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Biography: Hutchins, Leslie

Links and sources

Websites

RealNZ

Visit the website of Les Hutchins’ company, RealNZ.

Leslie Hutchins Conservation Foundation

Visit the website of the charity Les Hutchins created to support conservation projects in the Southland region.

Bibliography

Hutchins, L. Making waves. Queenstown, 1998

McClure, M. The wonder country: making New Zealand tourism. Auckland, 2004

Warne, K. ‘Manapōuri: damning the dam’, New Zealand Geographic, Nov–Dec 2009

Whittle, J. K. ‘Electric landscapes: electricity and environment in New Zealand 1902 to 1980’. PhD thesis. University of Auckland, 2011

Young, D. Our islands, our selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand. Dunedin, 2004

How to cite this page

Margaret McClure. 'Hutchins, Leslie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/231752/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).