Conservation parks of New Zealand

Conservation park is a type of specially protected status for land held by the Crown for conservation purposes.[1]

In New Zealand this land is administered by the Department of Conservation (DoC) and was set up under the Conservation Act 1987. As of 31 March 2005, New Zealand's Conservation parks consisted of 51 conservation units, covering an area of 1,541,281 hectares.[2] Note that the DoC defines a conservation unit as "a standard grouping of parcels of land which is used in the Department’s National Land Register." A conservation park may consist of multiple conservation units.

List of Conservation Parks

  • Ahuriri Conservation Park
  • Aorangi Forest Park (Wellington)
  • Bay of Islands Historic and Maritime Park (Northland)
  • Catlins Conservation Park
  • Coromandel Forest Park (Waikato)
  • Craigieburn Conservation Park
  • Eyre Mountains/Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park
  • Hakatere Conservation Park
  • Hanmer Forest Conservation Park
  • Hāwea Conservation Park
  • Kaimai Conservation Park
  • Kawatiri Conservation Park
  • Kaimai Conservation Park
  • Kaimanawa Forest Park (Tongariro/Taupo)
  • Kaweka Forest Park (East Coast/Hawkes Bay)
  • Ka Whata Tu O Rakihouia Conservation Park
  • Korowai Conservation Park
  • Lake Sumner Conservation Park
  • Mamaku Conservation Park
  • Mavora Lakes Conservation Park
  • Northland Forest Park (Northland)
  • Mount Richmond Forest Park (Nelson/Marlborough)
  • Oteake Conservation Park
  • Pirongia Forest Park (Waikato)
  • Pureora Conservation Park
  • Rakaia Conservation Park
  • Raukumara Conservation Park
  • Rimutaka Forest Park (Wellington)
  • Ruahine Forest Park
  • Ruataniwha Conservation Park
  • Tararua Forest Park (Wellington)
  • Te Papanui Conservation Park
  • Two Thumb Range Conservation Park
  • Victoria Conservation Park
  • Whakarewarewa Forest Conservation Park
  • Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park

Proposed

See also

References

  1. ↑ Section 18 and Section 19, Conservation Act 1987, New Zealand Parliament.
  2. ↑ Role: About DOC, Department of Conservation, retrieved 19 June 2008.
  3. ↑ DoC discussion document
  4. ↑ DoC - CMS
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