Abstract
The West Taupo forests centred on Pureora are the last remaining, relatively unmodified lowland podocarp forests in the North Island of New Zealand. Since 1976, a vigorous campaign to preserve these forests, the home of the increasingly rare kokako, or blue wattled crow, has been mounted and has resulted in a three-year moratorium on logging from 1 January 1979. This article traces the main events which led to this decision, beginning with the first real show of strength by New Zealand conservationists in connection with the power scheme at Manapouri, and continuing with a survey of the changing attitudes of the New Zealand Forest Service to the remaining reserves of native timber. The implications of the West Taupo decision for the forests of the West Coast of the South Island are examined.
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