Protected areas Protected areas of New Zealand

1 protected areas

1.1 conservation parks
1.2 mainland islands
1.3 island reserves
1.4 marine reserves
1.5 national parks
1.6 national reserves
1.7 regional parks
1.8 wetlands
1.9 world heritage sites
1.10 private reserves
1.11 other protected areas

protected areas

the department of conservation administers majority of publicly owned land in new zealand protected scenic, scientific, historic , cultural reasons, or set aside recreational purposes. more 80,000 km – 30 percent of nation s total area – administered department.

there 13 national parks (excluding disestablished te urewera national park), covering 28,900 km, on 50 conservation parks covering 18,000 km, 3,500 reserves covering around 15,000 km, , some 610 km of protected private land , covenants have been set aside scenic, scientific or ecological reasons. department has responsibility preservation , management of wildlife, , has role in management of coastal marine area 19 marine reserves , 2 other protected marine areas kermadec islands fiordland.

conservation parks

conservation parks defined in conservation act 1987 protect natural , historic resources, , facilitate public recreation , enjoyment. prior changes in 1987, many conservation parks administered forest parks, before conservation act declared such parks automatically become conservation parks in legal sense.

mainland islands

the department of conservation have set 5 mainland islands:

boundary stream mainland island
paengaroa mainland island
rotoiti mainland island
te urewera mainland island
trounson kauri park mainland island

island reserves

often referred island sanctuaries these off-shore islands have been set aside organisations department of conservation reserves endemic , native new zealand species:

marine reserves

new zealand has total of 32 marine reserves spread around north , south islands, , 2 on outlying island groups. first marine reserve created in 1975.

national parks

there 13 national parks, covering under 25,000 km.

national reserves

a national reserve reserve has been designated having national importance under section 16 of reserves act 1977. have historic values , others have ecological values.

regional parks

regional parks of new zealand administered regional councils.

wetlands

new zealand signatory ramsar convention, , of 2008 there 6 ramsar-registered sites in new zealand:

travis wetland ecological restoration project in christchurch purchased city council nature reserve.

world heritage sites

there 3 world heritage sites in new zealand:

te wahipounamu
tongariro national park
new zealand subantarctic islands

private reserves

hinewai reserve

other protected areas

jm barker (hapupu) historic reserve
zealandia (wildlife sanctuary), wellington
maungatautari restoration project
mount tutu eco-sanctuary
nugget point
orokonui ecosanctuary
lake rotokare, taranaki
brook waimarama sanctuary




^ data table - protected areas - linz data service . land information new zealand. retrieved 2017-10-18. 
^ submission local government , environment committee (pdf). royal forest & bird protection society. 17 september 2010. pp. 7–8. retrieved 13 december 2015.