Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 1, 2016 16:38:34 GMT 12
Celebrating National Parks
The Department of Conservation and the USA Embassy will celebrate national parks and the benefits of getting out into nature during a visit to Tongariro National Park March this week.
Department of Conservation Director General Lou Sanson says Tongariro, New Zealand’s oldest national park and dual world heritage area is the perfect place for US Ambassador Mark Gilbert to kick off a yearlong celebration of 100 years of USA national parks.
Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV (Paramount Chief) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa one of the tribes with mana whenua (occupational authority) over the land in this region extended kaitiakitanga (custodianship) of the peaks of Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe and part of the peak of Ruapehu to the people of New Zealand September 23 1887. The other iwi with mana whenua are Ngāti Rangi, Uenuku, Ngāti Haaua and the Whanganui iwi.
Tongariro, New Zealand's oldest national park and a dual World Heritage area was created in 1894. It was the fourth national park in the world.
Tongariro has subsequently been the first in the southern hemisphere classified for cultural values. This status recognises the park's important Maori cultural and spiritual associations as well as its outstanding volcanic features…..
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1603/S00022/celebrating-national-parks.htm
The Department of Conservation and the USA Embassy will celebrate national parks and the benefits of getting out into nature during a visit to Tongariro National Park March this week.
Department of Conservation Director General Lou Sanson says Tongariro, New Zealand’s oldest national park and dual world heritage area is the perfect place for US Ambassador Mark Gilbert to kick off a yearlong celebration of 100 years of USA national parks.
Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV (Paramount Chief) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa one of the tribes with mana whenua (occupational authority) over the land in this region extended kaitiakitanga (custodianship) of the peaks of Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe and part of the peak of Ruapehu to the people of New Zealand September 23 1887. The other iwi with mana whenua are Ngāti Rangi, Uenuku, Ngāti Haaua and the Whanganui iwi.
Tongariro, New Zealand's oldest national park and a dual World Heritage area was created in 1894. It was the fourth national park in the world.
Tongariro has subsequently been the first in the southern hemisphere classified for cultural values. This status recognises the park's important Maori cultural and spiritual associations as well as its outstanding volcanic features…..
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1603/S00022/celebrating-national-parks.htm