A strong protest was mad© this week by the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute against the planting of heather in any Dominion national park. Attention was drawn by Dr. Cockayne (Wellington) to conditions in the jSational Park at Tongariro, where, ha said, the heather had made great progress. "I would like to say this, _ he declared, ''that if th© heather gets into the tussock country of the South. Island it will reduoo its carrying capacity by half. This country now parries only one sheep to four acres. J. he heather is wiping out the natural vegetation. It will not be as Nature mtendea it._ -We do not want to turn JLongariro National Park into the Swis3 Alps, tho Roeki-as, or something-, that doea not exist on earth, and I trust doe 3 not exist in heaven." (Laughter 'I , further piantmg 0 f heather in any Zealand national park or scenic reserve was unanimously carried, also reS ut! ' o . n protesting against n ~~i. ? any portion of th© national park area. •
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17986, 1 February 1924, Page 12
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