We are delighted to share the first article of the 2024 issue of the New Zealand Journal of Public History – Jamie Ashworth’s ‘To tame what may be wild’: Forestry, conservation and informational dispersal in Wellington Province’
Jamie Ashworth is an environmental historian from Te Whanganui-a-Tara with a background in education and library services. They have a Master of Arts (History) from Massey University, having written their thesis on forest management in nineteenth-century Wairarapa. Their research interests include pre-twentieth century horticultural and agricultural methods, public responses to environmental change, and the material culture of Māori and European artistic impressions of landforms and landscapes.
Find Jamie’s article on the NZJPH webpage here.