Governor+Grey+Letter

11/5/1860

Dear Governor Grey

I am writing to you because i am concerned about the impacts on New Zealand as a result of new immigrants coming into New Zealand.

Firstly, I am worried about how much native forest is being cut down. Native forests are being cut down because they want to build houses and create dairy and beef farms. For instance, if all the native forests were cut down and they were built into houses and farms then what is the use coming as it will start to look like England. 320,000ha was proposed to be cut down this is sad to me as in the native forest’s there are lots of beautiful creatures such as native birds, kiwis and more.

Secondly, the population will increase very fast as the Europeans come to New Zealand. As the population increases the land is getting less and the land will be really small. Also after a

Thirdly and lastly, i’m concerned about the health of maori. They are getting really bad diseases and they do not have the right equipment to help everyone so lots of maori have died with diseases.

Your sincerly Zoe