Third Island
R. B. H. HOWARD, in a sefies Of talks from 4YA, has been reminding listeners that New Zealand is not composed of one island (as Northerners seem to think), nor of two (as is the opinion of many Southerners), but that there lies to the south of us, separated only by a trough of usually tempestuous water, the lovely third member of our group. In New Zealand’s Other Island, Dr. Howard has given a great deal of information about Stewart Island, its history, its people past and present, its cultivation, buildings, flora and fauna, its hopes for the future. Although I listened with great interest to Dr. Howard’s account of attempts to capitalise on one or other of the island’s commercial possibilities, I was in full agreement with him when he concluded by stating his relief that the main commercial aspect now exploited (the
tourist trade) is one which meang that the natural beauty. of the island will be enhanced rather than spoiled,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 522, 24 June 1949, Page 11
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165Third Island New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 522, 24 June 1949, Page 11
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