Story: Human effects on the environment All images & media From page 1 – Early human impact Forest before human arrival Pre-European game-hunting sites Wairau Bar archaeological site Kiore (Pacific rat) Māori village with dogs Māori gardens (1st of 2) Ōtuataua stonefields (2nd of 2) From page 2 – Pre-European deforestation Pollen analysis Fossil charcoal fragments Canterbury Plains Raupō swamp From page 3 – European impact Forest cleared for farmland Logging native timber Digging drains Landslides Wilding pines (1st of 3) Spread of marram grass (2nd of 3) Hawkweed (3rd of 3) From page 4 – Impact on animals Impact of rats Sealing Predators Westland petrel Possum damage
