ENNZ: Environment and Nature in New Zealand
Volume 11, December 2018
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- Vaughan Wood, “Editor’s Introduction”
- Michael Roche, “Charles Foweraker: forestry and ideas of sustainability at Canterbury University College (1925-1934)”
- Tom Brooking, “The State of Environmental History in New Zealand: Some Personal Reflections in Late 2018”
- Vaughan Wood, “Review: Jonathan West, The Face of Nature: an environmental history of Otago Peninsula”
- Vaughan Wood, “Recent Publication: Catherine Knight, “Wildbore: a photographic legacy”
Volume 10, No. 1 September 2016
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- Vaughan Wood, “Editor’s Introduction”
- Linda Tyler, “Illustrating the Grasses and the Transactions: John Buchanan’s Development of Technologies for Lithography in Natural History”
- Julia Wells, “A Physician to the Sultan’: The East African Environment in the Writings of a New Zealand Doctor”
- Vaughan Wood, “The History of the Phormium Flax Industry in Canterbury”
- Paul Star, “Review: Alan F. Mark, Standing My Ground: A Voice for Nature Conservation”
- Vaughan Wood, “Recent Publication: Neville Peat: Stewart Island: Rakiura National Park”
Volume 9, No. 2 November 2014
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- Paul Star, “Editor’s Introduction“
- Alistair McMechan, “Timber Town: A History of Port Craig”
- Simon Canaval, “The Story of the Fallow Deer: An Exotic Aspect of British Globalisation”
- Paul Star, “Island Reserves and Mainland Islands, including a Review of Ecosanctuaries”
- Joanne Whittle, “Review: David Young, Rivers: New Zealand’s Shared Legacy”
- Ruth Morgan, “Review: Eric Pawson and Tom Brooking (Eds.), Making a New Land: Environmental Histories of New Zealand”
- Elizabeth Teather, “Review: James Beattie and Duncan Campbell, Lan Yuan: A Garden of Distant Longing”
Volume 9, No. 1 February 2014
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- Paul Star, Editors’ introduction.
- Neil Clayton, ‘Settlers, politicians and scientists: Environmental anxiety in a New Zealand colony’.
- James Beattie, ‘Looking for Arcadia: European environmental perception in 1840-1860’.
- Julian Kuzma, ‘The 1895 snowstorm’.
- Rachael Egerton, ‘Unconquerable enemy or bountiful resource? A new perspective on the rabbit in Central Otago’.
- Michael L.S. Bagge, ‘Valuable ally or invading army? The ambivalence of gorse in New Zealand, 1835-1900’.
- Lee Davidson, ‘Mountain magic: Mountaineering in North- West Otago, 1882-1940’.
- Matthew D. Polson, ‘Appreciating the indigenous: An examination of changing European perceptions of the environment and peoples of New Britain, 1930–1950’.
Volume 8, No. 1 November 2013
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- Paul Star, ‘Editor’s introduction’.
- Jo Whittle, ‘Into the backyard: Huntly Power Station and the history of environmentalism in New Zealand’.
- Ian Tyrrell, ‘Review Essay: Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler and Patrick Kupper (editors), Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical Perspective’.
- Bill Howie, ‘Landmarks: Cumberland’s magnum opus?’.
- Andrew Gregg, ‘Leonard Cockayne: A most enthusiastic gardener’.
- Simon Nathan, ‘Collections of letters written by or about James Hector’.
- Julian Kuzma, ‘Review: Peter Hayden and Rod Morris, An Extraordinary Land: Discoveries and Mysteries from Wild New Zealand’.
- Ian Tyrrell, ‘Review: James Beattie, Empire and Environmental Anxiety: Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920’.
Volume 7, Numbers 1-2, November 2012
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- Paul Star, ‘Editor’s introduction’.
- Jonathan West, ‘Review essay: Robert Peden, Making Sheep Country: Mount Peel Station and the Transformation of the Tussock Lands’.
- Lynne Lochhead, ‘The battle for the Rai (1898)’.
- Ian St. George, ‘William Colenso 1811–1899, Victorian polymath’.
- John P. Adam, ‘Plant trees now! A short history of the Forest Tree Encouragement planting policy of the nineteenth century, particularly in Auckland and Otago’.
- Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather, ‘A Pacific approach to conservation: Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, Vanuatu’.
- Ian C. Duggan, ‘Review: R. M. McDowall, Ikawai: Freshwater Fishes in Māori Culture and Economy’
- Paul Star, ‘Review: Neville Peat, Seabird Genius: The Story of L. E. Richdale, the Royal Albatross, and the Yellow-eyed Penguin’.
Volume 6, Number 2, November 2011
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- James Beattie, Editorial Introduction.
- Article: Paul Star, ‘New Zealand’s Biota Barons: Ecological Transformation In New Zealand’
- Request: Joanna Bishop, ‘Medicinal Plants In New Zealand, 1850s-1920s’
- Book Review: Charles Dawson, on Māori and The Environment: Kaitiaki
- Book Review: Julian Kuzma, on The Settler’s Plot
Volume 6, Number 1, July 2011
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- James Beattie, Editorial Introduction.
- Article: Amy Davis, “For beauty and health”: Nature and the Environment in Suburban Karori, Wellington.
