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| Hakatere Conservation Park | |
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 A rock formation on the north-western side of Mount Somers | |
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| Area | 68,000 ha (260 sq mi) |
| Established | 2007 |
| Governing body | Department of Conservation |
Hakatere Conservation Park is a protected area of high country between the Rangitata and Rakaia River rivers in the Ashburton District of the South Island of New Zealand.[1][2] The park was established in 2007 and covers 68,000 ha (170,000 acres) of rugged mountains and mountain basins, tussocklands and beech forest, and includes alpine and sub-alpine ecosystems, braided rivers, lakes and wetlands.[3] These diverse environments provide significant wildlife habitat.[4]
The Hakatere Conservation Park is a collection of discrete areas of protected conservation land,[5] and lies within the wider Ashburton Lakes region that includes Lake Heron, Lake Emma, Lake Camp, Lake Clearwater, and the popular tramping area around Mount Somers / Te Kiekie, and the Mount Hutt skifield. The closest town is Mount Somers.[6]
The Department of Conservation proposed the establishment of the park in 2006 and called for submissions.[7] The park was established in 2007 by combining 19 separate areas of conservation land. Further areas of land for the park were obtained via the land tenure review process. The tenure review was "a voluntary process that gave lessees an opportunity to buy land best suited to economic use, while land with conservation values was protected and restored to full Crown ownership as conservation land".[8] The historic Hakatere Station, including land around Lake Clearwater, was purchased by the Nature Heritage Fund.[2] An additional 17,000 ha (42,000 acres) was added to the original area in 2008, including land from the Mt Potts and Redclliffe Stations.[9][3]
Land purchased by the Crown as newly created public conservation land is initially classified as "stewardship" land, under section 25 of the Conservation Act 1987. As of 2025[update], the 9,100 ha (22,000 acres) of Hakatere Station land purchased for the park in 2007 is part of the Hakatere Conservation Area. It remains as stewardship land, and has not been reclassified to the protected status of "Park" under section 19 of the Act.[10]
Recreational activities in the park include picnicking and camping, tramping, hunting, fishing, bird-watching, mountain biking, horseback riding and windsurfing.[3] Recreational power boat use and water skiing is permitted on Lake Camp.
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Media related to Hakatere Conservation Park at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ "Opening of Hakatere Conservation Park". The Beehive. Government of New Zealand. 27 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Spectacular new park largest created in decades". The Beehive. Government of New Zealand. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Thompson, A.; Lovelock, B.A.; Reis, A.C.; Jellum, C.; Sides, G.; Wright, R.; Kjelsberg, M. (2009). "Traditional livelihoods, conservation and recreation: Reflections on managing visitation in New Zealand conservation parks". Tourismos: an international multidisciplinary journal of tourism. 4 (4): 163–179. ISSN 1792-6521. Wikidata Q134585975.
- ^ "Hakatere Conservation Park". Department of Conservation. Government of New Zealand.
- ^ Keast, John (27 October 2007). "'This huge new park is a special place'; Conservation park likely to expand". The Press. pp. A.1. ProQuest 314799773.
- ^ "Lake Camp in Hakatere Conservation Park – New Zealand Travel Insider". www.newzealandtravelinsider.com.
- ^ Eleven, Beck (10 October 2006). "Park of 59,000ha proposed". The Press. pp. A.4. ProQuest 314783891.
- ^ "Tenure review". Land Information New Zealand. 13 September 2024. Archived from the original on 2 April 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Remote parks". The New Zealand Herald. 18 October 2008. pp. B.4. ProQuest 430269203.
- ^ Finlayson, Jan (17 May 2021). "Hakatere Conservation Area". Wilderlife. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
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