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South Island of New Zealand

The South Island is where we did our travels for the global issues trip. Places where we heard from lecutuers on different farming and water issues were from four main areas; which were Christchurch, Canterbury, Fiordland, and Queenstown. I will expand in different posts on what I learned from these different lecuters in said places while also adding additonal information from my independet research.

Photo citation: (2024). South Island of New Zealand [Photograph]. Bing. https://www.bing.com/images/

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