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Kōrero: Conservation – a history

Conservation Day poster

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Conservation Day poster

This poster, designed by Don Binney, was produced for Conservation Day in 1979. Since the 1960s, Binney has painted New Zealand’s birds and landscapes, helping raise the public profile of native birds.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-ENVIRONMENT-1979-01

by Don Binney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – The need for conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/13896/conservation-day-poster (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.