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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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Catchment Board and Catchment Commissions

The activities of these local authorities, which have been constituted to implement the Act, now cover approximately 80 per cent of the country, with an engineering and conservation staff to handle specific and local problems.

by Douglas Archibald Campbell, M.AGR.SC., B.SC., Chief Soil Conservator, Ministry of Works.

Co-creator

Douglas Archibald Campbell, M.AGR.SC., B.SC., Chief Soil Conservator, Ministry of Works.