The Jeju provincial government will expand its partnership with overseas locations which have been designated as World Natural Heritage Sites. The Jeju Provincial Office of World Natural Heritage Sites Management announced Sunday that it will establish a sisterhood relationship with of the Tongariro National Park in New Zealand in May. The provincial office and representatives from the New Zealand's park will start the discussion regarding the specific plans for the relationship. Both parties will conduct meetings together, exchange research results and develop tour programs. Established in 1887, Tongariro was the first national park in New Zealand and the fourth in the world. It is also a dual World Heritage area, a status which recognizes the park's important Maori cultural and spiritual associations as well as its outstanding volcanic features. The park was listed as the UNESCO's World Natural Heritage since 1990 as well as World Heritage in 1993.In addition, they will share information and cross-promote each other's heritage sites on their web-sites. In related news, the province previously set up a partnership with USA's Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in 2008 and Mount Tai in China in May 2009.