Beschrijving
By the mid 70's things were about to change dramatically. The hunters had become so efficient they were shooting themselves out of a job.
From 1967 on, businessman Tim Wallis had exclusive hunting rights to all of Fiordland National Park and was taking out deer in their thousands.
Resentment from other operators at being excluded came to a head in 1973 in the so-called Helicopter Wars with constant poaching in the park. It went too far with helicopters being sabotaged and eventually the RNZAF stepped in to try and sort it out - to no avail.
But things were about to change dramatically again…
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