Pirongia Forest Park

	Pirongia Forest Park
	Geographical location
Coordinates	37 ° 58 ′ S , 175 ° 3 ′ E Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ S , 175 ° 3 ′ E
Country :	New Zealand
Region (s) :	Waikato
Location:	southwest of Hamilton to the west coast of the North Island down
	Protected area
Protected area type:	Forest Park
Founded:	1971
	expansion
Number of areas:	5
Area :	135 km²
Rivers :	Oparau River
	The Office Department of Conservation
Office:	Te Rapa Office; 5 Northway St ; Te Rapa ; Hamilton 3200
	Photography from Forest Park
	; Section of a forest in the Pirongia Forest Park

The Pirongia Forest Park is a standing reserve forests in the region Waikato on the North Island of New Zealand . The park is subordinate to the Department of Conservation .

geography

The 13,500 hectares comprehensive Forest Park is located five individual areas about 22 kilometers southwest of Hamilton . By far the largest part of the park is around 7 km east of Aotea Harbor and has a length of around 22 km in a north-west-south-east direction and is around 12 km at its widest point. The two highest peaks in the park are the Pirongia with 959 m and The Cone, a good 1 km west of it, with 953 m . Around 12 km northwest of the large part of the park there is another 5 × 4 km area of the park directly on the coast around the 756 m high Mount Karioi and another 7.5 × 3 km area, Tapuwaehounuku, around 6 km south-southwest called.

The Pirongia Forest Park can be reached via the New Zealand State Highway 39 , which comes from Otorohanga via the town of Pirongia to the east of the park or via the two New Zealand State Highway 23 and 31 , which provide access to the park to the north and south.

history

The core of the Pirongia Forest Park was established in 1971, the area around Mount Karioi was added in 1976 and the area of Tapuwaehounuku in 1984 . In 1987 the park was handed over to the Department of Conservation for maintenance and management .

literature

New Zealand Touring Atlas . 5th edition. Hema Maps , Brisbane 2015, ISBN 978-1-877302-92-3 (English).
Martin Fisher : The Environmental Management of Pirongia Forest Park with a Focus on the Period since 1970 . In: Waitangi Tribunal . Wai 898, # A151. Ministry of Justice , Wellington April 2014 (English, online [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on March 2, 2020]).

Web links

Commons : Pirongia Forest Park - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Pirongia Forest Park . Department of Conservation,accessed March 2, 2020.
Pirongia and Raglan tracks . (PDF; 4.8 MB)Department of Conservation, September 2011,accessed on March 2, 2020.
alesik2u: Pirongia Forest Park ( Waikato , New Zealand ). (Video 0:42 min) Youtube , October 12, 2009, accessed on March 2, 2020 (English, a panoramic view of part of the forest area).

Individual evidence

^ Pirongia and Raglan tracks . (PDF; 4.8 MB) Department of Conservation , September 2011, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
^ ^A ^b New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p. Map 11 .
↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on March 2nd, 2020
^ ^A ^b Fisher : The Environmental Management of Pirongia Forest Park with a Focus on the Period since 1970 . 2014, p. ix .
^ Fisher : The Environmental Management of Pirongia Forest Park with a Focus on the Period since 1970 . 2014, p. 2 .

[DOC_Flyer_2011_09-1] Pirongia and Raglan tracks . (PDF; 4.8 MB) Department of Conservation , September 2011, accessed on March 2, 2020 .

[Hema_Maps_S11-2] A ^b New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p. Map 11 .

[Google_Earth-3] Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on March 2nd, 2020

[Fisher_2014_Six-4] A ^b Fisher : The Environmental Management of Pirongia Forest Park with a Focus on the Period since 1970 . 2014, p. ix .

[Fisher_2014_S2-5] Fisher : The Environmental Management of Pirongia Forest Park with a Focus on the Period since 1970 . 2014, p. 2 .