Final-Technical-Assessment-J-Terrestrial-Ecology-v2.pdf [pdf, 30 MB]
...rural land in the Horowhenua lowlands, between the foothills of the Tararua Range and the sea. Most of the route lies in the southern Manawatū Plains Ecological District, with a small area within the Tararua Ecological District. 3. Prior to human settlement, almost all of the Project area (as defined later in this assessment) would have been densely forested, broken only by rivers and larger streams, and wetlands. The gentle terrain and fertile soils encouraged the conversion...