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Chapters’Contents.- I. The geological history of New Zealand and its biota.- II. The climate.- III. The distribution and properties of soils, and their biota.- IV. Flora and Vegetation.- V. The amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.- VI. The freshwater fishes.- VII. The kiwi.- VIII. The tuatara.- IX. The marine benthic ecology and biogeography.- X. The limnology.- XI. The land snail fauna.- XII. The spiders and harvestmen.- XIII. The terrestrial insects.- XIV. The freshwater insects.- XV. The insects in relation to plants.- XVI. Adaptation and change in maori culture.- XVII. The influence of man on the biota.