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Manapōuri petition

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This television news clip shows the petition against the raising of Lake Manapōuri being delivered to Parliament in 1970. With more than 260,000 signatures, the petition required many boxes.

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Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Environmental activism, 1966–1987, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/13937/manapouri-petition (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.