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	December 26 - Drive to Haast: West Coast Beaches
		As the road left the mountains and entered the broad coastal plane approaching Haast, the sun became visible.
		I returned to Haast, since it was late afternoon now, and I needed to find a room.
		Then I headed down to Jackson Beach, at the end of a long peninsula south of Haast, which is said to be a great place to look for seals and penguins.
	www.vic.com /new_zealand/journal/node22.html (1835 words)

	Haast travel guide - Wikitravel
		Haast is a small collection of communities, Haast Junction, Haast township and Haast Beach, on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
		SH6 runs right through Haast, and more specifically Haast Junction, so access from Wanaka in the east or from Fox Glacier, Frans Josef Glacier, Hokitika, Greymouth in the north is very easy.
		Haast River Safari, 64 03 750 0101, 0800 865 382,[3].
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Haast (704 words)

	Haast travel guide - Wikitravel
		Haast is a small collection of communities, Haast Junction, Haast township and Haast Beach, on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
		SH6 runs right through Haast, and more specifically Haast Junction, so access from Wanaka in the east or from Fox Glacier, Frans Josef Glacier, Hokitika, Greymouth in the north is very easy.
		Haast River Safari, 64 03 750 0101, 0800 865 382,[3].
	wikitravel.org /en/Haast (690 words)

	Haast's Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Haast's Eagle (Harpagornis moorei) was a massive New Zealand eagle.
		After the extinction of the teratorns, the Haast's Eagle was the largest bird of prey in the world.
		Moa filled a grazing niche occupied elsewhere by deer or cattle, and the Haast's Eagle occupied the same niche as carnivorous hunters such as wolves, leopards or tigers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haast%27s_eagle (489 words)

	Haast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Haast is a town on the West Coast of New Zealand, located at 43° 52′ 49″ S, 169° 2′ 24″ E.
		It is spread amongst three small localities called Haast township, Haast Beach and Haast Junction and is located close to the mouth of the Haast River.
		It was not until the 1960s that Haast had formed roads connecting it to the rest of New Zealand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haast (169 words)

	Haast Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Haast Pass is a mountain pass in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand.
		It is named for Julius von Haast, a 19th century explorer who was also geologist for the Provincial government of Canterbury.
		The Haast Pass rises to a height of 562 metres above sea level at the saddle between the valleys of the Haast and Makarora Rivers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haast_Pass (225 words)

	NATURE: Victims of Venom - The Serpent's Tooth
		The older a snake is, the worse its bite.
		Haast might consider his snakebites to be all in a day's work, but most people are a bit more traumatized by such an event.
		One of Haast's scariest bites occurred in 1990, when he was bitten by a very dangerous species, the soft-scaled viper, while harvesting its venom.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/victims/serpent.html (726 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Species Info - Haast's Eagle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harpagornis assimilis Haast, 1874, is a synonym of Harpagornis moorei Haast, 1872.
		Haast’s eagle was a large eagle with a low, narrow skull and an elongated beak.
		Fossil evidence shows that the areas where the Haast’s eagle lived were covered in forest and shrub lands, as well as in the grasslands on river floodplains.
	home.hetnet.nl /~harrie.maas/speciesinfo/haastseagle.htm (1379 words)

	Snake man believes venom can benefit mankind: 2/19/96
		Haast was born in 1910 in Paterson, N.J., and caught his first snake when he was 7.
		Haast was so consumed with his serpentarium project, he says, that it destroyed his first marriage.
		Haast's favorite authors is Jules Verne, the 19th-century science-fiction writer ridiculed for his novels about men going to the moon and traveling in submarines.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-96/02-19-96/2snake.htm (1246 words)

	Extinct New Zealand Birds - Haast?s Eagle - Christchurch City Libraries
		Haast's eagle was the largest eagle ever to have lived.
		Julius von Haast, first director of the Canterbury Museum, was the first to "describe" bones found in the Glenmark Swamp in 1871.
		Haast's eagle was still in existence when Māori came to New Zealand, but it is not certain when it died out, although there are reports of a large bird being seen in the nineteenth century.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /Childrens/FactSheets/ExtinctBirds/HaastsEagle.asp (622 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		Johann Franz Julius Haast is said to have been born at Bonn, Germany, on 1 May 1822, the son of Anna Eva Theodora Ruth and her husband, Mathias Haast, a well-to-do merchant and sometime burgomaster of Bonn.
		Julius Haast was educated at grammar schools in Bonn and Cologne, and studied geology at the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn.
		Haast's papers on the moa and his New Zealand discoveries were read before the Geological and Zoological societies of London and the Royal Geographical Society, which in 1884 awarded him its gold medal.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=1H1 (1251 words)

