NATIONAL PARKS POLICY
MOUNTAIN CLUBS' VIEWS FREEDOM OF ACCESS [IJY TKLKORAPH CHESS association) W ELL ING TON. Sunday The annual conference of the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand on Saturday reaffirmed the following principles of general policy toward national parks:—(l) Freedom of entry and access by tho public, subject to reasonable safeguards of the welfare of the parks; (2) right of any established club to erect huts where such were needed and not provided by the authority or Government; (3) the abandonment of the policy of leasing huge areas reserved as national parks to commercial interests without due protection of public rights of access, and also the prohibition of rights and privileges for commercial exploitation detrimental to the preservation of the natural features of any park; (4) in addition to the right of free access users of the parks should have facilities for camping, etc., subject to reasonable regulations. Mr. L. 0. Hooker, of Hawera, was re-elected president.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22421, 18 May 1936, Page 10
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159NATIONAL PARKS POLICY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22421, 18 May 1936, Page 10
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