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Story: Perceptions of the landscape

Framing the landscape

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Framing the landscape

Park ranger Peter Rowberry examines a large frame which was placed in front of a waterfall in the Hūnua Range in 1998. The Auckland Regional Council put the ‘natural masterpiece frames’ in various scenic spots as a marketing ploy, causing an outcry from some people. The installations suggested that people view the landscape through various frames – literal or psychological.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 5 November 1998

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Jock Phillips, Perceptions of the landscape – Ways of looking, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14293/framing-the-landscape (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.