WAIPOUA FOREST

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26205, 31 August 1950, Page 3

WAIPOUA FOREST

COMMITTEE URGES PRESERVATION REPORT ON PETITION TO PARLIAMENT (New Zealand Press Association) A ree WELLINGTON, August 30. and that the control P rotec tion of the Waipoua forest T tbe J° r^ St "as renort ? y e „ Land - s Committee in a to?dav House of Representatives on a committee was reporting ° n _, a PCtrimn from the Forest and fi‘ rd Protection Society of New z “a“ land, which had asked for the preservation of th? forest by h r a^„ p ro s ": ejared a national park under a board of trust or other body. , ■“ le report of the committee which B aS G^Jd S „ ente^ by its cWri ”a': Mr K rd 0n (Government, Rangitikei) fe-re” m tT d tb d th r?‘ the Potion be refavnnmM toe Government for most I a I°“£ able consideration. The commitServl« Sjrote’Wended that the Forest should continue its silviculw?rk outside an area to beaeabled Wben aerial mosaics were availMr Gordon said that the service had done wonderful work in looking after Waipoua and its officers were the onlv People who could do the job with exotX«”h p J aatin B adjacent areas • with exotics had been the subject of controversy, but it should" give val“ b Most r of < fh t o° n to kauri forest. I-™* 0 ? tbe committee favoured leavWa 'P°, u a Undisturbed for all tune, and if the rejuvenation now In another 3 lsn re all °wed to continue for b? I?? yaars ' ltE results could be profitably observed. J- Murdoch. (Government said ‘ hat the forest. ™arewhn Preserved, would be a worthMr r S F tS ck ?r hua dreds of years. ler> r <£ia F '» Skinner (Opposition, Billier) said it was gratifying to hear fHPPort the cSitee’s reihS? n >^ ndat A on ’ J wluc h was similar to that brought ■ down last year bv the ° n a Pemiom It thCTe d w a . remembered, however, that preseroTnv w 10ng er any Question of preserving Waipoua as a trulv nrimK I WaS l?° yearS to ° late j Previous Governments had ™‘ ed . rees 1° be bled for gum, and many trees had been marred by bleedipg. Mr Skinner urged the leavJjrß ,°f control of. the forest in the ds of the Forest Service, which had me necessary knowledge. • soS> r Sia W ; 1 , Smith (Oovernment, Hobson) said there was no, sure wav of Preserving a forest by leaving it alone tiles g shmia *h* Mr skinner that dead should be removed where posthel f<J« t be <ster, preservation of the forest. From his knowledge of the that effort hIS .ep'leagues he was sure muJoo? ‘ wou l d be given to the commijjee s recommendation. ■ Jolmstone (Government, Rag'an» “td that what was now to be h? n rthL. Waip ? ua ? hould be an example to other parts of the country where o rest had been destroyed. riS° vernment ’ Otann? U ir Sai<i 150,000 people throughwould cheer the to bl pf a ‘erv e ed °' WaipOUa was C^ e ett» r tha°f ooiw o AJ, h ® Fore st Service about Waipoua had been intemperate. The service had merely carried out the poll® y u Government then iiy power He w°on e M ‘Sf* " tbe freedom of Waipoua” a memorial, to those who signed the petition which Mi- Murdoch brought into the House on a wheelba^T ow several years ago. committee’s report was adopted.