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Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives 1901, section H-2 
    
Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives 1902, section H-2 
    
New Zealand Statutes 1906 and 1908 
    
Seventy-Five Years of Tourism (New Zealand: Tourist and Publicity Department), 1978 
    
Department of Statistics, New Zealand Official Yearbook 1976 (Wellington: Department of Statistics), 1976 pp.1031-1044 
    
'Tourism: The Invisible Export' (first published version of Seventy-Five Years of Tourism) Scholefield, Guy H (ed.), New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1949 (Wellington: Government Printer), 1950 

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            [history] => By 1900, New Zealand's many scenic and health resorts were increasingly being serviced by Government Railways, and a 'tourist traffic branch' was established to co-ordinate and promote tourism.



Sir Joseph Ward, Colonial Secretary and Minister of Railways, encouraged these activities, and on 1 February 1901 the new Tourist and Health Resorts Department was created.  It continued the functions of the tourist traffic branch and also took over administration of resorts from the Department of Lands and Survey.  These included Rotorua, Hanmer, Mount Cook, Morere and Te Puia, the Doubtful Sound track and the Little Barrier Island bird sanctuary. 



The department further developed Rotorua as a tourist resort establishing its electricity supply in 1901, and in 1903 beginning to erect the Whakarewarewa model village (the department later assumed control of Rotorua under the Rotorua Township Act 1907).  It also promoted tourist ventures at Te Anau, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Te Aroha and Mount Egmont, and started the Waimangu Geyser round trip.  In addition the Department built an accommodation house at Lake Waikaremoana and took over wildlife sanctuaries at Resolution Island and Little Barrier Island.  Agencies were established at Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, and Invercargill, and information on New Zealand was prepared for distribution outside the country.  The department was also involved in promoting tourism and immigration overseas.  In 1903 an office was opened in Dunedin, the Scenery Preservation Act 1903 was placed in the department's control, and it took over responsibility for Resolution Island fauna reserve in Dusky Sound from the Department of Lands and Survey.  In the same year the department brought Pukaki Hotel from the Mackenzie County Council and reserved 18,000 acres of land near The Hermitage at Mount Cook for preserving alpine flowers. 



In 1906 the administration of the Scenery Preservation Act was handed over to the Department of Lands and Survey.  By then 68,000 acres had been acquired and proclaimed as reserves.  Later that year, the Tourist and Health Resorts Department established offices at Sydney and Melbourne, and a government agency was established in Chicago by the British Consul.  The department, in conjunction with the Department of Industries and Commerce, also opened an agency in Vancouver.  On the domestic front, further consolidation of New Zealand statutes resulted in the Tourist and Health Resorts Act 1908, and under it control of 15 New Zealand resorts. 



The Department Superintendent was Thomas Edward Donne, a personal friend of Sir Joseph with a keen interest in angling and deerstalking who was also the Under-Secretary of the newly established Department of Industries and Commerce.  It is likely that this combined role resulted from the fact that the main flow of visitors came from countries that were markets for New Zealand exports and also sources of imports.  Thus the stimulation of New Zealand's trade and visitor traffic could be accomplished together. 



In 1909, in response to a Government economy campaign, the department was amalgamated with Industries and Commerce, under the Department of Agriculture, to form the short-lived Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists.
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