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Omana Regional Park is situated 42 km (40 mins) drive south east of Auckland city, New Zealand just before entering Maraetai township. Open 8am-5pm (winter) or 8.30pm (summer). User reviewed online profile of Omana Regional Park: Auckland region, New Zealand. Plan your adventure holiday to Omana Regional Park armed with information and reviews provided by experts and by users. Find …

User reviewed online profile of Puketi Forest Park: Northland region, New Zealand. Plan your adventure holiday to Puketi Forest Park armed with information and reviews provided by experts and by users. Find out about when to go, how to get there, what to do, best season to visit, its wildlife, habitat and much more… What to do in Puketi Forest …

Northland is the northernmost region in New Zealand. It is governed by the Northland Regional Council. Whangarei is the only city; the next biggest towns have a few thousand people. The Northland Region covers the area from Te Hana to Cape Reinga at the northern tip of the North Island. The east coast of Northland has long been a well-known …

The Hunua Ranges form a block of hilly country to the southeast of Auckland in New Zealand’s North Island. They cover some 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi), containing 178 km² of parkland, and rise to 688 metres (2255 ft) at Kohukohunui. Auckland gets much of its water from reservoirs within the Hunua Ranges. The ranges contain many rivers and …

User reviewed online profile of Awhitu Regional Park: Auckland region, New Zealand. Plan your adventure holiday to Awhitu Regional Park armed with information and reviews provided by experts and by users. Find out about when to go, how to get there, what to do, best season to visit, its wildlife, habitat and much more… Awhitu Regional Park, Auckland Region, New …

Battle Hill Farm Forest Park is a Wellington Regional park near Paekakariki, New Zealand. It contains the site of the Battle of Battle Hill and is intersected by Transmission Gully. The park contains a working farm near the entrance at Paekakariki Hill Road and extends over the surrounding hills and into a plantation forest. It contains several loop walkways, some …

Craigieburn Forest Park is a protected area in the South Island of New Zealand. One of its boundaries lies in part alongside State Highway 73 and is adjacent to the eastern flanks of the Southern Alps. The Broken River Ski Area and the Craigieburn Valley Ski Area lie within its borders. As with all other public land in New Zealand …

Egmont National Park is located south of New Plymouth, close to the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the mountain which dominates its environs, which itself was named by Captain Cook after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, the First Lord of the Admiralty who promoted Cook’s first voyage. Taranaki has been the …

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand, near the town of Twizel. Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain, and Aoraki / Mount Cook Village lie within the park. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to …

Pirongia Forest Park is a protected area 30 km southwest of Hamilton, New Zealand. It covers 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) across four blocks of land – Pirongia (the largest), Te Maunga O Karioi Block, and the small Mangakino Block and Te Rauamoa Block. The park encompasses Mount Pirongia west of Pirongia and Mount Karioi near the coast southwest …