Tutira : The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Tutira, its prominent physical features; 2. Rock constituents of the run; 3. The lakes; 4. The soils of Tutira, past and present; 5. Subcutaneous erosion; 6. Surface slips; 7. The forest of the past; 8. Two periods of Maori life; 9. Trails from the coast to Tutira; 10. Trails round Tutira Lake; 11. The trail to the ranges; 12. Vegetation of the station prior to settlement; 13. The ferns of Tutira; 14. The avifauna of the station prior to settlement; 15. In the beginning; 16. The lure of improvements; 17. Hard times; 18. The rise and fall of H. G.-S. and A. M. C.; 19. Fern-crushing; 20. The cartographers of the station; 21. Stocking and scour; 22. Future of native avifauna; 23. The partnership of H. G.-S. and J. T. S.; 24. The naturalised alien flora of Tutira; 25. Stowaways; 26. Garden escapes; 27. Children of the Church; 28. Burdens of sin; 29. Fire and flood weeds; 30. Pedestrians; 31. The stocking of Tutira by alien animals; 32. Other aliens on Tutira prior to 1882; 33. Acclimatisation centres and migration routes; 34. The invasion from the south; 35. The invasion from the north; 36. Domestic animals 'wild'; 37. Reconsiderations; 38. Vicissitudes.