Tree Carvings
Christchurch
—STEPHEN BARKER
You are correct with the comment that few rakau momori (dendroglyphs) remain
on the Chatham Islands and now over 100 out of less than 200 are in the J.M. Barker (Hapupu) National Historic Reserve. Our family was approached shortly after the Second World War to preserve the carvings but we had not been able to do this due to financial restraints. Our gift of the 40-odd hectares at Hapupu was negotiated with the Crown and it was several years later that I learned Forest and Bird put money into fencing. In short I feel Forest and Bird make a lot of their donation for fencing. This may be a small matter but we are proud of what we saved at Kaingaroa in what is a fascinating and isolated place.
The deadline for letters for our November 2003 issue is August 31, 2003.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 309, 1 August 2003, Page 3
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