In his last story in a series on the pine industry on the East Coast, Aaron Smale asks what we're leaving for future generations
Tairāwhiti’s Trauma
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Long Read: Tairāwhiti's Trauma
By Aaron Smale: On the slow destruction and devastating impact of the pine industry on Tairāwhiti.
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Carbon, cows and the conundrum of pine
Is Tairāwhiti locked into a political deal made in Wellington that will eventually destroy it?
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Bola and badass gullies: the science of East Coast erosion
Scientist Mike Marden has spent decades researching the East Coast's erosion – and he also knows things have to change
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Bought out and sold down the river
The government subsidised pine on the East Coast for nearly 30 years, huge tracts of which ended up in the hands of foreign companies known for environmental damage
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Decades of damage: Ocean bears brunt of Tairāwhiti erosion
Decisions on the vulnerable East Coast have it at a catastrophic turning point.
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The colonial cul-de-sac: Land loss, land use and the devastation left behind
Aaron Smale goes back to his grandmother’s home town and finds a community weighed down by weather disasters and decisions of the past that have a region broken.
