The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... Maori tradition two species of louse ( Pediculus ) were also introduced by Polynesian immigrants . Mr Cheeseman has pointed out that the Polynesians were great cultivators , and carried their cultivated plants from one part of the ...
... Maori tradition two species of louse ( Pediculus ) were also introduced by Polynesian immigrants . Mr Cheeseman has pointed out that the Polynesians were great cultivators , and carried their cultivated plants from one part of the ...
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... Maori tradition , New Zealand was discovered by two Polynesian voyagers named Kupe and Ngahue , but authorities are not yet agreed as to the period of this discovery . The first Polynesian settlement in the time of Toi took place 30 to ...
... Maori tradition , New Zealand was discovered by two Polynesian voyagers named Kupe and Ngahue , but authorities are not yet agreed as to the period of this discovery . The first Polynesian settlement in the time of Toi took place 30 to ...
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... Maori name of the tree and the myth connected with it . Pomaderris apetala is an Australian as well as a New Zealand species , but is not found in any part of Polynesia . It is difficult to con- jecture , therefore , how such a myth ...
... Maori name of the tree and the myth connected with it . Pomaderris apetala is an Australian as well as a New Zealand species , but is not found in any part of Polynesia . It is difficult to con- jecture , therefore , how such a myth ...
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... Maori rat ( Mus exulans ) , has been exterminated since European settlement began . The following 25 species are truly feral at the present time in certain districts , some in limited areas , others very widely distributed : wallaby ...
... Maori rat ( Mus exulans ) , has been exterminated since European settlement began . The following 25 species are truly feral at the present time in certain districts , some in limited areas , others very widely distributed : wallaby ...
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... Maori refer to the fact of their bringing dogs with them , so that they had probably been in the country for some centuries before the advent of Europeans . Crozet saw them in 1772 and described them as follows : The dogs are a sort of ...
... Maori refer to the fact of their bringing dogs with them , so that they had probably been in the country for some centuries before the advent of Europeans . Crozet saw them in 1772 and described them as follows : The dogs are a sort of ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand