🏢 Scenery Preservation Commission
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[history] => The Scenery Preservation Commission identified scenic and historic sites and administered the Scenery Preservation Act 1903. The first commission was appointed in March 1904 under the chairmanship of Polynesian Society chair and former surveyor-general Stephenson Percy Smith.
By 1906 only 61 reserves, totalling 15,000 acres, had been gazetted. Several were high-profile sites such as Otari–Wilton's Bush in Wellington and Kennedy's Bush in Christchurch. Only a few prehistoric and historic sites had been established, the most notable being Motukaraka Island, Te Kawau pa, Turuturumokai pa, and Ship Cove in the Marlborough Sounds.
The Scenery Preservation Commission was disbanded in 1906 because the government had found that some 'simpler machinery was necessary to more effectively carry out the purposes of the Act'. It also seems that the commission's enthusiasm for reservations clashed with the dominant idea that farming and forestry were more important than preserving scenery. Opponents such as sawmillers, local bodies and farmers who saw it as depriving them of timber, land and revenue viewed the commission's annual expenses of around ₤2000 as excessive.
In place of the commission, the Scenery Preservation Board was formed in 1906, comprised of salaried government servants. Local departmental officers were expected to undertake inspections, surveys and reporting.
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The Scenery Preservation Commission identified scenic and historic sites and administered the Scenery Preservation Act 1903. The first commission was appointed in March 1904 under the chairmanship of Polynesian Society chair and former surveyor-general Stephenson Percy Smith.
By 1906 only 61 reserves, totalling 15,000 acres, had been gazetted. Several were high-profile sites such as Otari–Wilton's Bush in Wellington and Kennedy's Bush in Christchurch. Only a few prehistoric and historic sites had been established, the most notable being Motukaraka Island, Te Kawau pa, Turuturumokai pa, and Ship Cove in the Marlborough Sounds.
In place of the commission, the Scenery Preservation Board was formed in 1906, comprised of salaried government servants. Local departmental officers were expected to undertake inspections, surveys and reporting.
- 🏛 Self-Governing Colony of New Zealand (1904 ‑ 1906)