The Scenery Preservation Act of 1903 set up a commission to tour the country making recommendations on areas that should be made reserves. In 1906 the commission was replaced by a permanent Scenery Preservation Board. The encouragement of tourism was seen as an important impetus to scenery preservation so the Tourist Department took responsibility for administration of the Act in 1904. By 1929 there were 759 reserves.
Scenery Preservation Board
Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board
Date: [ca 1880-1910]
From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand
By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board
Reference: PAColl-0444-1
Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints