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The Flat Bush School House was built adjacent to the forest in 1877, and actively used until 1929. [3] The forest was a part of the Murphy family's farm. Conway Murphy purposefully kept his cattle away from the forest in order to preserve it. [4] The bush was occasionally used by the Pakuranga Hunt for hare hunting. [5] [6]
Kennedy's Bush Scenic Reserve is a public conservation reserve in the Port Hills south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It sits above the suburb of Kennedys Bush on the northern side of the hills, just north of Ōrongomai / Cass Peak . [ 2 ]
Heddon Bush is a rural community in the Southland District and Southland Region of New Zealand. The community is about 15 minutes' drive from Winton . [ 2 ] It is part of Southland District Council 's Waiau Aparima Ward.
The 1998 management plan lists the various species found in the reserve. Links to the plan and other information can be found at LeRoysBush.nz. Infiltration of pest plants has been tackled by the Le Roys Bush Management Committee and contractors supported by grants from the Auckland Regional Council, Kaipatiki Local Board and the Birkenhead Licensing Trust.
"The bush" is a term mostly used in the English vernacular of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, where it is largely synonymous with hinterlands or backwoods. The fauna and flora contained within the bush is typically native to the region, although exotic species may also be present.
Scenic reserves are a type of New Zealand protected area. They are the most common, and probably most widespread, form of protected area in the country. [1] The reserve vary size: while most are less than 100 hectares, some are more than 1,000 hectares. Some are "islands of unspoilt nature in a sea of farmland". [1]
Kakahu Bush is a large area of native bush in the Kakahu area. Within the bush a walking track follows the remains of an old tramway which brought marble chips down from the quarries through the gorge. [4] The track then passes through an opening where a number of English trees were planted in 1900 for a planned sanitarium for tuberculosis ...
In New Zealand railway terminology, a bush tramway is an industrial tramway, most commonly used for logging. They are distinguished from urban trams as bush tramways were predominantly for freight, usually logging in the bush, and not for passengers, and were often built in parts of the countryside that were otherwise inaccessible to transport ...