Conservation park is a type of specially protected status for land held by the Crown in New Zealand for

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

purposes. The status is set up under the

Conservation Act 1987 The Conservation Act 1987 is New Zealand's principal act concerning the conservation of indigenous biodiversity. The Act established the Department of Conservation (who administer the Act) and Fish and Game, and complements the National Park ...

and the parks are administered by the

Department of Conservation An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment ...

(DoC). , there were 54 conservation parks in New Zealand (including 36 forest parks), covering an area of 2,690,191 hectares.

Forest parks

Forest parks have a less stringent level of protection than

National Parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...

and are used for a wide variety of recreational and commercial activities. Some forest parks have recently been renamed conservation parks, for instance, the former 'Whirinaki Forest Park' which became the

Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park is a publicly accessible conservation park in the North Island of New Zealand. The park is centered on the town of Minginui and part of the eastern boundary flanks Te Urewera. The Whirinaki Forest is on ...

in 2010. * Aorangi Forest Park *

Coromandel Forest Park Coromandel Forest Park is a protected area and Conservation parks of New Zealand, conservation park administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Department of Conservation, covering 71,899 hectares of the Coromandel Peninsula, in the ...

Craigieburn Forest Park Craigieburn Forest Park is a protected area in the South Island of New Zealand, adjacent to Arthur's Pass National Park to the north. The park is administered by the Department of Conservation, and features the Broken River Ski Area and the Crai ...

* Hanmer Forest Park * Herekino Forest Park * Houto Forest Park * Hukerenui Forest Park * Kaihu Forest Park * Kaiikanui Forest Park * Kaimanawa Forest Park *

Kaweka Forest Park Kaweka Forest Park is in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand, adjacent to Kaimanawa Forest Park. This region of the central North Island contains large tracts of pine plantations, some of them also within the park, and as a consequence, invasi ...

* Lake Sumner Forest Park * Marlborough Forest Park * Mataraua Forest Park * Maungataniwha Forest Park *

Mount Richmond Forest Park Mount Richmond Forest Park is a forest park in New Zealand, administered by the Department of Conservation. Established in 1977, the forest park is located between Nelson and Marlborough and consists of of conservation estate. Around 80% of t ...

* North-west Nelson Forest Park * Omahuta Forest Park * Opua Forest Park * Pirongia Forest Park * Pukenui Forest Park * Puketi Forest Park *

Pureora Forest Park Pureora Forest Park is a protected area in the North Island of New Zealand. Within its rich rainforest are an abundance of 1,000-year-old podocarp trees. It is "recognised as one of the finest rain forests in the world". Established in 1978, a ...

* Raetea Forest Park *

Remutaka Forest Park Remutaka Forest Park (spelled Rimutaka Forest Park prior to 2017) is a protected area near Wellington, New Zealand. Popular access points are south of Wainuiomata and in the upper Hutt Valley. The park covers , encompassing the Catchpool Valle ...

* Ruahine Forest Park * Ruapekapeka Forest Park * Russell Forest Park * Tangihua Forest Park * Tararua Forest Park * Victoria Forest Park * Waikino Forest Park * Waima Forest Park *

Waipoua Forest Waipoua Forest is a forest, on the west coast of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It preserves some of the best examples of kauri forest remaining in New Zealand. It is notable for having two of the largest living kauri t ...

* Warawara Forest Park * Whakarewarewa State Forest Park

Other conservation parks

There are 18 other conservation parks in New Zealand. * Ahuriri Conservation Park * Aotea Conservation Park * Catlins Conservation Park * Eyre Mountains/Taka Rā Haka Conservation Park *

Hakatere Conservation Park Hakatere Conservation Park is a protected area between the Rakaia River and the Rangitata River in the Ashburton District (Mid Canterbury) of New Zealand. The park was established in 2007. It covers 60,000 hectares of rugged mountains and mount ...

* Hāwea Conservation Park * Ka Whata Tu o Rakihouia Conservation Park * Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park * Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Conservation Park * Onekaka River Conservation Park * Oteake Conservation Park * Raukumara Conservation Park * Ruataniwha Conservation Park * Russell Forest Conservation Park * Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park * Te Papanui Conservation Park *

* Wires Road Access Conservation Park The Sugar Loaf Islands Sanctuary is privately owned.

References

{{Protected areas of New Zealand

Forest parks

Other conservation parks

See also

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