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New Zealand Rugged Land Middle-Earth Unique Environment Temperate climate Isolation – e.g. almost no land mammals; 80% of plants unique to NZ Flightless birds – e.g. Kiwi, parrot, penguins (Maoris hunted Moa to extinction) The Resource Management Act 1991 South Island: mountainous / North Island: volcanic Settlement Uninhabited till: 1000-1200: Maori from Polynesia 1642: Tasman from Holland 1762: Captain Cook from UK 19th C: UK colonists arrive Nation Building Early 19th C - whalers, traders and missionaries arrive. Buying of guns causes inter-tribal wars. 1840 – lawless behaviour and confl