4-636: Mount Richmond Forest Park is a forest park in New Zealand, administered by the Department of Conservation . Established in 1977, the forest park is located between Nelson and Marlborough and consists of 1,659 km (641 sq mi) of conservation estate. Around 80% of the area is covered in bush. The most notable peak in the forest park is Mount Richmond, which has an elevation above sea level of 1,760 metres (5,770 ft). The park covers 165,946 hectares (410,060 acres). The future park
8-496: A less stringent level of protection than national parks and are used for a wide variety of recreational and commercial activities. Some forest parks have recently been renamed conservation parks, for instance, the former 'Whirinaki Forest Park' which became the Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park in 2010. There are 18 other conservation parks in New Zealand. The Sugar Loaf Islands Sanctuary
12-642: The 250 kilometers of tracks and huts in the forest park. Forest parks of New Zealand Conservation park is a type of specially protected land status held by the Crown in New Zealand for conservation purposes. The status is established under the Conservation Act 1987 and the parks are administered by the Department of Conservation (DoC). As of September 2020 , there were 54 conservation parks in New Zealand (including 36 forest parks), covering an area of 2,690,191 hectares. Forest parks have
16-406: Was the location of New Zealand's first deadly civilian aviation incident associated with regular passenger air service. On 7 May 1942, a plane flying from Wellington to Nelson with two pilots and three passengers, was lost in the area. A subsequent investigation found a burnt out plane and no survivors on the upper slopes of Mount Richmond. The park was established in 1977. Te Araroa uses some of
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