- Article: Lily Lee and Ruth Lam, 陈达枝 Chan Dah Chee (1851 -1930): Pioneer Chinese Market Gardener and Auckland Businessman.
- Book Review: David Young on Tom Brooking & Eric Pawson’s Seeds of Empire, The environmental Transformation of New Zealand.
- Book Review: Ondine Godtschalk on Gavin McLean & Tim Shoebridge’s Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border.
- Book Review: Stuart Read on Kristin Lammerting & Ferdinand Graf von Luckner’s Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand.
- Conference Review: Ruth Morgan, ‘Nature, Empire and Power’ conference, University of Waikato, 9-10 December 2010.
Volume 5, Number 2, December 2010
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- Editorial Introduction
- Article: John Andrews, ‘Biologists And History’
- Article: Yukiko Numata Bedford, ‘The “Peace Gardens”, Featherston, South Wairarapa, and the Chor-Farmer’
- Book Review: Edward D. Melillo, on Joachim Radkau’s Nature and Power: A Global History of The Environment
- Book Review: Chris O’Brien, on Don Garden’s Droughts, Floods and Cyclones…
- Garden Review: Peter Sergel & Geoff Doube, ‘Chinese Scholar’s Garden’, Hamilton Gardens
Volume 5, Number 1, July 2010
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- James Beattie, Editorial Introduction
- Review Article: Walter Cook on Janet Waymark, Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscapes
- Book Review: Paul Star on John Andrews, No Other Home Than This: A History of European New Zealanders
- Book Review: James Beattie on Christopher Johnstone, The Painted Garden in New Zealand Art
- Garden Review: Peter Sergel & Geoff Doube, ‘Te Parapara Garden’ and ‘The Indian Char Bagh Garden’
- Website Review: Catherine Knight, ‘Exploring New Zealand’s Environmental History Online’
Volume 4, Number 2, December 2009
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- James Beattie, Editorial introduction
- Article: Walter Cook, ‘The Lady Norwood Rose Garden and Begonia House’
- Article: Geoff Doube, ‘Some notes on the philosophy of Hamilton Gardens’
- Review: Charles Dawson on William Beinart and Lotte Hughes’ Environment and Empire
- Obituary: David Young, ‘Geoff Park: A Tribute’
Volume 4, Number 1, December 2009
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- James Beattie, Editorial introduction
- Paul Star, ‘Environmental history and New Zealand history‘
- Matt Henry, ‘Trans-Tasman meteorology and the production of a Tasman airspace, 1920-1940‘
- James Beattie, ‘Exploring Trans-Tasman environmental connections, 1850s-1900s, through the imperial careering of Alfred Sharpe‘
- Mike Roche, ‘Latter day “imperial careering”: L.M. Ellis – a Canadian forester in Australia and New Zealand, 1920-1941‘
- Review: Paul Star on Kirstie Ross’ Going bush: New Zealanders and nature in the twentieth century
Volume 3, Number 2, December 2008
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- James Beattie, Editor’s Comment
- David Calderwood, ‘Voice in the Wilderness: Historical Christian Attitudes to the Environment and the Emergence of A Rocha‘
- Petra Jane Edmunds, ‘Improving on Nature? A Critical History of the Hamilton Beautification Society‘
- Book review: Julian Kuzma on Janet Hunt’s Wetlands of New Zealand
- Conference review: John P. Adam on the James Hector Colonial Man of Science (1834-1907) Symposium
Volume 3, Number 1, February 2008
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- James Beattie, Editor’s Comment
- James Beattie, ‘Acclimatisation and the “Europeanisation” of New Zealand, 1830s-1920s?‘
- Book review: Teresa Shewry on Paul D’Arcy’s The People of the Sea
Volume 2, Number 5, September 2007
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- James Beattie, Editors’ Comment
- Book review: Tom Brooking on Libby Robin’s How a Continent Created a Nation
- Book review: Charles Dawson on David Youngs’ Whio: Saving New Zealand’s Blue Duck
- Conference review: Australian Forest History Conference
Volume 2, Number 4, May 2007
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- James Beattie, Editors’ Comment
- Teresa Shewry, ‘Literature and the Environment: Fictions of Nature, Culture, and Landscapes‘
- Julian Kuzma, ‘Against the Wind‘
- Richard Reeve, Poems
- Book review: Julian Kuzma on Geoff Park’s Theatre Country
- Book review: Teresa Shewry on Literature and the Environment: Fictions of Nature, Culture, and Landscapes
Volume 1, Number 3, December 2006
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- Matt Morris, Editor’s Comment
- Chris de Freitas, ‘Climate of dissent‘
- Francis Reid, ‘Newspapers as objects of natural history?‘
- Conference report: Kate Hunter on Trans -Tasman ‘States of Mind’ series, 2006
- Conference report: James Beattie on Environment and Nature in Asia
Volume 1, Number 2, August 2006
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- Paul Star, ‘Nature’s Trump Card”: Confronting the Rabbit Problem in Southern New Zealand, 1867-1897‘
- James Beattie, ‘Greener Pastures? Future Research Topics on New Zealand’s Environment‘
Volume 1, Number 1, March 2006