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Wind damaged pines

Wind damaged pines

Pine forests on the Canterbury Plains have been periodically flattened by gale-force winds. These mature radiata pines in Eyrewell forest were blown down on 1 August 1975, when nor-wester winds reached speeds of 170 kilometres per hour.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
Reference: AAQA 6395 M11997

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Peter Berg. 'Radiata pine', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/radiata-pine/5/5