Excerpt from envirohistory NZ article: This photo is taken by veteran photographer, Paul Knight, of a farm just north of the Horowhenua town of Levin [click here to view location]. The farm, called Nikaunui, meaning “many (or big) nikau palms” in Maori, is a large sheep and beef farm, owned by the Kilsby family,* a family with a long history in the district.The trees casting shadows in the morning sun are indigenous trees, which once formed part of a thick forest which blanketed the region (the tall palm tree on the right is the nikau palm alluded to in the farm’s name)...
Read full article here: Farm landscape in the Horowhenua