Story: Farming and the environment
Page 10. All images & media
From page 1 - A modified landscape
From page 2 - Early changes
From page 3 - Expansion in the 20th century
From page 4 - Environmental impacts in the 2000s
From page 5 - Effects on soil and water
From page 6 - Biodiversity and greenhouse gas changes
From page 7 - Clean green solutions
From page 8 - Voluntary environmental management
How to cite this page
Julia Haggerty and Hugh Campbell, Farming and the environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/1533/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Julia Haggerty and Hugh Campbell, published 1 March 2009.