The Forest at the Bottom of the World

Rebuilding New Zealand's prehistoric landscape.

Sound effects I use for my videos: https://bit.ly/2WI2aJ7

Contact Me: [email protected]

Further Reading:
The Natural History of Southern New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/34b7kzu2
Neville Peat and Brian Patrick - Wild Fiordland: https://tinyurl.com/3bcr73sw
Eric Pawson & Tom Brooking - Making a New Land: Environmental Histories of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/ye3d776f
Dominick A. DellaSala - Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: https://tinyurl.com/3xe9r2x3
Te Ara - Gondwana: https://tinyurl.com/4cxzdh2n
Te Ara - European Discovery of NZ: https://tinyurl.com/yc8baeaf
Cook's Journal: https://archive.org/details/cihm_1480...
Britannica - James Cook: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
Wellcome Collection - Acclimatisation Societies: https://tinyurl.com/2f5xavea
Te Ara - Acclimatisastion Societies: https://tinyurl.com/n7dtam8z
Atlas Obscura - Richard Henry: https://tinyurl.com/2s374c6p
Te Ara - Richard Henry: https://tinyurl.com/5kpmhr4f
DOC - Kakapo: https://tinyurl.com/2ck73b4e
CNN - Intro Article: https://geni.us/stoat

Photos:
Mammoth cave painting:
https://geni.us/mammoth
Chauvet cave paintings: https://tinyurl.com/ybyxxzxm
Museum of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/4uc6f93h
National Library of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/4vka5jsc
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Archives New Zealand: https://bit.ly/4kKP5b8
Auckland Libraries: https://tinyurl.com/mu2fjksj
Wellcome Collection: https://tinyurl.com/4xc9eexc
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University of Otago - Richard Henry: https://tinyurl.com/43py6bcv
Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/92520121/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2004707870/
Te Ara - Kakapo: https://tinyurl.com/3u6xzf2u

Illustrations:
John Gerrard Keulemans - A History of the Birds of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/y273vx3f
Arthur William Baden Powell - Native Animals of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/2894vr44
John Megahan: https://geni.us/haasts
Yellow eyed penguin: https://tinyurl.com/5ywj8mec
JR Norman & FC Fraser - Giant Fishes, Whales, and Dolphins
New Zealand Grayling: https://bit.ly/4iKdKL9
Polynesian Rat: https://tinyurl.com/3vcn98ev
National Library: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22338186
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22768034
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22859055
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23220924
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22748258
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22766877
https://digitalnz.org/records/35288127
William Potts: https://tinyurl.com/ynphv62m
Museum of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/yckuu7ew
Acclimatisation Society: https://tinyurl.com/y7rwx7kk
Richard Owen - Memoirs on the Extinct Wingless Birds of New Zealand: https://tinyurl.com/4r2w3u6h
Kennett Watkins - Waikato River: https://bit.ly/4kJo9bJ
Charles Blomfield: https://bit.ly/4kKhQoi
Alfred Sharpe: https://bit.ly/4iJHaZM
Eugène von Guérard: https://bit.ly/4hM9t9f
Abel Tasman: https://tinyurl.com/yc8ehr8b
British Library: https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/617/
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Maps/Graphics:
Gondwana breakup: https://tinyurl.com/2p8drz2z
Polynesia and Australia: https://bit.ly/4iOHHtE
New Zealand vintage map: https://tinyurl.com/55pdnnvp
Grassland conversion: https://tinyurl.com/yeymukzv
Maori land loss: https://tinyurl.com/h6vjsaz6
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Tasman's map: https://tinyurl.com/3na3fzje
Cook's maps: https://tinyurl.com/bddwt35k
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World map w/ Cook's voyages: https://tinyurl.com/ytu76ap7
World map: https://bit.ly/4iIBGOX
Fiordland map: https://tinyurl.com/y6nfj658

Archival Documents:
Nieuw Zeeland: https://bit.ly/4iu48oa
Treaty of Waitangi: https://geni.us/treaty
https://geni.us/treaty2
https://geni.us/treaty3
Otago Acclimatisation Society: https://tinyurl.com/y3xe8t3k
Tongariro Park: https://tinyurl.com/2rjeafxz
Takahe: https://tinyurl.com/49nt8m4h
Save Manapouri: https://geni.us/manapouri
Environmental posters: https://tinyurl.com/t5nsh5hb
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https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22822181
https://tinyurl.com/24kb6ahs

0:00 - Intro
2:06 - Zealandia
7:14 - Aotearoa
10:36 - New Zealand
20:11 - Islands
23:56 - Change
25:35 - Rebuilding
30:04 - The Last Refuge

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