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Catlins Conservation Park is a protected area in the
Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...
region of New Zealand, covering 53,041 hectares in
The Catlins The Catlins (sometimes referred to as The Catlins Coast) comprises an area in the southeastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The area lies between Balclutha and Invercargill, straddling the boundary between the Otago and Southl ...
, within the
Clutha District Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha. The Clutha District has a land area of and an estimated population of as of . Clutha District occupies the majority o ...
. The park includes the
McLean Falls The McLean Falls on the Tautuku River in Catlins Forest Park descend a number of steep drop offs and terraces, with the very top of the waterfall, where it meets its first waterpool being 22-metres. It then descends for many more metres over a s ...
, and a range of tramping tracks.


History

The park was established in 1975. It was included in the 1080 pest control programme in 2014. The body of missing Dunedin man Stephen Lowe was found in the park in September 2017 by a librarian and her dog. In January 2019, local MP
Sarah Dowie Sarah Maree Dowie (born 1974) is a New Zealand former politician of the National Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Invercargill from 2014 to 2020. Early life and career Dowie's parents, Ann and Alan Dowie, were both police officers. ...
proposed converting the park into a
national park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...
.


See also

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Conservation parks of New Zealand Conservation park is a type of specially protected status for land held by the Crown in New Zealand for conservation purposes. The status is set up under the Conservation Act 1987 and the parks are administered by the Department of Conservation ( ...


References

{{Authority control Protected areas of Otago The Catlins Clutha District Parks in Otago 1975 establishments in New Zealand Protected areas established in 1975