70 | NORTH & SOUTH|JUNE 2019
ENVIRONMENT
MikeWhiteisNorth&South’sseniorwriter.PhotographybyMikeWhite.Fiftyyearsago,a smallgroupgatheredinanInvercargill
livingroomtosaveoneofourmostbeautifullakes.Whattheylaunchedthatnightnotonlyrescued
LakeManapōuri,butchangedsociety.MikeWhitelooksbackonthegroundbreakingcampaignthatsparked
NewZealand’smodernconservationmovement,and
asks why it’s still so hard to protect the environment.