties within landscape units.

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White, Loretta N., and William Lindsey White. "Seaweed utilisation in New Zealand." Botanica Marina 63, no. 4 (August 27, 2020): 303–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0089.

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AbstractThe commercial landscape of seaweed use in New Zealand (NZ) has shifted and evolved since it was last reviewed in 2006. One of the largest changes saw the introduction of Macrocystis pyrifera and green-lipped mussel spat (which is landed attached to beach-cast seaweed) into the Quota Management System—the primary tool for commercial fisheries management in NZ. There have also been policy changes around commercial harvesting and farming of Undaria pinnatifida, an introduced brown alga native to Asia. Traditionally, commercial algal utilization has been limited to agar production and beach-cast collection for aquaculture feeds, though demand for seaweed products has increased with a growing Asian population in NZ. The NZ seaweed industry is at an early developmental stage, but it has the potential to offer high quality seaweed stock and value-added products to the world market. The exploration of seaweed farming, the growing demand for seaweed fertilizers and the development of high-value bioactive products such as fucoidan has attracted interest from marine farmers and entrepreneurs. The key to success for the NZ seaweed industry rests in developing high-value products for an export market, from integrated farming, harvesting and processing that can deliver the most value, consume the least energy and generate minimal waste.

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Paviour-Smith, Kitty. "A living New Zealand forest." Biological Conservation 67, no. 3 (1994): 275–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(94)90619-x.

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Riemenschneider, Jörg-Dieter. "Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Poetry: A Cultural and an Evocritical Reading." Zeitschrift für Australienstudien / Australian Studies Journal 26 (2012): 85–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.35515/zfa/asj.26/2012.06.

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Heron, Erena Le. "Placing Geographical Imagination in Film: New Zealand Filmmakers' Use of Landscape." New Zealand Geographer 60, no. 1 (April 2004): 60–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.2004.tb01706.x.

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Macalister, John. "Emerging voices or linguistic silence?: Examining a New Zealand linguistic landscape." Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication 29, no. 1 (January 2010): 55–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mult.2010.003.

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Wright, Andrea. "Classical myths and legendary journeys: Hercules, landscape, identity and New Zealand." Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 2, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 351–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajpc.2.3.351_1.

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Roskruge, Nick. "Traditional Māori horticultural and ethnopedological praxis in the New Zealand landscape." Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 22, no. 2 (March 2011): 200–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14777831111113383.

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Robertson, James. "The changing landscape of forensic science in Australia and New Zealand." Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 49, no. 3 (March 23, 2017): 237–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2017.1294671.

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Fitch, Kate, Donald Matheson, and Michael Bourk. "Rethinking public relations in the Australian and New Zealand communication landscape." Media International Australia 160, no. 1 (August 2016): 6–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x16651501.

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N. Clout, Michael, and Alan J. Saunders. "Conservation and ecological restoration in New Zealand." Pacific Conservation Biology 2, no. 1 (1995): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc950091.

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The introduction of alien species to New Zealand's terrestrial ecosystems has caused rapid loss of native biodiversity since human settlement. Faced with this crisis, conservation managers and scientists have responded by developing innovative techniques such as translocation of native animals and the eradication of introduced mammals from islands. We review recent progress with conservation of New Zealand's terrestrial flora and fauna (especially birds) and consider future prospects for ecological restoration of islands and mainland areas. We stress the value of linking species and ecosystem approaches to conservation and we reinforce the importance of maintaining a dynamic partnership between researchers and conservation managers in the development of conservation initiatives.

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Memon, Pyar Ali. "Freshwater management policies in New Zealand." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 7, no. 4 (December 1997): 305–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(199712)7:4<305::aid-aqc244>3.0.co;2-b.

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Shankar, U., C. P. Pearson, V. I. Nikora, and R. P. Ibbitt. "Heterogeneity in catchment properties: a case study of Grey and Buller catchments, New Zealand." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 6, no. 2 (April 30, 2002): 167–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-6-167-2002.

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Abstract. The scaling behaviour of landscape properties, including both morphological and landscape patchiness, is examined using monofractal and multifractal analysis. The study is confined to two neighbouring meso-scale catchments on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The catchments offer a diverse but largely undisturbed landscape with population and development impacts being extremely low. Bulk landscape properties of the catchments (and their sub-basins) are examined and show that scaling of stream networks follow Hack’s empirical rule, with exponents ∼0.6. It is also found that the longitudinal and transverse scaling exponents of stream networks equate to νl ≈0.6 and νw≈ 0.4, indicative of self-affine scaling. Catchment shapes also show self-affine behaviour. Further, scaling of landscape patches show multifractal behaviour and the analysis of these variables yields the characteristic parabolic curves known as multifractal spectra. A novel analytical approach is adopted by using catchments as hydrological cells at various sizes, ranging from first to sixth order, as the unit of measure. This approach is presented as an alternative to the box-counting method as it may be much more representative of hydro-ecological processes at catchment scales. Multifractal spectra are generated for each landscape property and spectral parameters such as the range in α (Holder exponent) values and maximum dimension at α0, (also known as the capacity dimension Dcap), are obtained. Other fractal dimensions (information Dinf and correlation Dcor) are also calculated and compared. The dimensions are connected by the inequality Dcap≥Dinf≥Dcor. Such a relationship strongly suggests that the landscape patches are heterogeneous in nature and that their scaling behaviour can be described as multifractal. The quantitative parameters obtained from the spectra may provide the basis for improved parameterisation of ecological and hydrological models. Keywords: fractal, multifractal, scaling, landscape, patchiness

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Mosley, P., and I. Jowett. "River morphology and management in New Zealand." Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 23, no. 4 (December 1999): 541–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030913339902300405.

