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View of Lake Wakatipu from the road, New Zealand.

A view of Lake Wakatipu from the road. New Zealand has a valuable resource in our land and it is important to protect this resource so that future generations may enjoy it as much as we do now. This idea of managing our natural resource impacts the way we build our roads and cities, the way we farm the land and how we protect our environment from pollution.

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