Acknowledgements
Many colleagues of Allan Hewitt from Manaaki – Whenua Landcare Research assisted
Allan with advice and preparation of diagrams, in particular, Pierre Roudier, James Barringer,
and Sam Carrick. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research supported Allan Hewitt and allowed
access and use of their important soil database, maps, and other resources. The mixed media
drawings of soil profiles and related diagrams are by Allan Hewitt. Photos without source
acknowledgement in the text are those of the authors.
The University of Waikato provided support for Megan Balks and David Lowe.
We especially thank Marianne Coleman and Max Oulton for help in drafting diagrams,
Glen Balks for computer support, and Annette Carshalton for technical assistance.
Special thanks are due to Tanya O’Neill and Malcolm McLeod for their helpful input in
reviewing a draft of the entire book.
We acknowledge support from University of Waikato reference librarians Maria McGuire,
Cheryl Ward, and John Wort, especially in accessing obscure articles via interloan. Vanessa
Clark and Stephen Turner provided technical advice regarding the use of the term ‘Aotearoa’
in the book title.
Our many talented and dedicated colleagues in science, especially soil scientists, together
with farmers, growers, land managers, environmental regulators and planners, and numerous
students, have provided us with enthusiasm, ideas, helpful discussions, and a willingness to
share with us their expertise and knowledge (and access to their land and soils in many cases)
over many years, for which we are most grateful.
Finally, and most importantly, we must recognise and thank our respective spouses: Liz
Hewitt, Errol Balks, and Maria Lowe for supporting all of us in our soil science work. Their
contributions are often invisible, but without their support works such as this would not be
possible.
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Many colleagues of Allan Hewitt from Manaaki – Whenua Landcare Research assisted
Allan with advice and preparation of diagrams, in particular, Pierre Roudier, James Barringer,
and Sam Carrick. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research supported Allan Hewitt and allowed
access and use of their important soil database, maps, and other resources. The mixed media
drawings of soil profiles and related diagrams are by Allan Hewitt. Photos without source
acknowledgement in the text are those of the authors.
The University of Waikato provided support for Megan Balks and David Lowe.
We especially thank Marianne Coleman and Max Oulton for help in drafting diagrams,
Glen Balks for computer support, and Annette Carshalton for technical assistance.
Special thanks are due to Tanya O’Neill and Malcolm McLeod for their helpful input in
reviewing a draft of the entire book.
We acknowledge support from University of Waikato reference librarians Maria McGuire,
Cheryl Ward, and John Wort, especially in accessing obscure articles via interloan. Vanessa
Clark and Stephen Turner provided technical advice regarding the use of the term ‘Aotearoa’
in the book title.
Our many talented and dedicated colleagues in science, especially soil scientists, together
with farmers, growers, land managers, environmental regulators and planners, and numerous
students, have provided us with enthusiasm, ideas, helpful discussions, and a willingness to
share with us their expertise and knowledge (and access to their land and soils in many cases)
over many years, for which we are most grateful.
Finally, and most importantly, we must recognise and thank our respective spouses: Liz
Hewitt, Errol Balks, and Maria Lowe for supporting all of us in our soil science work. Their
contributions are often invisible, but without their support works such as this would not be
possible.
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