Tourism has been a strong influence in the shaping of our national park system even before the 1890s when Thomas Mackenzie was pointing to the importance of the Fiordland area. The Wanganui River was in the early 1900s billed as the ‘Rhine of New Zealand’ with a fleet of steamers servicing tourist journeys on the river. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library
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Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 3, 1 August 1987, Page 5
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60Tourism has been a strong influence in the shaping of our national park system even before the 1890s when Thomas Mackenzie was pointing to the importance of the Fiordland area. The Wanganui River was in the early 1900s billed as the ‘Rhine of New Zealand’ with a fleet of steamers servicing tourist journeys on the river. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 3, 1 August 1987, Page 5
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