Totara Reserve: from exploitation to conservation
My adventure into the world of environmental history began in earnest with my exploration of the history of a forest reserve in the...
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Finding your shrine in the landscape
I have just been re-reading Eleanor Catton's short essay 'The Land of the Long White Cloud', in Tell you what: Great New Zealand...
Can environmental history bring hope?
I first posted this in November 2015. It is so relevant to the book I have been writing about rivers, so am reposting. I was fortunate to...
Language as a window to different worlds
Recently my son and I went to a talk by Tina Makereti, a local author who has earned international acclaim for her writing. I have to...
History is made! (in our garden)
Today, while sitting in my office at home, I had the pleasure of hearing (and seeing) not one but two bellbirds. They were clearly having...
What is environmental history?
This post was first published on envirohistory NZ Recently I read J. Donald Hughes’ “What is Environmental History?” This is an excellent...
Hello! ... anyone out there?
So this is my first blog post on my freshly minted Catherine Knight NZ website. Though I am a seasoned blogger (well, at least since...
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