Society. 1894 Protection of fur seal population due to declining numbers. Lyall's wren becomes extinct, killed by cats. Tongariro National Park Act passed. 1897 Kapiti Island is designated as an island reserve. 1900s 1900 Egmont National Park established 1901 Noxious Weeds Act passed 1903 Scenery Preservation Act passed. 1904 Scenery Preservation Commission appointed. 1907 Tongariro National Park is formally gazetted. Last known huia sighted and then shot. 1907 Population reached one million. 1920s 1921 Herbert Guthrie-Smiths Tutira: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station is published. Animals Protection and Game Act 1921-22 1923 The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand is formed. 1929 Attempt made to protect bush in an area near what will be the Abel Tasman National Park. 1930s 1936 Protection removed from mustelids. 1940s 1941 Soil and Rivers Control Act was enforced. This was the first piece of coordinated environmental legislation in New Zealand. 1942 Abel Tasman National Park established. 1946 Possums no longer protected. 1948 Takahe rediscovered in the Murchison Mountains in Fiordland. 1949 Forests Act 1949 is passed. 1950s 1952 Waipoua Forest Sanctuary formed. Fiordland National Park established. Population reaches two million. 1953 Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park established. The Wildlife Act 1953 is passed. 1954 Trials on usage on 1080 in New Zealand begin. 28 July — Te Urewera National Park gazetted. Additions made later. 1960s 1964 Mount Aspiring National Park established. 1965 Hydro dam proposed at Tuapeka River mouth is opposed by local residents. 1967 Rudd is illegally introduced into New Zealand. 1967 Water and Soil Conservation Act was enforced. Save Manapouri Campaign gains nationwide headlines. 1970s 1970 264,907 New Zealanders, almost 10 percent of the population, sign the Save Manapouri petition. Environmental Defence Society is formed. 1971 CoEnCo is formed. The Marine Reserves Act 1971 is passed. 1972 The Values Party is formed at Victoria University of Wellington. The Clean Air Act 1972 is passed. 1973 Government decides to put South Island beech forests up for tender for chipping. Population reaches three million. 1974 Greenpeace New Zealand is formed. The Save Aramoana Campaign is formed. Project Jonah is established. 1975 4 July — The Maruia Declaration, calling for protection of native forests, is signed. It attracted 341,160 signatures by the time it was presented to Parliament in 1977. An import ban on all whale products is announced by government. Friends of the Earth New Zealand is formed.