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Regional Parks Of New Zealand
Regional parks of New Zealand are protected areas administered by Regions of New Zealand, regional councils, the top tier of local government in New Zealand, local government. Auckland Region There are 31 regional parks in the Auckland Region managed by Auckland Council. They were administered by the Auckland Regional Council until it was replaced with Auckland Council in 2010. * Ambury Regional Park * Ātiu Creek Regional Park * Auckland Botanic Gardens * Āwhitu Regional Park * Duder Regional Park * Glenfern Sanctuary Regional Park * Hunua Ranges Regional Park * Long Bay Regional Park * Mahurangi Regional Park * Motukorea Browns Island Regional Park * Muriwai Regional Park * Mutukaroa / Hamlins Hill Regional Park * Ōmana Regional Park * Orere Point Regional Park * Pākiri Regional Park * Scandrett Regional Park * Shakespear Regional Park * Tāpapakanga Regional Park * Tāwharanui Regional Park * Tawhitokino Regional Park * Te Ārai Regional Park * Te Rau Pūriri Regional Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheep And Lambs At Shakespear Regional Park
Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order (biology), order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a ''ewe'' (), an intact male as a ''ram'', occasionally a ''tup'', a castrated male as a ''wether'', and a young sheep as a ''lamb''. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication center. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleeces, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and sheep milk, milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriwai Regional Park
Muriwai Regional Park is a regional park located in Muriwai on the west coast of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated in Rodney north-west of Auckland and is owned and operated by Auckland Council. Geography Maukatia (Maori Bay) to the south is separated from Muriwai Beach by Otakamiro Point, with its steep cliffs and rocky nesting areas that are home to the region's only colony of Australasian gannets. The site of the gannetry has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding .... History The park's origins begin in 1906, when a public domain was established at Motutara, the gannet colony. After a series of enlargements, the area became the Muriwai Regional Park in 1969. Recreati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park , a district of Auckland Council
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Waitākere is a locality name in West Auckland, New Zealand. It most commonly refers to: * Waitākere, Auckland, a rural town north-west of Auckland *Waitakere City, a former territorial authority which existed from 1989 to 2010 *Waitākere Ranges, a mountain range in West Auckland Waitākere may also refer to: *Waitakere City FC, a football club * Waitākere College, a school in Henderson, New Zealand *Waitakere (New Zealand electorate), a former parliamentary electorate * Waitakere railway station in Waitākere town * Waitākere Reservoir in the Waitākere Ranges *Waitākere River in the Waitākere Ranges * Waitākere volcano, a former volcano in the Miocene era *Waitākere ward Waitākere Ward is a district of Auckland Council in New Zealand. It consists of the part of the old Waitakere City lying west of a line from Te Atatū Peninsula to Titirangi. The ward elects two councillors, currently Shane Henderson and Ken T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waharau Regional Park
Waharau Regional Park is a regional park situated in the Hauraki District and the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island, four kilometres north of Whakatīwai Regional Park. It is just south of the border with the Auckland Region, and is owned and operated by Auckland Council. It runs from the eastern side of the Hunua Ranges, where it adjoins Hunua Ranges Regional Park, down to the Firth of Thames coast. History The southern edge of the park is Waihihi Bay, which was a landing site of the ''Tainui'' migratory waka. Settled for a prolonged period during the pre-colonial era, Waharau was renowned for known for its paper mulberry (aute) and karaka groves. Since the 17th century, Waharau has been settled by the Ngāti Puku hapū of Ngāti Whanaunga. From the 1860s, the area was a site of kauri tree logging by early European settlers. The area was purchased by the Auckland Regional Authority between 1970 and 1973, in order to provide vehicle access to the eastern water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Rau Pūriri Regional Park
Te Rau Pūriri Regional Park is a regional park situated in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by Auckland Council. Geography The regional park is located on the east coast of the Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula (also known as Kaipara South Head). Primarily run as a working farm, the area has patches of introduced trees such as ''Eucalyptus botryoides'' and ''Populus deltoides'', with sections of regenerating Kunzea ericoides, kanuka and rewarewa forest to the north, and coastal pūriri forest to the east. To the south of the regional park is the Wairotoroto wetland. History The land the modern park is located on was purchased by Auckland politician Daniel Pollen in 1870, alongside a local farmer, William Young. In 1882, the pair sold the land to Alfred Buckland, who developed it as a part of his cattle run found on most of the peninsula. The cattle run was subdivided into individual farms in the 1920s, and the future park land was primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Ārai Regional Park
