Auckland Regional Council – parks history

The history of Auckland’s regional parks.

Friends of the Wellington Town Belt

A website about Wellington’s town belt and the Friends organisation.

Greenroofs

A website aimed at people managing biodiversity sanctuaries.

Sanctuaries of New Zealand

A website aimed at people managing biodiversity sanctuaries.

Scenery preservation in New Zealand

Information about the history of scenery preservation laws and practice, on NZHistory.net.

Wellington Community Garden Network

Auckland Regional Council. Regional parks management plan. Auckland: Auckland Regional Council, 2008.

Christchurch City Council. Draft Hagley Park management plan. Christchurch: Christchurch City Council, 2006.

Cook, Walter. ‘Wellington’s town belt – a people’s park and a heritage for everyone. The 1991 Ian Galloway Memorial Lecture.’ Horticulture in New Zealand 2, no. 2 (Winter 1991): 15–18.

Hargreaves, R. P. ‘Urban open spaces in Victorian New Zealand.’ In L. D. B. Hennan and G. W. Kearsley, eds. Man, environment and planning: essays in honour of Ronald Lister. Dunedin: University of Otago, Dept. of Geography, 1981.

Strongman, Thelma. City beautiful: the first 100 years of the Christchurch Beautifying Association. Christchurch: Clerestory, 1999.

Tritenbach, Paul. Botanic gardens and parks in New Zealand: an illustrated record. Auckland: Excellence Press, 1987.