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Kōrero: Conservation – a history

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Māori conservation traditions

Moa butchery

Whakapapa

Rāhui sign

Māori garden

Mai i te whārangi 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 (1 o 3)

Fern Arch

Fern Arch (2 o 3)

Whanganui River

Whanganui River (3 o 3)

Protecting the huia

Protecting the huia

Kākāpō chicks

Kākāpō chicks

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 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!’

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Control of introduced animals

Trapped stoat

Deer cullers’ camp

Deer cullers’ camp

Deer control, Fiordland

Deer control, Fiordland

Possum lungs

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Saving native birds

Takahē

Feeding takahē chicks

Feeding takahē chicks

Rats

Stewart Island snipe

Stewart Island snipe (2 o 4)

Greater short-tailed bat

Greater short-tailed bat (3 o 4)

Stead’s bush wren

Stead’s bush wren (4 o 4)

Catching a Chatham Island black robin

Catching a Chatham Island black robin

Predator-proof fence

Predator-proof fence

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Changing organisations and ideas, 1985–2010s

Arbor Day

Volunteers

Stolen wētā

Observing kākāpō

Observing kākāpō

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Simon Nathan, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/conservation-a-history/media (accessed 28 May 2023)

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Aug 2015