Paparoa National Park
Sir, — I take strong objection to seeing described as “utter rubbish” (“The Press,” March 24) the statement that the Punakaiki-Pa-paroa area contains the last warm lowland forests. It is well established that, because of its unique geogra®
phical nature, the Paparoa region engenders its own sub-tropical climate enhanced by the warm ocean current. The evidence is most obvious when one sees the lush vegetation that grows so abundantly there. The Paparoa area is a paradise for the prolific birdlife it contains and nowhere else in the South Island is there anything like it. This last jewel of Nature must be saved for posterity and given the status of national park. The Maruia Declaration with .its 341,160 signatures, including many from the West Coast, far outvote any small society that still wishes to destroy part of what’s left of our national heritage. — Yours, etc., S. HEMSLEY, Lyttelton. March 24, 1979.
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Press, 27 March 1979, Page 20
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