Story: National parks
Page 10. All images & media
From page 1 - National parks – the beginnings
From page 2 - Towards better management, 1900–1950s
From page 3 - Māori, conservation, ecology: the 1960s onward
From page 4 - Tongariro National Park
From page 5 - Western North Island parks
From page 6 - Upper South Island parks
From page 7 - Western and central South Island parks
From page 8 - Lower South Island parks
How to cite this page
Nancy Swarbrick, National parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/9363/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.