SAVE THE LAST KAURIS
great scenic value Several years ago Mr. H. GuthrieSmith the famous farmer-naturalist of Tutira, Hawke's Bay, remarked that his two most wonderful impressions of New Zealand came from majestic Kauri trees and the vast night flights of mutton birds as they landed in myriads on an islet near Stewart Island. He i-s an eloquent pleader for a saving of the last of the great Kauri trees of the North lands' and other localities of Auckland Province. Similar requests have come from many distinguished visitors who have declared that New Zealanders do not seem to appreciate the tourist value of Kauri forests which they have highly praised as scenic assets, more distinctive of the Dominion than the mountains, glaciers, lakes and thermal marvels are.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 56, 30 August 1939, Page 7
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