Journeys in national parks

An award-winning five-part TV series about New Zealand's national parks, produced in 1987 and available on the NZ On Screen website.

National parks: parks and recreation

This section of the Department of Conservation website has information about New Zealand’s national parks.

New Zealand National Parks & Conservation Foundation

This foundation works to raise funds in support of the conservation estate.

Homer, Lloyd, and Les Molloy. The fold of the land: New Zealand’s national parks from the air. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1988.

McClure, Margaret. The wonder country: making New Zealand tourism. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004.

Muench, David, and Kennedy Warne. New Zealand national parks. Auckland: David Bateman, 2006.

Thom, David. Heritage: the parks of the people. Auckland: Lansdowne, 1987.

Young, David. Our islands, our selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand. Dunedin, University of Otago Press, 2004.