	Haast River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Haast River is on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
		The Haast River drains the western watershed of the Haast Pass.
		It is 100 kilometres in length, and enters the Tasman Sea near Haast township.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haast_River (151 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Haast’s eagle, New Zealand giant eagle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Haast’s eagle was the largest eagle ever to have lived and is the only eagle in the world ever to have been top predator of its ecosystem.
		Fossil evidence shows that the areas where the Haast’s eagle lived were covered in forest and shrublands, as well as in the grasslands on river floodplains.
		The Haast’s eagle was found all over South Island during the Pleistocene, but was mostly restricted to the south and east of South Island after the end of the Ice Age.
	www1.thny.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3044.shtml (725 words)

	Von Haast and his Museum - Von Haast and the Canterbury Museum - Christchurch City Libraries
		Haast had begun a small museum collection in 1861, and this was stored in a room in the provincial council buildings.
		Under Haast's directorship, the Canterbury Museum was regarded as the best in the Southern Hemisphere, and by 1895 it was rated in the top twenty for the world.
		Haast Pass is the lowest of the routes across the Alps and was used by the Māori.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /Childrens/EarlyChristchurch/VonHaastandhisMuseum.asp (680 words)

	Haast Pass -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is named for (additional info and facts about Julius von Haast) Julius von Haast, a 19th century explorer who was also geologist for the Provincial government of (additional info and facts about Canterbury) Canterbury.
		The Haast Pass rises to a height of 562 metres above sea level at the saddle between the valleys of the Haast and (additional info and facts about Makarora River) Makarora Rivers.
		The Haast Pass road is devoid of any settlements between (additional info and facts about Haast) Haast and (additional info and facts about Makarora) Makarora.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/haast_pass.htm (336 words)

	haast (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Haast is a town on the West Coast of New Zealand.
		It is located close to the mouth of the Haast River.
		Up to that point Haast was serviced by rough tracks from the North and West.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /haast.html (185 words)

	wes
		It was well worth the effort with displays on the area and the development of the pass from when it was a Maori track carrying greenstone to the construction of the highway.
		Haast Pass was the name bestowed on Tioripatea by geologist Sir Julius von Haast after he crossed it in 1863.
		Haast township too was revitalised by the presence of the road-makers.
	www.waymarker.co.uk /ml/nz/wes.htm (3631 words)

	Unique Wildlife of New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was a further 31 years before Wanaka and Haast were finally connected by road, and not until 1965 that the road finally reached Paringa on the coast, thus completing State Highway 6.
		Ten kilometres from the pass the Haast River drops into a gorge fined with huge schist boulders and two kilometres past this are the Thunder Creek Falls, a 30-metre cascade which can be reached by a 100-metre walk through a stand of attractive silver beech.
		Haast is the first settlement of any size that one reaches on the coast.
	www.ecotours.co.nz /Brian/wildlife/westland (775 words)

	The Kiwi Family:Haast Tokoeka
		Haast Tokoeka are a shy and wary kiwi.
		The Haast Tokoeka (Apteryx australis) is a mountain-loving bird.
		The Haast Tokoeka was only identified as a distinct variety in 1993 and, like the Rowi, is extremely rare and classified as nationally critical.
	www.kiwirecovery.org.nz /AboutTheBird/TheKiwiFamily/Tokoeka/Haast_Tokoeka.htm (236 words)

	The Road from Wanaka to Haast via the Haast Pass - Haast Pass, Mount Aspiring National Park, World Heritage Area, ...
		Aspects of the park are the subjects of scientific research - vegetation surveys, the impact of deer grazing, the movement of the Dart Glacier and the rate at which it is receding, the birdlife, the invertebrate life, the migration of beech forest and the spread and control of exotic animals and plants.
		Haast named the pass after himself and claimed to be the first pakeha to have travelled through it, but the discovery of Cameron's flask discredited this claim.
		In the Gates of Haast gorge just above the waterfall track enormous boulders and steep walls are evidence of the schist which is the basic rock in these mountains.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/wanaka_to_haast.html (1446 words)

	Small Town Travel Guide - Haast - a feeling of total isolation!
		Arriving at Haast, you are surrounded by a landscape of rainforest, wetlands, sand dunes and surf-pounded shingle beaches.
		Haast township is actually three separate communities forming one town.
		A further 2 km along the road is the tiny settlement of Haast Beach.
	www.destination-nz.co.nz /destinations/haast.html (509 words)

	Kiwis Saving Kiwi:Haast
		The Haast Tokoeka population has been declining because of stoats, which kill young chicks less than 1000-grams in weight.
		Research shows that recruitment of new birds to the population is low because of low reproductive rates and high mortality among chicks and juvenile birds.
		Of the three Haast tokoeka eggs involved in the trial, one chick survived to reach 1500-grams.
	www.kiwirecovery.org.nz /KiwisSavingKiwi/KiwiSanctuaries/Haast.htm (402 words)

	Collyer House : Haast Bed And Breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Haast offers walks along wind swept beaches, through native bush and along the banks of crystal clear snow fed rivers.
		For the more adventurous this Haast bed and breakfast is the gateway to Fiordland, the southern lakes and the dramatic scenery of the West Coast.
		Discover our idyllic Haast bed and breakfast and take in the beauty, tranquillity and all the West Coast has to offer.
	www.collyerhouse.co.nz /haast-bed-and-breakfast (161 words)

