A study of Māori garden soil modifications and soil-landform relationships including a case study of the garden soils of Panau Pa, Little Akaloa, Banks Peninsula : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Post-Graduate Diploma of Applied Science in the University of Lincoln [Lincoln University]

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A study of Māori garden soil modifications and soil-landform relationships including a case study of the garden soils of Panau Pa, Little Akaloa, Banks Peninsula : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Post-Graduate Diploma of Applied Science in the University of Lincoln [Lincoln University]

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Oral history, archaeological and soil surveys, and ethnographic literature have all provided evidence to shown how sophisticated early Māori gardeners/agriculturalists were in terms of soil management involving texture and landscape modification, and the use of organic fertilisers. The manipulation of the soil involving the application of sand and gravel, was used to provide an improved medium on which to grow their crops. All the methods developed and employed made it possible to grow once ...

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Thesis

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Diploma

Date created

1994

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Morris, L. N.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/12969

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soil science / Māori history / fertilisers / Banks Peninsula / Panau soils / Māori agriculture / Soil Sciences / Fertilisers and Agrochemicals (incl. Application) / Māori History

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