This watercolour of the Kāingaroa plains near Waiotapu, in the central North Island, shows how the area looked before large-scale forest planting. Little apart from grass and scrub grew in the inhospitable climate, and the sparse vegetation made it relatively easy to establish forest plantations.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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E-394-f-028-1
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