Further Sources

1080: killing pests and saving forests

A fact sheet on 1080 poison, produced by the Royal Forest and Bird Society of New Zealand (PDF, 150 KB).
Biodiversity information online

Information on biodiversity in New Zealand, and a link to the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy.
New Zealand Geopreservation Inventory

The inventory lists 2,650 significant landforms and geological features.
On the changes effected in the natural features of a new country by the introduction of civilized races

These two lectures given by W. T. L. Travers were published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute in 1869. They are one of the earliest examples of ecological analysis.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Site of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, including links to reports produced since 1997.
A short history of the Department of Conservation: 1987–2007

This section of the Department of Conservation website charts the history of their organisation and some of the environmental and political issues they’ve faced.
The state of New Zealand’s environment 1997

This extensive report, published by the Ministry for the Environment, covers New Zealand’s natural environment, what we have done to it, and what we are doing now to save it.

Galbreath, Ross. Working for wildlife: a history of the New Zealand Wildlife Service. Wellington: Bridget Williams, 1993.
Hayward, Bruce W. Precious land: protecting New Zealand’s landforms and geological features. Lower Hutt: Geological Society of New Zealand, 1996.
Hutching, Gerard. Back from the brink: the fight to save our endangered birds. Auckland: Penguin, 2004.
Searle, Graham. Rush to destruction: an appraisal of the New Zealand beech controversy. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1975.
Wilson, Roger. From Manapouri to Aramoana: the battle for New Zealand’s environment. Auckland: Earthworks, 1982.
Young, David. Our islands, our selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2004.