Hunters and Pilots of the Deer Recovery and Venison Industry — Haast Junction, New Zealand
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
S 43° 51.662 E 169° 02.754
59G E 342965 N 5141705
After deer was introduced to the wild in the 1800s enormous enviornmental damage happened throughout the high country. Starting in the 1950s deer was hunted or removed to be farmed. This memorial remembers the many people who died in this process.
Waymark Code: WM82ZW
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 01/18/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Rabbitto
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TO THE ENDURING MEMORY

Of all those hunters and pilots of the deer recovery and venison industry who lost their lives in the North and South Island high county during the last great hunt in human history.

It all began here in The Haast in 1959 and now the mountain quietudes are there are their silent song and requiem
Location: Haast Visitor Centre, Mt Aspiring National Park

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