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Land administered by the Department of Conservation, 2007

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Land administered by the Department of Conservation, 2007
The Department of Conservation is responsible for New Zealand’s protected areas. These include national parks, forest parks, conservation parks and a wide range of reserves. The land it administers makes up around one-third of the country’s land area.

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Eric Pawson, Economy and the environment – Grassland economy and other possibilities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/21650/land-administered-by-the-department-of-conservation-2007 (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Eric Pawson, published 26 February 2010.