Trees of New Zealand

to “large herbaceous flowering plants” with fruit that is usually elongated and curved, with a yellow, purple, or red rind covering soft starchy fruit (Merriam-Webster). Banana plants are often mistaken for trees, because their “false stem” or pseudostem resembles a tree trunk. However, trees are dicots with organized vascular bundles while banana plants are monocots, which have scattered vascular bundles. The average cultivated banana plant stands at 16 feet tall, although they may range from 10

A Rainforest is a dense growing broad-leaved evergreen trees it is also known as a tall and strong jungle. The reason it is called a rainforest is because of the various amount of rainfall that it get in a year. The climate of a rain forest is very hot and humid so the animals and plants that exist there must learn to adapt to this climate. Rainforest can be found at places with high biodiversity. Biodiversity is variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level

Review of the characteristics of two tree species David Bell 198120675 HORT90043 Tree Identification and Selection WORD COUNT = 1200 (excluding tables and appendices)   Introduction These two beautiful tree species are both tall street and park trees found in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. One is a very commonly planted native tree which seems to have fallen out of favour with local Councils in this area (see Appendix A) and the other is a distinctive yet rarely planted exotic that seems

Code of practice for earth fill for residential development NZS 8409: 2004 Management of agrichemicals AS/NZS 3008.1.2:2010 Electrical installations - Selection of cables - Cables for alternating voltages up to and including 0.6/1 kV - Typical New Zealand installation conditions AS/NZS 2032: 2006 Installation of PVC pipe systems AS/NZS 2033: 2008 Installation of polyethylene pipe systems AS 2845.3: 2010 Water supply - Backflow prevention devices - Field testing and maintenance Tree and Plant

The use of 1080 poison to control possums within New Zealand has been quite a big biological issue over the years. The bushtail possums were introduced to New Zealand in 1837 for the fur trade by Australia. This poison is commonly used in New Zealand to target the control of the possum population as well as other invasive rodents, as these pest eat vulnerable native animals such as, birds, lizards and insects, but this poison is highly toxic for deer, and dogs. Minimizing the number of possums mean

treated also in another country. When I moved back to the East from the West I had focused more attention on the origin of the products that we took for granted. For instance, Samoans love coconut cream, therefore made their own from the many coconut trees in their backyard. The Samoans that were not so fortunate had to purchase these creams from the store when needed. The difference between the two is the degree of Scarcity changing with lifestyle. Perchance, the only two reasons for the Western side

: Ashley Dene has been owned by Lincoln University for over 100 years and is used for research and teaching. It is roughly 355ha where 200ha of irrigated land is being converted into dairy for further research. The rest of the farm is a dryland pastoral system, where extensive research is carried out on theme of the central progeny test. Unless otherwise stated, all information for this report was obtained from the owner of the property, (Chris Logan personal communication, 7th March 2016). 1

Most of my life I have been surrounded by children especially my cousins, nieces and nephews. I have chosen to go into this field because I want to be one of those early childhood teacher that get children ready for important part of life. Having little cousins to watch growing up as well my own children and see them grow in their early education has shown me that I want to be part of that. I love the thought of being the first person to get the children started with their education by helping them

Stradbroke Island’s sandmining industry grew from modest beginnings – where as early as 1948 hand mining using shovels and trucks on the beach was established. Over numerous decades this soon developed into present days use of large-scale dredging. The establishment of aerial ropeways to transport minerals for processing to Dunwich began in 1956 where the commencement of dredge mining was initiated. Only a decade later, the concentrations of the rich black mineral being mined were exhausted to the

Finally finishing with my thoughts on Te Tiriti o Waitangi from what I know and what I think as a modern day Maori and a Pakeha and wht Te Tiriti o Waitangi means to me. Te Tiriti o Waitangi or The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand. It is a document that both Maori iwi, tribes, sub tribes and the Crown (British Monarchy-Queen Victoria) representatives made agreements upon. Te Tiriti o Waitangi was named after the place where Te Tiriti o Waitangi was first signed which was