Leter+to+Govenor+Grey

11.10.1860

Dear Governor Grey,

I am writing to you today about the negative points about New Zealand immigrants.

My first point I am going to make is that there is way too many native forest being cut down. Because of people immigrating from other countries to come to New Zealand we are having to cut down native forests as we are running out of space to build new houses, and we need timber to build houses so we are having to cut down more trees. This year 320,000 hectors of our precious native forest has been cut down. I think this is a problem because then New Zealand's precious native birds may all die out.

My second point is that Maori have lost land and lost control. Because of all the new people immigrating to New Zealand from other countries they have taken over the land and now their land has been taken over and they have lost control. I think this is a problem because Maori won't be able to continue with their culture and they will not be able to work because there will be no land.

My last terrible point is that there has been a massive increase in population. This has happened because of all the people immigrating to New Zealand from other countries. I think this is a problem because there might not be enough jobs for the real New Zealander's and we will have to be building more homes, and I can reflect on my first point because we will have to be cutting down more native forests for timber to build new houses.

In conclusion Governor Grey, I believe that some Europeans coming to New Zealand has caused some problems like e.g: Cutting down native forests. I believe that we should have a protected area of native forest so we can keep these precious birds and insects safe so they don't die out.

Thank you Governor Grey,

Libby Jones