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Kahurangi National Park Management Plan (incorporating 2009/2010 partial review and 2016/2017 amendment) (PDF, 6,847K)

The maps throughout the original plan have been listed separately:

• Map 1 - Locality (PDF, 136K)
• Map 2 - Access and Facilities (PDF, 85K)
• Map A - Heaphy Track Corridor Place (PDF, 368K)
• Map B - Specified mountain bike routes (PDF, 850K)
• Map C - Heaphy Track specified mountain bike route (PDF, 373K)
• Map D - Flora Saddle to Barron Flat Track - specified mountain bike route (PDF, 449K)
• Map E - Kill Devil Track - specified mountain bike route (PDF, 474K)
• Map 3 - Land Status (PDF, 85K)
• Map F - Horse access route (PDF, 400K)
• Map G - Aircraft landing zones (PDF, 894K)
  • Map G -Aircraft landing zones additional (PDF, 12, 124K) This map does not replace Map G, but uses the same source data and provides clearer definition and the ability to zoom in to identify boundaries
• Map 4 - Administration (PDF, 87K)
• Map 5 - Unformed Legal Roads (385K)

Summary

The Kahurangi National Park Management Plan (NPMP) expresses the Department’s overall management intentions for Kahurangi National Park.

The NPMP was prepared jointly by the Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy and the West Coast Tai Poutini Conservancy of the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the general public and with representatives from tangata whenua, the Nelson Marlborough Conservation Board and other interested groups and individuals.

The NPMP recognises the mana and tangata whenua status of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama and Te Ātiawa over their ancestral lands and waters within the Park and its significance to them.

Timeline of changes

2009/2010 partial review

The 2009/2010 partial review addressed mountain biking, private accommodation on the Heaphy Track, aircraft, hunting and horse riding near Puponga Farm Park. The changes were approved by the New Zealand Conservation Authority on 8 December 2010.

2016/2017 amendment

The purpose of the amendment was to extend the mountain biking season on the Heaphy Track. It resulted in the season being extended from 1 May – 30 September to 1 May – 30 November.

The change was approved by the New Zealand Conservation Authority on 3 April 2017.

Bylaws

Bylaws are in place for Kahurangi National Park to control activities within the Park. These bylaws implement the NPMP. View the bylaws.