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Introduction Tree-ring counting Radiocarbon dating PART ONE: FORESTS OF YESTERDAY Summary Chapter 1: Forest History and the Forest Areas of Hawke's Bay Chapter 2: Forests of the Huiarau Range Chapter 3: Forests of the Te Hoe Area Chapter 4: Forests of the Ahimanawa Range Chapter 5: Forests of the Kaweka Range Northern Kaweka Area Central Kaweka Area South-east Kaweka Area Southern Kaweka Area Chapter 6: Forests of the Wakarara Range Chapter 7: Forests of the Ruahine Range Northern Ruahine Area Central Ruahine Area Southern Ruahine Area Chapter 8: Forests of the Extreme Northern Zone. Chapter 9: Forests of the Northern Zone Chapter 10: Forests of the Central Zone Chapter 11: Forests of the Southern Zone The Seventy Mile Bush Cameo: The Brown Kiwi-Last of the Nocturnals PART TWO: FACTORS INFLUENCING FOREST CHANGE Summary Chapter 12: Prehistoric Climates in New Zealand Palaeotemperatures Palaeotemperature pattern Rainfall Chapter 13: Warm Erosion Periods and Cool Tranquil Intervals Chapter 14: Modern Erosion - The Waipawa Erosion Period. Period changes Devegetation by erosion Devegetation by Waipawa alluviation The total impact of the Waipawa Period Chapter 15: Relative Magnitudes of Alluviation Chapter 16: Other Warm Erosion Periods in Hawke's Bay Pre-Kaharoa 1 Period Pre-Kaharoa 2 Period Waihirere Period Matawhero Period Wakarara Period Tamaki Period Chapter 17: Cool Tranquil Intervals in Hawke's Bay Cool Sporer Minimum Cool Maunder Minimum Other cool intervals Chapter 18: Gales and Windthrow of Forests in New Zealand Chapter 19: Windthrow of the Forests of Hawke's Bay Gales of the Waihirere Period Gales of the Matawhero Period Gales of the Wakarara Period Chapter 20: Burning of the Forests of Hawke's Bay Fires in the Waihirere Period Fires in the Matawhero Period Fires in the Wakarara Period Chapter 21: Causes of Burning Chapter 22: Burning in Relation to Rainfall Chapter 23: Polynesian Influences in New Zealand and Hawke's Bay Chapter 24: Maori Settlements in Hawke's Bay Chapter 25: Droughts Chapter 26: Air Temperatures Chapter 27: Rainstorms and Floods Chapter 28: Wind Chapter 29: Geology Chapter 30: Earthquakes and Tectonism Chapter 31: Volcanism Chapter 32: Animals Cameo: The Norsewood Fire of 1888 PART THREE: INTERPRETING FOREST CHANGE Summary Chapter 33: Warm Waihirere Period . Chapter 34: Cool Sporer Minimum Chapter 35: Warm Matawhero Period Chapter 36: Cool Maunder Minimum Chapter 37: Warm Wakarara Period Chapter 38: Geology Chapter 39: Droughts Chapter 40: Earthquakes, Tectonism, Volcanism and Animals Chapter 41: Floods and Erosion Following Rainstorms Cameo: William Colenso-The Botanist PART FOUR: FORESTS OF TODAY Summary Chapter 42: Species Migrations Chapter 43: Seed Distribution Chapter 44: Totara Forests Chapter 45: Podocarp Forests Chapter 46: Age Structures of Podocarps and Beech Chapter 47: Destruction of Waihirere, Matawhero, Wakarara and Recent Forests Chapter 48: Changes of Climate Cameo: McCullough's Timber Mill, Wakarara PART FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Summary Chapter 49: Summary and Conclusions Cameo: In Search of the Huia LITERATURE REFERENCES APPENDICES Appendix 1: Common and botanical plant names Appendix 2: Glossary of technical terms Appendix 3: Scenic Reserves, bush areas and sites Appendix 4: Relationships of tree diameter to age INDEX Place Names Plants and Animals General MAPS Map 1: Locations Map 2: Forests and Maori sites Map 3: Pits and mounds Map 4: Annual rainfall Map 5: Distribution of beech and nikau