Rimutaka Forest Park is a protected area near Wellington, New Zealand. It covers 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi), encompassing the Catchpool Valley and the Orongorongo Valley at the southern end of the Rimutaka Range. Established in October 1988, the park contains several short walks and five huts that can be booked and accessed by longer bush tramps. A population …
Read More »Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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 …
Read More »Tararua Forest Park, Wellington Region, New Zealand
Tararua Forest Park, often called the Tararuas is a protected area in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its area is 116,535 ha (around 450 mi2), and its highest point, a peak called Mitre, is at 1571 m above sea level. It was established in 1954, as New Zealand’s first Forest Park, and is managed by the Department of Conservation …
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