IX. Canterbury Plains, Kirwee

Floristic changes over 30 years in a Canterbury Plains känuka forest remnant, and comparison with adjacent vegetation types

The Canterbury Plains have lost most of their pre-Polynesian indigenous vegetation, primarily forest and shrubland. One of the few remaining areas is the 2.3 ha Eyrewell Scientific Reserve which consists mostly of low känuka (Kunzea ericoides) forest and a small area of grassland. We assessed the Reserve vegetation using a combination of plots and transect surveys at different times of the year...

The Canterbury Tales and cardiology.

Herrick revealed his broad interest in medicine in 1910 when he reported the "Peculiar Elongated and Sickle-Shaped Red Blood Corpuscles in a Case of Severe Anemia."3 He, therefore, earned for himself the distinction of recognizing and describing two clinically important disorders: obstruction of coronary arteries without sudden death and sickle cell disease. He showed us his love of history and...

Hawthorn (crataegus Monogyna) Populations in Mid-canterbury

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) is a naturalised tree that is classified as a noxious plant in several counties in the eastern South Island. It is locally abundant in lowland forest remnants, and with the indigenous spiny shrub matagouri (Discaria toumatou), on grazing land in Canterbury. Two scrub sites near Porters Pass, where the original hawthorn trees still existed, and a forest site near Ko...

Magnificent teamwork in response to Canterbury earthquake.

Smoking Prevalence Increases following Canterbury Earthquakes

BACKGROUND A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Canterbury in September 2010. This earthquake and associated aftershocks took the lives of 185 people and drastically changed residents' living, working, and social conditions. AIM To explore the impact of the earthquakes on smoking status and levels of tobacco consumption in the residents of Christchurch. METHODS Semistructured interviews were carr...