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Promoting New Zealand scenery

Promoting New Zealand scenery

Promoting New Zealand scenery

This 1890 government tourism poster shows New Zealand’s mountain scenery on an artist’s palette, stressing its picturesque quality. A desire to attract tourists led some officials to support the concept of national parks.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1890-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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