BIRD AND TREE
Our trees we cherish, lest streams no more should flow, And native songster this land should cease to know. Fruit of the forest alone our birds can feed, Stems of trees unbending provide the homes we need. We heed the danger that threatens bird and tree, Fight for our bushland that this may never be. Kauri and kowhai, the scarlet rata vines. Make, tawhai, rimu and stately native pines. We love the stillness of shaded woodland pool, Music of the bellbird In the evening cool. So we must strive to save from wanton hand This sacred forest, the beauty of our land. n M MrnnnriMT
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21735, 17 August 1940, Page 11
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108BIRD AND TREE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21735, 17 August 1940, Page 11
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