Nga Uruora - The Groves of Life : Ecology and History in a New Zealand Landscape by Geoff Park (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTE Herenga Waka University Press
ISBN-100864732910
ISBN-139780864732910
eBay Product ID (ePID)1758591
Product Key Features
Number of Pages376 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNga Uruora-The Groves of Life : Ecology and History in a New Zealand Landscape
Publication Year2001
SubjectGeneral, Australia & Oceania, Ecology, Australia & New Zealand
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Travel, History
AuthorGeoff Park
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-421479
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal577/.0993
SynopsisNga Uruora: The Groves of Life takes the study of New Zealand's natural environment in radical new directions. Part ecology, part history, part personal odyssey, this book offers a fresh perspective on our landscapes and our relationships with them. Geoff Parks' research focuses on New Zealand's fertile coastal plains, country of rich opportunity for both Maori and European inhabitants, but country whose natural character has vanished from the experience of New Zealanders today. Beginning with James Cook's Endeavour party on the Hauraki Plains, and then the New Zealand Company's arrival in the valley that became the Hutt, Park takes us through the river flatlands where the imperatives of colonial settlement transformed the original forests and swamps with ruthless efficiency. Nga Uruora 's primary journey, however, is to four auspicious places - Tauwhare on the Mokau River, Papaitonga in Horowhenua, Whanganui Inlet and Punakaiki on the South Island's West Coast - where small remnants of the plains forests' indigenous ecosystems of kahikatea and harakeke still survive. The histories of these places, what they mean to Maori, their ecological vulnerability and their significance for conservation are major concerns. Park ties these issues together through the experience of the places themselves, their magic, immediacy and beauty.Alert to how ecology and history interact, and with respect for different ways of knowledge, Park takes issue with those ecologists who say that by the time Europeans arrived the fertile coastal plains had already been ravaged by Maori. He believes that if the last survivors of nga uruora are to become part of the quest for more sustainable ways with the land, the vital part Maori played keeping them alive last century will have to become central, once again, to their care.
LC Classification NumberQH541.15.L35P37 1995
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