Polynesian Deforestation of New Zealand: A Preliminary Synthesis

Abstract

In olden times our islands were covered with forest growth; the only open spaces were sterile places whereon nothing would grow. When Kupe and other early immigrants arrived here they lit fires at all places whereat they landed, and so much forest was destroyed, also the moa perished in those fires. Maori tradition related to Best (1942:2).

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