Te Ārai Regional Park is a regional park situated in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by Auckland Council. Geography Te Ārai Regional Park has the largest number of sand dunes in the Auckland Region. The park is a long stretch of coastline in Rodney, between the most northern point of the Auckland Region on the North Island and the Poutawa Stream. The park is bordered by the Mangawhai Forest. An 85 metre high headland also known as Te Arai is found in the park. Biodiversity The Te Ārai sand dunes are a regionally significant biodiversity area, adjoining the Pākiri Dunes biodiversity focus area to the south. The park is one of the few remaining breeding areas for the New Zealand fairy tern. The endangered katipō spider is found in the regional park. The spiders that live in the regional park are typically black in colour, and do not have the distinctive red markings typically seen on katipō. History During the 1930s, pine trees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawhitokino Regional Park
Tawhitokino Regional Park is a regional park situated in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is owned and operated by Auckland Council. References Franklin Local Board Area Parks in the Auckland Region Regional parks of New Zealand Tourist attractions in the Auckland Region {{Auckland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tāwharanui Regional Park
Tāwharanui Regional Park is a regional park on the Tāwharanui Peninsula in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in Rodney, east of Warkworth and north of Auckland. The park covers 588 hectares of land at the end of the peninsula, and is owned and managed by Auckland Council.Tāwharanui Marine Reserve Department of Conservation. Geography The park combines a " mainland island" sanctuary for the conservation of native plants and animals with farmland and public recreation areas. The park is mostly grazed pasture with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tāpapakanga Regional Park
Tāpapakanga Regional Park is a regional park situated in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in Franklin, east of Kawakawa Bay, and is owned and operated by Auckland Council. Geography and biodiversity The park is a mix of farmland, coastal bush and beach, overlooking the Firth of Thames. The native bush remnants include taraire, tānekaha, tawa and rewarewa trees. History The land was an important place for the Marutūāhu iwi of the Hauraki Gulf, in particular Ngāti Whanaunga, and it was a traditional area for stonefield gardening. In 1899, settler James Ashby settled on the land, building a kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of 22 species of evergreen tree. The genus is part of the ancient conifer family Araucariaceae, a group once widespread during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, but now largely res ... homestead with his wife Rebecca in 1900. Ashby developed a lifelong friendship with Ngāti Whanau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespear Regional Park
Shakespear Regional Park is a nature park in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is located at the tip of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, and is named after the Shakespear family which bought the land in the 1880s from local Maori.Shakespear The park includes the Tamaki Leadership Centre, a base. Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandrett Regional Park
Scandrett Regional Park is a regional park located on the north east tip of the Mahurangi Peninsula, north of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It encompasses Mullet Point and includes regenerating coastal forest, rocky headlands that protrude into Kawau Bay, Scandretts Bay beach and a precinct of historic farm buildings. The total area of land is 44.4 hectares or 100 acres. The people of Auckland own the park through the Auckland Council. Early Māori history The Māori name for Scandretts Bay is , meaning 'the expansive sparkling waters'; Mullet Point is , referring to the 'extensive sea views' from this strategic headland pā (fortification). In pre-European times this place was known for its plentiful marine and coastal forest resources, particularly kanae or mullet, muri () or school sharks, and whale and dolphin species. In recent years, whales have again been seen in the vicinity of Mātairoa/Mullet Point. Local tradition says the land was occupied by ancient peoples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pākiri Regional Park
Pākiri Regional Park is a regional park located near Pakiri north of Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ... in New Zealand's North Island. It is situated in Rodney in the Auckland Region, and is owned and operated by Auckland Council. History The park was purchased by the Auckland Regional Council in 2005. References Rodney Local Board Area Parks in the Auckland Region Regional parks of New Zealand {{Auckland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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