Forest parks of New Zealand
Appearance
The forest parks of New Zealand are on public land administered by the Department of Conservation. These are defined as Conservation Parks.
Forest parks have a less stringent level of protection than National Parks and they are used for a wide variety of recreational and commercial activities.[1]
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' in 2010.
List of Forest Parks
- Aorangi Forest Park
- Coromandel Forest Park
- Craigieburn Forest Park
- Kaimanawa Forest Park
- Kaweka Forest Park
- Lake Sumner Forest Park
- Mt Richmond Forest Park
- North-west Nelson Forest Park
- Pirongia Forest Park
- Pureora Forest Park
- Remutaka Forest Park
- Ruahine Forest Park
- Tararua Forest Park
- Victoria Forest Park
A large portion of what is now Kahurangi National Park was formerly much of the North-west Nelson Forest Park.
See also
- National parks of New Zealand
- Conservation parks of New Zealand
- Regional parks of New Zealand
- Protected areas of New Zealand
- Conservation in New Zealand
References
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- ^ "National Parks and Reserves". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2008.