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Government Purpose Reserves
A government purpose reserve is a type of Protected areas of New Zealand, New Zealand protected area. There are currently 215 recognised government purpose reserves in New Zealand. Some of these reserves are important wetlands. Others are small pockets of land around lighthouses. North Island Northland Region * Awakino Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Coates Memorial Church Reserve * Hewlett Point Sand Islands Government Purpose Reserve * Lake Taeore Wildlife Management Reserve * Manganui River Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Mangawhai Government Purpose Wildlife Refuge Reserve * Mangonuiowae Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Marsden Spit Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Matapouri Estuary Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Ngunguru Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Omamari Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Omatai Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Opuawhanga G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Areas Of New Zealand
Protected areas of New Zealand are areas that are in some way protected to preserve their environmental, scientific, scenic, historical, cultural or recreational value. There are about 10,000 protected areas covering about a third of the country. The method and aims of protection vary according to the importance of the resource and whether it is publicly or privately owned. Nearly 30 percent of New Zealand's land mass is publicly owned with some degree of protection. Most of this land – about – is administered by the Department of Conservation. There are 13 national parks, thousands of reserves, 54 conservation parks, and a range of other conservation areas. The department also manages 44 offshore and coastal marine reserves. Any development in Coastal Marine Areas, which extend up to the mean high water spring mark and up to a kilometre up rivers, require a resource consent under the Resource Management Act. History The history of New Zealand's protected areas dates back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaroa Swamp Wildlife Management Reserve
Awaroa may refer to the following in New Zealand: * Awaroa, the Māori name for Godley Head Awaroa / Godley Head (), called Cachalot Head by early French explorers, is a prominent headland in Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō. The headland is named for John Robert Godley. Etymology ... in Christchurch * Awaroa Inlet, an inlet in Abel Tasman National Park * Awaroa River (other), various rivers {{geodisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapora Government Purpose (Wildlife Management)
Tapora is a locality on the Okahukura Peninsula, which is on the eastern side of the Kaipara Harbour in New Zealand. It is part of the Rodney District. Wellsford lies to the East, as does Port Albert and the Wharehine River, while Manukapua Island lies to the West. Early history Early history of Maori tells how the western shores of Okahukura once extended to the entrance of the Kaipara Harbour as sand dunes with two channels into the harbour instead of one, as it is now. This portion of land that was more or less sand dunes was known as Tapora, and was inhabited by the Maori. Great storms gradually caused the sand dunes to drift away, allowing the sea to encroach, leaving only sand bars in the harbour where there was once a whare or large temple on the original sand dunes. The name Okahukura refers to Kahukura, one of the rangatira who arrived to New Zealand aboard the ''Tākitimu'' migratory waka. For ten generations the land of Okahukura remained in the possession of Ngat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wairua River (Government Purpose) Wildlife Management Reserve
The Wairua River is a river of Northland, New Zealand. It flows south-west from Hikurangi and joins the Mangakahia River between Titoki and Tangiteroria to form the Wairoa River, which runs past Dargaville to the Kaipara Harbour. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River * Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri River * Ahuroa River * Akatarawa River * Ākiti ... References Rivers of the Northland Region Rivers of New Zealand Kaipara Harbour catchment {{Northland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waipu Government Purpose Wildlife Refuge Reserve
Waipu ( mi, Waipū) is a small town established in the rohe of the Patuharakeke hapū, in Te Tai Tokerau the Northland Region of New Zealand. The town is celebrated for its settlement by Nova Scotians and other settlers of Scottish heritage. A highlight of the town's calendar is the annual Highland Games held at New Year. Near the town are the Waipu Caves, which contain a significant population of glow worms. History The tangata whenua of Waipū, Patuharakeke are the descendants of Te Toru (also known as Urekuri), Te Taotahi and Te Pirihi Whakaariki. It is through the descendants of Te Toru that Patuharakeke are closely related to iwi including Ngapuhi, Ngati Wai, Ngati Whatua and Te Uri o Hau. Through a series of Crown breaches, outlined in the Patuharakeke Statement of Claim provided in support of the Waitangi Tribunal Cases 745 and 1348, Patuharakeke were alienated from their lands which were confiscated, cleared and on-sold by the crown for colonial settlement. Waipu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranui Stream Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve
Himatangi is a small settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located at the junction of State Highways 1 and 56, 25 kilometres west of Palmerston North, and seven kilometres east of the coastal settlement of Himatangi Beach. The area has two marae: * Motuiti Marae and its Rakau or Paewai meeting house is affiliated with the Rangitāne hapū of Ngāti Mairehau and the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Rākau. * Paranui Marae and its Turanga meeting house is affiliated with the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Te Au and Ngāti Tūranga. About 50 Māori land blocks are located between Himatangi and Foxton to the south. History The area was largely undeveloped with rough terrain in 1942, according to a photograph held in the National Library of New Zealand. Himatangi was once the location of the junction between the New Zealand Railways Department's Foxton Branch railway and the Manawatu County Council's Sanson Tramway. Both lines are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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