Answer: Some trees and shrubs require acidic soil pH (below 7.0) or they will develop iron chlorosis. Examples include river birch, blueberries, azaleas and rhododendrons. While it is easier to work with plants adapted to your current soil pH, there are amendments you can use to make your soil more acidic.
Under the leadership of British statesman Edward G. Wakefield, the first British colonists to New Zealand arrive at Port Nicholson on Auckland Island. In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman became the first European to discover the South Pacific island group that later became known as New Zealand.
The Colony of New Zealand was a British colony that existed in New Zealand from 1841 to 1907.Originally a Crown colony under a Governor appointed by the United Kingdom, the colony became self-governing from 1853.In 1907, the colony became the Dominion of New Zealand.nitially, New Zealand was part of the Colony of New South Wales and Hobson the Lieutenant-Governor, answerable to his superior, the Governor of New South Wales. By letters patent, the British government issued the Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand on 16 November 1840.