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Beginners' guide to... Visiting New Zealand
Coming hiking in New Zealand? Here's some basic local information to get you started.
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Fiordland National Park
Place.
National Park. 12570.00km2.
Updated
20 November 201220 November 2012.
New Zealand's largest park, with large areas of impenetrable wilderness. Includes the Glaisnock and Pembroke Wilderness Areas. Fiordland National Park is part of Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area. Highest point: 2746m (Mt Tutoko).
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Kahurangi National Park
Place.
National Park. 4520.02km2.
Updated
16 May 201916 May 2019.
New Zealand's second largest, and youngest national park, dating from 1996. A large area of land at the top of the South Island with some easier and some more challenging walking along lengthy tracks. Home to the most diverse flora ...
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Te Urewera
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Place. 2126.73km2.
Updated
30 October 201430 October 2014.
Te Urewera is a large tract of remote, heavily forested land, featuring the famous Lake Waikaremoana.
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Tongariro National Park
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National Park. 790.00km2.
Updated
21 November 201221 November 2012.
New Zealand's first national park andand one of the first to be created anywhere in the world. The volcanic heart of the North Island was given to the Crown by Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV in 1887 and gazetted as ...
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Mount Aspiring National Park
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National Park. 3555.18km2.
Updated
24 September 201124 September 2011.
The third-largest national park, although most of its space is under-utilised. The Routeburn is the second busiest trail in New Zealand. The Olivine Wilderness Area is located in this park. Mount Aspiring National Park is part of Te Wahipounamu World ...
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Abel Tasman National Park
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National Park. 225.33km2.
Updated
20 November 201220 November 2012.
In many ways, the track that explores the golden shoreline of this coastal park and the park itself have become synonymous. When people say "Abel Tasman," they invariably mean both the park, New Zealand's smallest, and the track, New Zealand's ...
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Whanganui National Park
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National Park. 742.31km2.
Created
10 June 200610 June 2006.
Lowland forest surrounding the long and sinuous Whanganui River, the longest navigable river in New Zealand. New Zealand's 11th national park, gazetted in 1986.
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Rakiura National Park
Place.
National Park. 1570.00km2.
Updated
2 November 20092 November 2009.
New Zealand's newest and southernmost park, on Stewart Island.
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Te Wāhipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area
Place.
World Heritage Area. 26000.00km2.
Updated
21 November 201221 November 2012.
This UNESCO World Heritage Area occupies the southwestern corner of New Zealand. It includes four national parks, and covers 10% of the New Zealand's land area.
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