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trunks and canopy of kauri trees in Waipoua forest

HOW TO SAVE A FOREST

Conserving New Zealand's Waipoua Forest

A book by Peter Thomas

GALLERY

Most of the images here complement those featured in the book. Some are included to provide easy access to further information and resources.

For more information, please click on an image.

Postage stamp issued for New Zealand's 1940 centennial featuring an ink drawing of Tāne Mahuta, a large kauri tree in Waipoua forest.

Postage stamp featuring Tāne Mahuta

Ancient Kauri Trail Map

Kauri bush on fire in the Kaihu Valley, Northern Wairoa

Water colour painting

View of the Kahu-Kahu Hokianga River, 1839

Milling a kauri log

James Maxwell: The Caretaker of Waipoua Forest

1913 Royal Commission on Forestry

Black and white portrait of William Fergusson Massey

William Massey

Black and white portrait of Joseph Gordon Coates

Gordon Coates

A road construction gang pose for the camera. A small boy sits on the bed of a small truck.

Constructing the Waipoua Forest Road c. 1927

Portrait of Norman Russell Withiel Thomas

Norman Russell Withiel Thomas

Copy of a typed letter.

Letter to the Editor

NRW's Letter to Fraser

Save the forest poster

Public meeting poster

HANDS OFF WAIPOUA!

George Washington Skinner cartoon

Bookends cartoon

Kauri fence posts

New Zealand Forest and Bird and the Whangarei Progressive Society's 1947 petition.

Public reaction to the 1947 petition

Black and white portrait of New Zealand politician Alfred Murdoch.

Alfred Murdoch

The Parore petition p. 1

The Parore petition p. 2

Tāpihana (Dobson) Paraire Paikea

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