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Chapter Eight — Living with embarrassment: the rabbit - Exotic Intruders
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The man who introduced the rabbit to New Zealand was banqueted and lauded but they would hang him now, if they could get him . . . in England they fine a poacher, whereas he ought to be banished to New Zealand. New Zealand would pay his way and give him wages. — Mark Twain The early difficulties ...
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Contents - Fulbright in New Zealand
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Chapter 2 — A Kiwi — on the Campus
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" I came from a white, middle-class, Anglo-Saxon monoculture. Working, living and playing in a multi-cultural mixed society was a big change. However, one thing is sure — there are as many societies and cultures in the USA as there are grains of sand on a shore. I met only a few ... New Zealand s...
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Chapter 4 — The Last Living Moa - Fulbright in New Zealand
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" T he situation between the US and New Zealand is asymmetrical. Very few Americans have much of an opinion about the Kiwis and New Zealand, before going there. The country's natural beauty and the people's friendliness create a favourable impression. Most New Zealand academic types coming to the...
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Chapter 7 — The Other — Side of Sunrise - Fulbright in New Zealand
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" W hat struck me most about New Zealanders was the distinctly ‘British’ character of their ways. In no other respect is the best of British heritage more pronounced than in the exemplary behaviour of children. On boarding a bus, more than once did one or more small school children jump to their ...
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Appendix 1 — Number Of — Participants by Country - Appendices
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Appendix 7 — New Zealand Educational and — Vocational Development Grants - Appendices
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Appendix 9 — United States Research — Scholars and Lecturers - Appendices
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Appendix 10 — United States — Graduate Students - Appendices - Fulbright in New Zealand
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[title page] - Exotic Intruders
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Exotic Intruders The introduction of plants and animals into New Zealand Heinemann page break HEINEMANN PUBLISHERS Cnr College Road and Kilham Avenue, Auckland 9, New Zealand The Windmill Press, Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6TG, England. 4 Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833, U.S.A. Als...
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Preface - Exotic Intruders
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It has been a special pleasure, for several good reasons, to read Exotic Intruders. Firstly, such a complete updated record of acclimatisations, successful or otherwise, has long been overdue. Secondly, it caters for that deep, nostalgic interest which begins early in life and might better be des...
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Cats - Chapter One — In the beginning - Exotic Intruders
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There is no record of the first introduction of cats into New Zealand, but they were probably present from the earliest days of settlement by the whalers and sealers. Since then many cats have managed to live in a wild state. Wild cats were reported in Auckland province by Dieffenbach in 1843. La...
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Cattle and sheep in the wild - Chapter Three — The agricultural invasion - Exotic Intruders
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Although the first recorded successful introduction of sheep and cattle was that made by Marsden and the missionaries, it is probable that the whalers and sealers may have kept some of these animals at their shore stations. When the settlers arrived in the 1840s cattle and sheep were allowed to g...
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Fruit Trees - Chapter Three — The agricultural invasion - Exotic Intruders
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Orders for fruit trees of all kinds suitable for this climate from Van Diemen's land, will be received by the undersigned, they having made arrangements with a competent person to select same, and ship them for this port during next winter. NONE will be imported except to order. Immediate applica...
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[George Malcolm Thomson] - Chapter Three — The agricultural invasion - Exotic Intruders
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George Malcolm Thomson was the author of Naturalisation of Animals and Plants in New Zealand , a work that has been the reference manual for all those interested in the history of acclimatisation in New Zealand since its publication in 1922. Thomson was educated in Edinburgh, and came to this cou...
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A steam yacht at one's disposal - Chapter Four — The sport of gentlemen - Exotic Intruders
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On the first of August 1877 Mr G. S. Cooper, the Under Secretary of the Marine Department, was asked to supply a Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, which requested details of the cost of the Government Steam Yacht Hinemoa . The contract price for this yacht was £23 500, declared ...
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Chapter Five — The societies - Exotic Intruders
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If the Association goes on and flourishes, it could not do better than send out by each ship that it charters, pairs of animals until it receives intelligence that a sufficient number to make the propagation of the species certain have safely landed. —John Robert Godley In 1875 a settler, Charles...
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The Hawkes Bay Acclimatisation Society - Chapter Five — The societies - Exotic Intruders
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At a meeting of the Hawkes Bay Agricultural Society on 27 January 1868, it was resolved 'that, as it is highly desirable to encourage the introduction of insectivorous birds, useful plants, and trees, an Acclimatisation Society be formed.' Within a month the Society was selling pheasants for five...
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Donne and the New Zealand tourist paradise - Chapter Five — The societies - Exotic Intruders
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Up until about 1900 the idea of promoting New Zealand as a tourist resort did not exist. Thomas Edward Donne , a senior official in charge of the 'tourist traffic' branch of the Railways, had a keen interest in angling and deerstalking and was a personal friend of Sir Joseph Ward. With this Minis...
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