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Kōrero: Conservation – a history

Whanganui River

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Whanganui River

River scenery was prized, and a chain of scenic reserves was created along the Whanganui River soon after the Scenery Preservation Act was passed. This 1908 view is of the newly created reserve near Ngāporo.

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Reference: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (New Zealand), 1908, C-6

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Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Voices in the wilderness, 1769–1907, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13908/whanganui-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

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