Ruahine Forest Park

	Ruahine Forest Park
	Geographical location
Coordinates	39 ° 45 ′ S , 176 ° 8 ′ E Coordinates: 39 ° 45 ′ S , 176 ° 8 ′ E
Country :	New Zealand
Region (s) :	Manawatu-Wanganui , Hawke's Bay
Location:	northeast of Palmerston North
	Protected area
Protected area type:	Forest Park
Founded:	1976
	expansion
Number of areas:	1
Length :	approx. 100 km
Width :	Max. 24 km
Area :	930.56 km²
Mountains :	Ruahine Range , Mokai Patea Range , Whanahuia Range
Rivers :	Mangatera River , Makaroro River , Waikamaka River , Waipawa River , Kawhatau River , Pourangaki River , Tukituki River , Pohangina River , Tamaki River
	The Office Department of Conservation
Office:	Te Papaioea / Palmerston North Office; 28 North Street ; Palmerston North 4410
	Photography from Forest Park
	; Ruahine Range , on the eastern flank of the mountains
	; On the way to Daphne Hut (on the eastern flank of the mountains)

The Ruahine Forest Park is a standing reserve forests in the regions Manawatu-Wanganui and Hawke's Bay , on the North Island of New Zealand . The park is subordinate to the Department of Conservation .

Origin of name

The name “ Ruahine ” is said to mean something like “wise woman” in the Māori language and was a great granddaughter of the Kaitaki leader of the Aotea Waka .

geography

The Ruahine Forest Park extends over the mountains of the Ruahine Range in a north-northeast-south-southwest direction for a length of approximately 100 km, starting 45 km west of Napier and ending approximately 15 km northeast of Palmerston North . At its widest point, the park measures around 24 km in an east-west direction. Part of the Mokai Patea Range and the Whanahuia Range also belong to the park. The highest elevation in the park is the Mangaweka with a height of 1733 m . The total area of the park covers an area of 93,056 hectares , which is overgrown with forest except for the ridges of the highest elevations.

history

The area of the Ruahine Forest was granted forest park status in 1976 .

literature

New Zealand Touring Atlas . 5th edition. Hema Maps , Brisbane 2015, ISBN 978-1-877302-92-3 (English).

Web links

Ruahine Forest Park . Department of Conservation,accessed March 7, 2020.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b History and culture . Department of Conservation , accessed March 7, 2020 .
↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on March 7, 2020
^ New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p. Map 27, Map 31 .
^ The Ruahine Forest Park . In: House of Representatives (ed.): Parliamentary Debates . Volume 440 . Wellington Aug. 14, 1981, p. 2696 (English).

[DOC_History-1] History and culture . Department of Conservation , accessed March 7, 2020 .

[Google_Earth-2] Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on March 7, 2020

[Hema_Maps_S27_31-3] New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p. Map 27, Map 31 .

[Parliamentary_Debates_Vol440_P2696-4] The Ruahine Forest Park . In: House of Representatives (ed.): Parliamentary Debates . Volume 440 . Wellington Aug. 14, 1981, p. 2696 (English).