>>2729216We cut all those down when we got here.
Well what was left anyway, the maoris got in first using fire to hunt Moa to extinction.
I’d like to say for building or something, but 90% was just burned so we could have farmland.
Hey at least we brought deer, possums, rabbits, ferrets, hares, rats, mice and wasps to compete for resources with the birds that were left. Previously the only mammal was a bat. Pfft!