Skip to main content

Story: Conservation – a history

All images and media

From page 1 - The need for conservation

‘Save your forests’

‘Save your forests’

Conservation Day poster

Conservation Day poster

Heaphy’s dog attacking penguins

Heaphy’s dog attacking penguins

Extinct birds

From page 2 - Māori conservation traditions

Moa butchery

Whakapapa

Rāhui sign

Māori garden

From page 3 - Voices in the wilderness, 1769–1907

Clearing the land

Clearing the land

Extending Tongariro National Park

Extending Tongariro National Park

Scenic reserves

Scenic reserves (1st of 3)

Fern Arch

Fern Arch (2nd of 3)

Whanganui River

Whanganui River (3rd of 3)

Protecting the huia

Protecting the huia

Kākāpō chicks

Kākāpō chicks

From page 4 - A background issue, 1908–1965

Native Bird Protection Society newsletter

Native Bird Protection Society newsletter

Pine trees, Waipoua Forest

Pine trees, Waipoua Forest

National and conservation parks

National and conservation parks

The last goat on Macauley Island

The last goat on Macauley Island

Heritage destroyed

Heritage destroyed

From page 5 - Soil conservation

Soil erosion at Tūtira Station

Soil erosion at Tūtira Station

The impact of erosion

The impact of erosion

Soil … our greatest natural resource!

Soil … our greatest natural resource!

Tree planting and erosion

Tree planting and erosion

‘Plant some trees!’

‘Plant some trees!’

From page 6 - Control of introduced animals

Trapped stoat

Deer cullers’ camp

Deer cullers’ camp

Deer control, Fiordland

Deer control, Fiordland

Possum lungs

From page 7 - Saving native birds

Takahē

Feeding takahē chicks

Feeding takahē chicks

Rats

Rats (1st of 4)

Stewart Island snipe

Stewart Island snipe (2nd of 4)

Greater short-tailed bat

Greater short-tailed bat (3rd of 4)

Stead’s bush wren

Stead’s bush wren (4th of 4)

Catching a Chatham Island black robin

Catching a Chatham Island black robin

Predator-proof fence

Predator-proof fence

From page 8 - Environmental activism, 1966–1987

Protest action

Manapōuri petition

Manapōuri petition

The Maruia Declaration petition

The Maruia Declaration petition

Protesting at Pureora

Protesting at Pureora

From page 9 - Rivers, landforms and geysers

Protected rivers and lakes in New Zealand

Protected rivers and lakes in New Zealand

Quarried volcanic cones

Quarried volcanic cones

Glacial erratic

Glacial erratic

Ōrākei Kōrako

Ōrākei Kōrako

Extinct geyser

From page 10 - Changing organisations and ideas, 1985–2010s

Arbor Day

Volunteers

Stolen wētā

Observing kākāpō

Observing kākāpō

How to cite this page:

Simon Nathan, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/conservation-a-history/media (accessed 30 September 2023)

Story by Simon Nathan, published 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Aug 2015