The Whanganui National Park is a
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
located in the
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
of
New Zealand. Established in 1986, it covers an area of 742 km
2 bordering the
Whanganui River.
It incorporates areas of Crown land, former state forest and a number of former reserves. The river itself is not part of the park.
[Department of Conservation]
"Whanganui National Park. Flora & fauna"
retrieved 21 April 2013
Flora and fauna
The park protects the habitat of several thousand
North Island brown kiwi, and the also-endangered
blue duck. Other birds in the park include the
grey warbler,
New Zealand pigeon,
silvereye,
tomtit,
tui and
whitehead.
See also
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Bridge to Nowhere, New Zealand
The Bridge to Nowhere is a concrete road bridge spanning the Mangapurua Stream in Whanganui National Park, North Island, New Zealand. It has no roads leading to it, but it is a popular tourist attraction, accessible by mountain bike or trampin ...
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National parks of New Zealand
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Protected areas of New Zealand
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Conservation in New Zealand
References
External links
Whanganui National ParkDepartment of Conservation
National parks of New Zealand
Protected areas of Manawatū-Whanganui
Protected areas established in 1986
1986 establishments in New Zealand
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