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: hello@aidinrobbins.com 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_14800/page/n5/mode/2up Britannica - James Cook: https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Cook 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 https://tinyurl.com/ywyhv4td https://tinyurl.com/4awtcmmj https://tinyurl.com/yenbjwrs https://tinyurl.com/bw8mzbsf https://tinyurl.com/4uydbmmh https://tinyurl.com/mr39x6zk https://tinyurl.com/bdeb7s5r https://tinyurl.com/yw4fxufb Archives New Zealand: https://bit.ly/4kKP5b8 Auckland Libraries: https://tinyurl.com/mu2fjksj Wellcome Collection: https://tinyurl.com/4xc9eexc https://tinyurl.com/3h5un9bu 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/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/15771/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/167581/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/170211/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/19214/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/15913/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/167583/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/14520/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/19796/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/12092/ https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/167582/ 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 https://tinyurl.com/3fzer338 Tasman's map: https://tinyurl.com/3na3fzje Cook's maps: https://tinyurl.com/bddwt35k https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/170027/ 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 https://tinyurl.com/mm45kz5t 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 The links above are affiliate links, from which I gain a small monetary compensation when purchases are made. They help keep the lights on ;)