- Te Wahipounamu
Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
State Party = NZL
Type = Natural
Criteria = vii, viii, ix, x
ID = 551
Region = Asia-Pacific
Year = 1990
Session = 14th
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/551Te Wāhipounamu (Māori for "the place of
greenstone ") is aWorld Heritage site in the south west corner of the South Island ofNew Zealand .
Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1990 and covering 26,000 km², the site incorporates severalNational Parks :
*Aoraki/Mt Cook
*Fiordland
*Mt Aspiring
*WestlandIt is thought to contain some of the best modern representations of the original flora and fauna present inGondwanaland , one of the reasons for listing as a World Heritage site.References
*UNESCO Advisory Body Recommendation [http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/551.pdf]
External links
* cite web
url=http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/swnz.html
title=UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) official website listing
* cite web
url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/551
title=UNESCO World Heritage official website listing
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