	Birds » Ratites » Kiwi - Haast Tokoeka Main Page
		The Haast Tokoeka is one of the rarest breeds of Kiwi, with only 200 to 300 birds known to populate a few small areas of New Zealand.
		The Haast Tokoeka Kiwi's diet is similar to that of other Kiwi, feasting on invertebrates underground, and the occasional wild berry it finds on the forest floor.
		The Haast Tokoeka Kiwi will use its distinctive curved beak to dig the worm it has found from under the ground, using a series of small tugs to pull it out.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/ratites/rtt4954.html (580 words)

	West Coast - Hast (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Large fern, along the road from Queenstown to the west coast at Haast.
		Haast Bridge, the longest one-lane bridge we had to cross in New Zealand.
		M in front of Fantail Falls, on the road between Queenstown and Haast.
	www.uri.edu /library/staff_pages/teliha/telihaj/travel/downunder/nzhast.htm (85 words)

	Haast Accommodation
		Accommodation in Haast on the west coast of New Zealand
		Haast is surrounded by a landscape of rainforest, wetlands, sand dunes and surf-pounded beaches forming part of the South West New Zealand World Heritage Area, so designated because South Westland and Fiordland have some of the most dramatic forest and mountain scenery and natural resources in the world.
		The Haast Pass is the southern gateway to the west coast which is one of the most stunning and untouched regions of New Zealand.
	www.ki-wi.co.nz /haast.htm (225 words)

	SIR JOHANN FRANZ JULIUS VON HAAST - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHANN FRANZ JULIUS VON HAAST (Site not responding. Last check: )
		German and British geologist, was born at Bonn on the 1st of May 1824.
		Afterwards Dr Haast accepted offers from the governments of Nelson and Canterbury to investigate the geology of those districts, and the results of his detailed labors greatly enriched our knowledge with regard to the rocky structure, the glacial phenomena and the economic products.
		He discovered gold and coal in Nelson, and he carried on important researches with reference to the occurrence of Dinornis and other extinct wingless birds (Moas).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HAAST_SIR_JOHANN_FRANZ_JULIUS_VON.htm (302 words)

	Haast to Fox Glacier - New Zealand West Coast, Haast, Haast Visitor Centre, Te Wahipounamu, South Westland World ...
		On the last leg of our trip we travelled through the magnificent scenery of the Haast Pass to the township of Haast.
		Before you leave the Haast area be sure to visit the Haast Visitor Centre.
		Breccia Creek was the point at which the gangs working from the north and the south met in June 1965.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/haast.html (1696 words)

	University News - Communications and Development - University of Canterbury
		The book traces the expeditions of Haast's survey parties between 1861 and 1869 and outlines their results, illustrated by many of Haast's original drawings as well as modern images.
		Dr Burrows says his inspiration for writing the book was to see that Haast got due credit for his contribution to science and to ensure many of Haast's watercolours, that depict that landscape as he found it in the 1860s, got to see the light of day.
		Julius Haast in the Southern Alps was published with the help of a generous grant from the Brian Mason Scientific and Technical Trust, a charitable trust supporting the advancement of science and technology in Canterbury and Westland.
	www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz /news/2005/050613a.shtml (492 words)

	Bite Me \| Outside Online
		Venom is a subject Bill Haast knows like the back of his hands — hands that are gnarled and mangled from having been bitten 163 times by some of the world's deadliest snakes.
		Waving his left hand to distract it, Haast seizes the serpent with his right, presses its fangs against a polyester membrane stretched over a test tube, and voil€: A "yield" of amber liquid spews forth.
		There can be an upside to serpent poison, after all: Haast, who's been injecting himself with a "vaccine" of diluted venom for 50 years, has blood so rich with antibodies that it's been transfused into numerous bite victims.
	outside.away.com /outside/magazine/0797/9707bite.html (1328 words)

	Tiny Eagle Evolved into Huge Beast that Barely Flew
		Amidst this remote laboratory the Haast’s eagle was 40 percent larger than today’s record holder, the Harpy eagle, and topped the local food chain.
		"The Haast’s Eagle lived in a world that is now gone and it is very much a challenge to put together as much of the structure and process of that lost community, and to see how and why it unraveled so rapidly when people reached New Zealand," Holdaway said.
		Artist’s rendering of the Haast’s eagle attacking the extinct New Zealand moa.
	www.livescience.com /animalworld/050104_giant_eagle.html (711 words)

	Bill Haast, 95, has had 173 poisonous snakebites » Radio Shows \| Earth & Sky
		Bill Haast produces snake venom, which is used in the process of making lifesaving antivenins.
		Bill Haast: I started off in 1948 taking minute injections of cobra venom, and slowly increased it until I was taking a full lethal dose, and I still do.
		Haast said he’s been bitten 173 times by venomous snakes.
	www.earthsky.org /radioshows/45011/snake-venom (374 words)

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