Story: Fire and agriculture All images & media From page 1 – Fire and Māori agriculture Forest in 1000 and 1840 Fern garden, Mt MacKay Elsdon Best's notes From page 2 – South Island sheep runs: tussock and scrub Tussock burning, 1882 Grasslands in 1840 and 2002 Mesopotamia Station after burning Canterbury fires, 1885–86 From page 3 – North Island farms: bush and fern Burning the bush, Taranaki Burning, Pukatore Station (1st of 3) Remains of forest (2nd of 3) Sowing grass seed (3rd of 3) ‘The burning region’ From page 4 – Burning and erosion Tussock-burning, 1959 Impact of burning and grazing Castle Hill Station, 1882 (1st of 2) Castle Hill Station, 2005 (2nd of 2) Test burning Farming in Waitōtara valley From page 5 – Burning in modern agriculture Cartoon with a message Spraying gorse Burning wheat stubble
