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Creating a pastoral world through fire: bush burning in the Manawatu

Creating a pastoral world through fire: bush burning in the Manawatu

How did the Manawatu transform from a densely forested environment in 1870 to a pastoral landscape by the turn of the century? The answer, which will be explored in a lunchtime talk on 8th November, as part of the 2012 Manawatu Local History Week, is “fire”. (more…)

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