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Pat Sheridan
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Positions Held AtTrainee Ranger - Te Urewera National Park
Trainee Ranger - Tongariro National ParkRanger - Tongariro National ParkRanger - Te Urewera National ParkManager - Waitangi Treaty GroundsRanger - Fiordland National ParkChief Ranger - Egmont National ParkAssistant Supervising Ranger - Head OfficeChief Ranger - PeruNZ Parks WorkedTongariro National ParkTe Urewera National ParkEgmont National ParkFiordland National ParkLand Districts WorkedNorth Auckland Land DistrictReserves WorkedWaitangi Treaty GroundsOrganisations WorkedWaitangi National TrustDepartment of Lands and Survey Head OfficeInternational Parks WorkedPeruBiography
Trainee Ranger - Tongariro National ParkRanger - Tongariro National ParkRanger - Te Urewera National ParkManager - Waitangi Treaty GroundsRanger - Fiordland National ParkChief Ranger - Egmont National ParkAssistant Supervising Ranger - Head OfficeChief Ranger - PeruNZ Parks WorkedTongariro National ParkTe Urewera National ParkEgmont National ParkFiordland National ParkLand Districts WorkedNorth Auckland Land DistrictReserves WorkedWaitangi Treaty GroundsOrganisations WorkedWaitangi National TrustDepartment of Lands and Survey Head OfficeInternational Parks WorkedPeruBiography My four months at Tongariro were followed by an eight-month spell at Aniwaniwa at Urewera National Park. Ray Cleland forewarned me of the possible difficult living and isolated conditions and suggested he would transfer me elsewhere if I wished.
Pat's extensive career in the National Park Service is summarised below. Special thanks to his son, Brett, for making so much of Pat's memorabilia available.
| 1963 | Te Urewera National Park | |
| 1954-1965 | Forestry Training School | Trainee rangers were put through this course before being assigned to a National Park |
| 1966 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | |
| 1968 | Fiordland National Park | |
| 1969 | Australia | |
| 1970-1973 | Tongariro National Park | |
| 1973-1975 | Waitangi National Trust | |
| 1976 | Egmont National Park | |
| 1977-1979 | Peru | |
| 1979 | Galapagos Islands | Personal visit |
| 1979 | South America | |
| 1979 | USA | |
| 1980-82 | Wellington Head Office | |
| 1981 | Antarctica | |
| 1991 | Sabah |
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NZ National ParkTongariro National ParkEgmont National ParkInternational ParkPeruOther ConnectionsAntarcticaPat Sheridan. National Parks and Reserves Rangers Archive, accessed 22/03/2026, https://parkrangersnz.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/273