Tongariro - A Sacred Gift - A Centennial Celebration of Tongariro National Park

Some marks and a tear to dust jacket and sun damage to the spine. Inscription inside.

This book is the result of an intensive study of New Zealand's first national park. To assemble the material for this definitive work Potton lived for more than a year in the park itself, and the book's exquisite photographs are drawn from well over 1000 examples of his technical and artistic skill. Tongariro is recorded in all its varied moods, as are the magic glimpses of bird or flower, the play of light on wet, green leaves, or the clear blue of a mountain lake. The park's volcanic origins, human history and flora and fauna, as well as the problems associated with its conservation and exploitation, are all explored...