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Kahurangi National Park is a national park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand, ranging to near Golden Bay in north. It was gazetted in 1996 and covers 4,529 square kilometers (1,749 sq mi). It is the second largest of New Zealand’s fourteen national parks. It was formed from what was called the North-west Nelson Forest Park. …

Mount Richmond Forest Park is a Forest Park in New Zealand administrated by the Department of Conservation. Established in 1977, the forest park is located between Nelson and Marlborough and consists of 165,946 hectares of conservation estate. Around 80% of the area is covered in bush. The most notable peak in the forest park is Mount Richmond, which has an …