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Government Purpose Reserve
A government purpose reserve is a type of Protected areas of New Zealand, New Zealand protected area. There are currently 215 recognised government purpose reserves in New Zealand. Some of these reserves are important wetlands. Others are small pockets of land around lighthouses. North Island Northland Region * Awakino Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Coates Memorial Church Reserve * Hewlett Point Sand Islands Government Purpose Reserve * Lake Taeore Wildlife Management Reserve * Manganui River Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Mangawhai Government Purpose Wildlife Refuge Reserve * Mangonuiowae Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Marsden Spit Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Matapouri Estuary Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Ngunguru Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Omamari Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Omatai Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve * Opuawhanga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Areas Of New Zealand
Protected areas of New Zealand are areas that are in some way protected to preserve their environmental protection, environmental, scientific, scenic, historical, cultural or recreational value. There are about 10,000 protected areas, covering about a third of the country. The method and aims of protection vary according to the importance of the resource and whether it is publicly or privately owned. Nearly 30 percent of New Zealand's land mass is publicly owned with some degree of protection. Most of this land – about – is administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Department of Conservation. There are 13 National parks of New Zealand, national parks, thousands of Reserves Act 1977, reserves, 54 Conservation parks of New Zealand, conservation parks, and a range of other Conservation Act 1987, conservation areas. The department also manages 44 offshore and coastal Marine reserves of New Zealand, marine reserves. Any development in Coastal Marine Areas, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaroa Swamp Wildlife Management Reserve
Awaroa may refer to the following in New Zealand: * Awaroa, the Māori name for Godley Head in Christchurch * Awaroa Inlet, an inlet in Abel Tasman National Park * Awaroa River (other), various rivers {{geodisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oruawharo Creek Government Purpose Reserve
The Oruawharo Homestead is an historic Italianate homestead in the Takapau Plains, New Zealand. The homestead was designed by Charles Tringham for John Johnston, a wealthy upper-class landowner, who wanted a magnificent home for his newly-wed son, Sydney. During the First World War the station housed a Territorial Army Camp, with officers housed in the homestead. A riot broke out at the camp, although it was swiftly put down. The Oruawharo station remained in family ownership, until the death of an heir led to the property eventually being gifted to the Catholic Church, who used the property to train nuns and house the Sisters of the Presentation. The Catholic Church eventually returned the property to the administrators of the estate who leased the property until eventually selling it in 2000. Following the sale the property was restored and it serves as a function centre and tourist attraction. The property is registered as a category 1 building with Heritage New Zealand. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wairua River (Government Purpose) Wildlife Management Reserve
The Wairua River is a river of Northland, New Zealand. It flows south-west from Hikurangi and joins the Mangakahia River between Titoki and Tangiteroria to form the Wairoa River, which runs past Dargaville to the Kaipara Harbour. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River (New Zealand), Ada River * Adams River (New Zealand), Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri R ... References Rivers of the Northland Region Rivers of New Zealand Kaipara Harbour catchment {{Northland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waipu Government Purpose Wildlife Refuge Reserve
Waipu () is a small town in Bream Bay, in the Northland Region of New Zealand. The town has a Scottish heritage; a highlight of the town's calendar is the annual Highland Games held at New Year. Near the town are the Waipu Caves, which contain a significant population of glow worms. History The local Māori , Patuharakeke, are the descendants of Te Toru (also known as Urekuri), Te Taotahi and Te Pirihi Whakaariki. It is through the descendants of Te Toru that Patuharakeke are closely related to iwi including Ngapuhi, Ngati Wai, Ngati Whatua and Te Uri o Hau. Waipu was the centre of a significant Presbyterian settlement led by Rev. Norman McLeod, a Presbyterian minister who led his people from the Highlands of Scotland to New Zealand via Pictou and St. Ann's in Nova Scotia and Australia. In 1854 the land was purchased by the crown and then on sold to the settlers. About 800 settlers arrived at Waipu in the 1850s. Waipu was a location for the late 19th/early 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranui Stream Government Purpose Wildlife Management Reserve
Himatangi is a small settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located at the junction of State Highways 1 and 56, 25 kilometres west of Palmerston North, and seven kilometres east of the coastal settlement of Himatangi Beach. The area has two marae: * Motuiti Marae and its Rakau or Paewai meeting house is affiliated with the Rangitāne hapū of Ngāti Mairehau and the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Rākau. * Paranui Marae and its Turanga meeting house is affiliated with the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Te Au and Ngāti Tūranga. About 50 Māori land blocks are located between Himatangi and Foxton to the south. History The area was largely undeveloped with rough terrain in 1942, according to a photograph held in the National Library of New Zealand. Himatangi was once the location of the junction between the New Zealand Railways Department's Foxton Branch railway and the Manawatu County Council's Sanson Tramway. Both li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
