Conservation parks of New Zealand

Conservation park is a type of protected status for land held by the Crown in New Zealand for conservation purposes. Conservation parks are managed to protect their natural and historic resources, and to provide for public recreation, subject to their conservation purposes.[1] They have a less stringent level of protection than national parks.[2] The status was created under the Conservation Act 1987 and the parks are administered by the Department of Conservation (DoC).

Forest parks were created under the Forests Act 1949, with first being Tararua Forest Park, established in 1954.[3] They were transferred to DOC administration in 1987, becoming conservation parks, although 'forest park' is still retained in the names of many of them.[4]

As of September 2020, there were 54 conservation parks in New Zealand (including 36 named as forest parks), covering an area of 2,690,191 hectares.[5]

Conservation parks that are named as forest parks

Other conservation parks

There are 18 other conservation parks in New Zealand.[5] These include some that formerly had 'Forest Park' in their name, for instance, the former 'Whirinaki Forest Park', which became the Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park in 2010.

See also

References

  1. ^ Section 18 and Section 19, Conservation Act 1987, New Zealand Parliament.
  2. ^ "National Parks and Reserves". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Tramping – Tararua Ranges". NZMSC. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  4. ^ "National park, forest park or conservation park?". Wilderness Magazine. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b "New Zealand, Asia & Pacific". Protected Planet. World Database of Protected Areas. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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