940,000 ha in western Southland was permanently reserved for a national park. The 1952 National Parks Act formally created what has become New Zealand’s largest national park and one of the largest in the world.
Read more on NZHistory
Scenery preservation in New Zealand – One hundred years of scenery preservation
External links
- Fiordland National Park (DOC)
- National parks (Te Ara)
- National parks (1966 encyclopaedia)
- Milford Track (1966 encyclopaedia)
- Fiords (Te Ara)
How to cite this page
'First step in creation of Fiordland National Park', URL: /first-step-in-creation-of-fiordland-national-park, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 31-Oct-2014