Hakatere Conservation Park Explained

Hakatere Conservation Park is a protected area between the Rakaia River and the Rangitata River in the Ashburton District (Mid Canterbury) of New Zealand.[1] [2] The park was established in 2007. It covers 60,000 hectares of rugged mountains and mountain basins, tussocklands and beech forest.[3] It includes the Ashburton Lakes, such as Lake Heron and Lake Clearwater, popular tramping area Mount Somers / Te Kiekie, and Mount Hutt skifield.[4] The closest town is Mount Somers.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 'new' national parks: a case study of the Hakatere Conservation Park, New Zealand . Thompson . Anna . Lovelock . Brent . 1 January 2012 . CAUTHE 2012 National Conference: The new golden age of tourism and hospitality . . New South Wales & Queensland, Australia . 609–612 . 15 September 2019 . Kjeldsberg . Magnus . Reis . Arianne . Jellum . Carla.
  2. Web site: Opening of Hakatere Conservation Park . 27 October 2007 . The Beehive . . 15 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Hakatere Conservation Park. www.doc.govt.nz. Government of New Zealand.
  4. Web site: Spectacular new park largest created in decades . 27 October 2007 . The Beehive . . 25 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Lake Camp in Hakatere Conservation Park – New Zealand Travel Insider. www.newzealandtravelinsider.com.

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