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A nature reserve is a type of New Zealand protected area owned by the New Zealand Government and administered by the Department of Conservation to protect natural ...
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, called Te Korowai o Mihiwaka in Māori, [1] is an ecological island wildlife reserve developed by the Otago Natural History Trust in the Orokonui Valley between Waitati and Pūrākaunui, New Zealand, 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the north of central Dunedin.
Scenic reserves are a type of New Zealand protected area.They are the most common, and probably most widespread, form of protected area in the country. [1] The reserve vary size: while most are less than 100 hectares, some are more than 1,000 hectares.
Whakaari / White Island, an island reserve. The Department of Conservation and private trusts operate ecological islands as protected habitats for endemic and native New Zealand species. Island reserves include 50 offshore islands that are nature reserves and hundreds of other islands that the Department of Conservation manage. [28]
Pāuatahanui Wildlife Reserve is a wetland reserve at the eastern edge of the Pāuatahanui Inlet of the Porirua Harbour in Porirua, New Zealand. The reserve contains the most significant area of saltmarsh in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It also includes tidal mudflats, shrub lands and regenerating coastal forest.
Parts of the lake and wetlands around it were gazetted as a Wildlife Management Reserve of 1,330.37 ha (3,287.4 acres) in 1986. [38] To the west, Awaroa Wildlife Management Reserve extends 2.3 km (1.4 mi) up the Awaroa Stream, on 308 ha (760 acres) of the floodplain. [39]
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre is located on State Highway 2, 30 km north of Masterton and 10 km south of Eketāhuna.It is within the Pukaha / Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre Reserve, a government purpose reserve that is approximately 57.3 ha in area. [1]
On July 20, 2023, four kākāpō were reintroduced to the sanctuary, becoming the first kākāpō living in mainland New Zealand in almost 40 years. [5] Despite extensive improvements to the perimeter fence, in October 2023, one of the kākāpō escaped by using a downed tree to climb out.