Story: Protected areas All images & media From page 1 – New Zealand’s protected areas New Zealand protected areas Land administered by the Department of Conservation, 2007 Gazette notice From page 2 – National parks New Zealand’s national parks Rakiura National Park entrance Swing bridge, Abel Tasman National Park From page 3 – Conservation parks, nature and scientific reserves Lake Sumner Forest Park Te Papanui Conservation Park Tuatara enclosure, Little Barrier Island Checking traps Bog pine in Fiordland From page 4 – Scenic, historic, recreation and other reserves Ball's Clearing Scenic Reserve Cook Landing Site Tāpotupotu Bay Network of small reserves Releasing North Island brown kiwi From page 5 – Specially protected areas Specially protected areas Weka at Whirinaki Sanctuary Quarantine checks, Codfish Island Pembroke Wilderness Area Limestone outcrops at Kura Tawhiti Mokotahi Hill From page 6 – Protected marine areas and inland waters Marine protected areas map (1st of 3) Fiordland Marine Area (2nd of 3) Marine protected areas table (3rd of 3) Piopiotahi–Milford Sound Marine Reserve Protecting the Hector’s dolphin Waitaki River, 1948 (1st of 2) Hydro lakes, Waitaki (2nd of 2) Rafting down the Buller River From page 7 – Internationally recognised areas Te Wāhipounamu – South West New Zealand Celebrating a world heritage site Whangamarino wetland From page 8 – Extending the protected areas network Surveying an ecological district Birchwood Station Waikawau Bay Anti-reserve signs Studying a marine reserve