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WHAT will people in other countries think of New Zealand in years to come? Some aspects of'this matter are mentioneel by ''Tanekaha," a contributor to Forest and Bird. He. says: "What will our posterity remember us by? In history New Zealand should aspire to be known not only as a country that helped to beat the Axis in war; but as a country that helped the British Empire to equal and excel the Axis in the higher principles of the utilisation of land and of the preservation of all those forms of life, animal and vegetable, that aid land's use and conservation. "It is not enough th it New Zealand should be notorious for deforestation ; for draining operations which drive out the swamp birds without compensating for land losses by erosion; for allowing 0110 cat to destroy an entire species of bird (the endemic Stephen's Island, flightless Wren); for stocking the museums of Europe while allowing the species itself (example, the Huia) to be totally destroyed. These negative distinctions do not convey any impression of superiority."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 4
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180AS OTHEHS SEE US Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 4
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