Anthropological Reasons Research Articles

Scenery Preservation in New Zealand

THE preservation of natural scenery by the institution of reserves is an active policy of the New Zealand Government. The report on scenery preservation of the year ending March 31, 1931, records additional reserves during the year of 131,415 acres, making a total of well over half a million acres. Notable additions include Lake Okareka and surroundings, and some two hundred square miles embracing the Fox Glacier, and the Copland and Twain Rivers, and many prominent mountain peaks. Some of the smaller reserves have been set aside for historical and anthropological reasons, but most are scheduled in order to preserve scenery and natural vegetation.