Colonization ; Communication ; Diffusion ; Historical geography ; Information ; NewZealand ; Nineteenth Century ; Time
This article explores the geography of local times that existed in NewZealand before 1868, discusses the adoption of NewZealand Mean Time in that year and assesses the extent to which the new standard was adhered to as a measure of public time
Geography - Internationalisation and the condition of forestry in NewZealand
Afforestation ; Forestry ; Industry ; Internationalization ; Investment ; NewZealand ; Regional development ; Stand treatment ; Wood industry
Internationalisation is used as a device with which to reexamine geographies of national development and geography in national development in NewZealand. The A. discusses national and internationalised forestry before considering some of the new
possibilities confronting geographers as the NewZealand economy becomes incresingly internationalised.
This paper is a personal perspective on how NewZealand appears to have changed in its approach to environmental management in the twenty years since 1970.
Land treatment and disposal of effluent. A NewZealand perspective
Agricultural practice ; Agriculture ; Biogeochemistry ; Ecosystem ; Irrigation ; NewZealand ; Polluted water ; Water management ; Water quality
Irrigation is becoming an accepted means of effluent treatment and disposal in NewZealand. This paper outlines major sources of effluent in NewZealand and the methods, benefits and problems of land waste treatment prior to a brief discussion
North American influences in the development of NewZealand's landscapes: 1800 to 1935
British settlement of NewZealand accompanied and depended upon the space-time convergence resulting from rapidly improving oceanic shipping. In turn this made other countries of new settlement readily accessible to NewZealand. Sharing a suite
of problems with these other lands, NewZealand adopted some of their solutions in its geographical development. In particular North America's contributions had a demonstrable effect in moulding New-Zealand landscapes. (Ed.).
The report contains basic data on NewZealand and its agricultural sector, it describes the dismantling of public support for NewZealand's agriculture and shows how NewZealand's farmers continue farming with virtually no subsidies. The present
situation of NewZealand's rural sector is outlined in greater detail. - (L'A.).
Ponga, glass and concrete. A vision for urban socio-cultural geography in Aotearoa/NewZealand
Cultural studies ; Gentrification ; Ideology ; NewZealand ; Post-modernism ; Social theory ; Society ; Socio-economic system ; Urbanization
In accepting that Aotearoa is no-longer a rural nation there are possibilities for the study of urban socio-cultural geography-the effects of urbanisation on the lives of NewZealanders. Contemporary social geographical theories have produced a new
cultural geography. The AA. argue that this new cultural geography could provide important theoretical avenues for the development of an indigenous NewZealand urban socio-cultural gegraphy.
The first part of this paper presents the international recommendations and the two main approaches - anticipatory and reactive - to geomorphological hazards in NewZealand. In the second part, the NewZealand approaches are discussed and evaluated
NewZealand in the 1980s. Market forces in the welfare state
Environment ; Laws ; Nature conservation ; NewZealand ; Quality of life ; Resource management
The decade 1980s has seen the rise in NewZealand's involvement in environmental issues that affect the Pacific. NewZealand is a member of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme which was established in 1982. While beginning
Cracking the canyon with the awesome foursome : representations of adventure tourism in NewZealand
Cultural studies ; Landscape esthetics ; NewZealand ; Perception ; Tourism ; Tourism area
The AA. focus on the rise of adventure tourism in NewZealand and suggest that the growth of adventure-tourism attractions is related to important transformations in the sociocultural geographies of the places concerned.
Cultural geography ; Cultural identity ; Land;Real estate ; Maoris ; NewZealand ; Tourism ; Tourist site ; Value system
As a way of increasing NewZealand's market share of international tourists, the Maori people and their sacred sites offer one possibility. The A. discusses Maori concepts of heritage, their world view and notion of land claims in the general