Envirohistory NZ

This site stems from the recognition that to understand the environmental issues we are facing today, it is essential to understand our environmental past - the way the environmental once was, the way we have transformed it, and the implications these human interventions have. Through short essays, random thoughts, discussion, links to research, articles, other sites and resources, this site aims to stimulate discussion and exploration of the way we relate to our environment through history.

Latest posts:

envirohistory NZ

• Views of Kapiti 2 – Waikanae River wetland restoration
• What is environmental history?
• Challenging assumptions – what is natural?
• Jeanette Fitzsimons: How our attitudes towards the environment have changed 1974 – 2010
• Kapiti Island – an environmental history “microcosm” – Part 2
• Kapiti Island – an environmental history “microcosm” – Part 1
• Memories of hunting – Te Urewera and Hawkes Bay
• A rare survivor – Taupo swamp
• Views of Kapiti 1 – Swamp Road, Otaki
• An egalitarian paradise – hunting in New Zealand

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