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| | UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Te Wahipounamu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Some areas in the Mount Aspiring region were not explored by foot until the 1950s and some of the more remote valleys of Fiordland were still considered unexplored in the 1970s at the time that accurate detailed topographic maps became available for this remotest corner of New Zealand. |
 | | The nomination document (Department of Conservation, 1989) includes a bibliography under the headings film and videos, geology, soils and landforms, vegetation, wildlife, natural history, cultural history, resource use, recreation and tourism, park handbooks, investigation reports, management plans and overviews. |
 | | In February 1989, as part of its decision to protect South Westland's forests, the Government allocated $1.5 million towards recreational and tourist development in South Westland. |
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