The school that moved: Wildbore geocache no. 1
In 1977, an entire school house moved from its existing location on a country road in the shadow of the Ruahine Range in the Manawatu to...
'A vision to restore the environment': how history helps us make sense of the present
Earlier this month, the Minister for the Environment David Parker made an address to the Forest & Bird annual conference entitled "A...
Launch of Beyond Manapouri - photos!
I couldn't have hoped for a more successful launch of Beyond Manapouri last week at Vic Books, Wellington. Thank you to all who came...
Will we ever see another "Manapouri"?
Has New Zealand failed its environment? is the question asked by Jamie Morton, Science Reporter at the New Zealand Herald, in his piece...
Have we become a more wasteful culture?
Earlier this year it was revealed that New Zealand has become one of the worst in the world for the generation of waste. This is...
The latest freshwater policy "bombshell" – like a rendition of "Hamlet"
The latest "shock" announcement by Environment Minister David Parker, that limits need to be set at a national level to curb further...
Undoing environmental history (with a spade)
This blog was originally published in 2011 on envirohistory NZ. Though my implement of choice for environmental history is the pen (or...
Pohangina River
A bend in Pohangina River, near Totara Reserve. Catherine Knight.
