Story: Human effects on the environment
Kiore, the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans), was introduced to New Zealand by the earliest Polynesian settlers. It had an immediate effect on the populations of small birds and other small animals, and was responsible for the extinction of a number of species.
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Department of Conservation
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Photograph by Dick Veitch
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