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River research in New Zealand is strongly conditioned by management requirements defined by environmental legislation. Principal areas of investigation at present include information on river morphology, habitat and instream flows required for management of fluvial ecosystems; erosion, sediment transport and sediment yield; and gravel-bedded and braided river processes. Research in these areas has tended to have a strong orientation towards field observations as a basis for developing quantitative (commonly statistical) models, and ultimately the provision of guidance material and decision support systems for resource managers. A fourth area of particular emphasis has been channel networks and hydraulic geometry. Again, the work generally has been field-intensive, but has been directed towards testing models such as the optimal channel network concept. Current research directions are focusing particularly on gravel-bed river mechanics, climatic and tectonic controls on landscape evolution, and instream habitat hydraulics and ecosystems.

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Russell, James C., and Margaret C. Stanley. "An overview of introduced predator management in inhabited landscapes." Pacific Conservation Biology 24, no. 4 (2018): 371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc18013.

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Predators play a critical role in ecosystems; however, when overly abundant, they can disrupt natural processes and cause extinctions of species. In particular, oceanic islands have endured many impacts of introduced mammalian predators. Whereas knowledge and management of introduced mammalian predators on islands is well advanced in natural landscapes, in inhabited landscapes, spanning rural and urban environments, comparatively less is known. We summarise key issues from the natural and social sciences in the management of introduced mammalian predators in inhabited landscapes of Aotearoa–New Zealand. We describe the shift in focus over the past few decades from management of introduced mammalian herbivores to predators in rural environments, and the growth in management of introduced mammalian predators in urban environments, both seeking to emulate conservation gains made in forested landscapes. We discuss the circumstances around companion animal management at the interface of the natural and social sciences. We summarise surveys of attitudes towards introduced mammalian predators, the role of biodiversity co-management between Māori and Pakeha, and the importance of also considering non-biodiversity benefits from introduced predator management. We describe the rise of community predator control and large landscape projects aspiring for a ‘Predator Free New Zealand’, and how such an aspiration must be concurrent with habitat restoration. We make recommendations for further research on the basic population biology of predators in inhabited landscapes, and more long-term studies. Such studies should be integrated with examination of the motivations for predator management, as well as the biodiversity and social outcomes of such management. We conclude by remarking that introduced predator management is only one component of a robust national strategy for conservation of native biodiversity in New Zealand.

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Hoare, Joanne. "Flight of the Huia: Ecology and Conservation of New Zealand's Frogs, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals." Pacific Conservation Biology 11, no. 2 (2005): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc050147.

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The Huia Heteralocha acutirostris (Passerifonnes: Callaeidae) was a remarkable bird, endemic to New Zealand and famous for its sexual dimorphism in beak shape, which allowed differentiation of invertebrate resource collection by foraging pairs. Huia were once widespread throughout New Zealand, but declined rapidly following human settlement due to predation by introduced mammals, habitat loss, hunting and collecting, until their extinction in the early 20th Century. The plight of the Huia is, tragically, parallel to the stories of many of New Zealand?s endemic vertebrates, and is a fitting frontispiece for Kerry-Jane Wilson?s new book which delves into the ecological history of the New Zealand fauna.

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Morris, Grant. "Devils Down Under: Perceptions of Lawyers' Ethics in New Zealand Fiction." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 44, no. 3/4 (November 1, 2013): 609. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v44i3/4.4977.

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Sophisticated fictional portrayals of lawyers facing ethical dilemmas can provide important insights into the nature of legal ethics and morality in the New Zealand legal profession. These insights can assist the legal community in addressing complex issues surrounding professional regulation. This article reveals legal characters who act contrary to legal ethics but with moral justifications and characters who act ethically but in a way that laypeople may view as amoral or immoral. While the depictions of lawyers are generally negative, a close analysis reveals that this is partly a result of confusion over what Dare has termed the standard conception of a lawyer's role. Fewer insights can be gained from superficial characterisations. While much has been written on this topic in other jurisdictions, more light can be shed on New Zealand's ethical landscape through the study of New Zealand's fictional texts. This article exposes a rich resource for the legal community because as Economides and O'Leary have argued in relation to legal ethics, stories matter. This dictum should apply to works of non-fiction and fiction.

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Parkes, John P. "Feral goat control in New Zealand." Biological Conservation 54, no. 4 (1990): 335–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(90)90145-f.

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Paviour-Smith, Kitty. "The handbook of New Zealand mammals." Biological Conservation 59, no. 1 (1992): 73–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(92)90720-8.

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FAIRWEATHER, JOHN R., and SIMON R. SWAFFIELD. "TOURIST EXPERIENCES OF LANDSCAPE IN NEW ZEALAND: THEMES FROM THREE CASE STUDIES." Tourism Culture & Communication 4, no. 2 (January 1, 2003): 57–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/109830403108750812.

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McGowan. "THE WEATHER OF WINDBLOWN SEDIMENT: AEOLIAN PROCESSES WITHIN THE NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPE." Weather and Climate 16, no. 1 (1996): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/44279890.

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Cooper, Annabel. "Televisual memory and the New Zealand Wars: Bicultural identities, masculinity and landscape." European Journal of Cultural Studies 14, no. 4 (August 2011): 446–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367549411405551.

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