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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.