"'An Enemy of the Rabbit:' The Social Context of Acclimatisation of an Immigrant Killer"
The importation providing the focus of this paper is that of members of the family Mustelidae, specifically weasels, ferrets and stoats.
The importation providing the focus of this paper is that of members of the family Mustelidae, specifically weasels, ferrets and stoats.
Three species of the family Mustelidae (stoats, weasels and ferrets) were initially introduced into New Zealand (and granted statutory protection) in an attempt to control a burgeoning rabbit population…
The killing of possums as “pests” is framed as a caring relationship towards Aotearoa/New Zealand’s natural environment.
The authors use ecological theory to understand the spread, establishment, and dominance of three introduced organisms in New Zealand after episodes of natural and artificial environmental disturbance create opportunities for them to thrive.
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Kate Stevens and Angela Wanhalla explore the role of Māori women in nineteenth-century shore-whaling.
Billie Lythberg and Wayne Ngata explore what it means to be whale people in the modern whaling period.
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Kate Stevens and Angela Wanhalla explore the role of Māori women in nineteenth-century shore-whaling.
Billie Lythberg and Wayne Ngata explore what it means to be whale people in the modern whaling period.