During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations—primarily pine—has again led to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti. Critical public infrastructure destroyed; highly productive agricultural and horticultural land washed away or buried; houses, fences and sheds knocked over; people’s lives and dreams upended; people dead.
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Source: Phys.org