Julian Kuzma The winter of 1895 did not begin well for sheep farmers. New Zealand lamb sold for only five pence a pound on the Smithfield market, mutton for four…
Looking for Arcadia: European environmental perception in 1840-1860
James Beattie The twenty years between 1840 and 1860 saw the growth of a permanent European presence in the Dunedin area, thanks to full-scale planned colonisation begun in 1848 by…
Settlers, politicians and scientists: Environmental anxiety in a New Zealand colony
Neil Clayton Anyone who made the decision to emigrate from Britain to New Zealand in the 1840s was, whether they thought about it or not, turning their personal clock back…
Editors’ introduction
The seven articles in this special issue of Environment and Nature in New Zealand were all written between 1989 and 2000 by students at the University of Otago. Five of…
Upcoming Conference: 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Vegetation Science
New Zealand: New home; new habitat! New ideas? Palmerston North, New Zealand: 12-16 February 2007 Website: http://iavs2007.massey.ac.nz Contact: Jill Rapson. G.Rapson@massey.ac.nz Ecology, Institute of Natural Resources, PN 624, Massey University,…
Conference Report: Environment and Nature in Asia
James Beattie KEY TERMS environment, Asia, gardens, Japan, China, Philippines, animals, conservation This special one-day symposium on the environment and nature of Asia took place on Saturday 2 September 2006,…